Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard
by Gray, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
NY: W. P. Fetridge & Co., 1856. Hardcover, [xii], 32, (3) pages. Blind-stamped boards w/gilt design on front, all edges gilt. Size 10.25"x8.25". Daniel Webster memorial edition. Each of the 32 stanzas of the poem are printed on one side per leaf only, illustrated with an engraving & floral border. Following the poem are additional stanzas by James D. Knowles, and a poem by T. Buchanan Read. Condition of the binding is Poor: boards have rubs & soiling and are scuffed on edges; spine has been reinforced with cloth tape; the interior hinges are split; the third front endpaper & title page are detached, frontispiece portrait is missing. Condition of the text is Good: paper has aging & moderate soiling/foxing; title page has edgewear; previous owner's name on endpapers..
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008157
- Title
- Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard
- Author
- Gray, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. P. Fetridge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ENGLISH POEMS POETRY 18TH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THOMAS GRAY ELEGY LITERARY HISTORY
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
Biblio member since 2004
Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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