(Thomas Gray) Poems By Mr. Gray -A New Edition

Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall. London. MDCCLXX (1770.) 120p. 7.25" x 2.5". With an Ode written out by hand over four free endpages at the back. Rebound in full brown calf with five raised bands and black title label on spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges colored. Pocket in back cover contains a section of original similar marbled paper and signature of a previous owner dated 1814, as well as the Bookplate of a previous owner. Also in the folder is an article from a newspaper dated 1823, which discusses Gray and his work, and comments on the fact that until 1799 there had not been "even the slightest memorial", when a neighbor erected one. Book in extremely good condition apart from offset of a flower which had been pressed between pages 64 and 65.

$250