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Lot 250
Sale 437 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 5, 2016
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(FORE EDGE PAINTING) GRAY, THOMAS
The Poems of Gray. London: T. Bensley, 1800.Small 8vo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches), bound in Etruscan-style calf in the manner of Edwards of Halifax, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, spine with urn gilt design in compartments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. With a fore edge painting of Yarmouth Castle and Harbor. Previous owner's name and inscription neatly on a front endpaper: Frances Maria Phillips June 1824; light wear to boards; leaf slightly cockling.


