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Gosse, Edmund W.; Morley, John (Editor) : Gray

Harper and Brothers, New York, 1882

Original publisher's black cloth binding with red lettering on covers and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 223 pages, complete. Six additional pages of advertisements in the back. Small square sticker on front pastedown with a library call number. A few numbers are written in black ink on the blank flyleaf preceding the half-title. There is one pink stamp each on the title page that reads, "Library, State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, Berkeley, Cal." The stamp does not affect text. Tipped-in pocket label on the back pastedown lists the terms of checking out books from the library and instructs patrons to place their cards in the pocket when the book in on loan. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Some dust on the top edge of the text block not affecting pages internally. No external markings. Two minuscule bumps on the bottom edge of the front and back covers. A Fine copy. This book is part of a thirty-six-volume biographical series titled, English Men of Letters, which was edited by John Morley and written by different authors. This book is no. 23 of 36 in the series. One page in the front lists other books in the series that had been released to date. Biography of Thomas Gray (1716-1771), an English poet, scholar, and professor. One of his most well-known poems is Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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