An Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard (2 Volume Set)
Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., By John Henry Nash, 1925. First Edition. Leather Binding. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (small). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L076672
2 volumes complete, bound in 3/4 white vellum over gray boards, gilt-stamped dark red morocco labels, plain endpapers, all edges untrimmed; enclosed in original publisher's heavy stock slipcase (slipcase slightly soiled and rubbed; chiefly to edges and printed paper spine label; books have slight rubbing and browning to covers; chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges. xxx, 11, [2]; [5], 11, [4] pages. Title on spines: Gray's Elegy: In Facsimile. Modernized fine-print reissue of the text of the famous poem, with a facsimile of its original 1751 issue. Historical and bibliographical foreword by William Andrews Clark, Jr.; introduction by James Southall Wilson; includes bibliographical references. One of 200 numbered sets, printed for private distribution (this is number 188); printed complementary presentation slip of William Andrews Clark, Jr. present. .Wilke, William H. (illustrator); 1 b/w Illustration (frontispiece portrait); b/w Decorative title Page.
Price: $165.00