Buy this book on-line Gray, Thomas; Anderson, David (Commentary); Kennedy, Lawton (Printer) : Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardJohnck & Seeger, San Francisco, CA, 1928
No. 68 of 250 copies. Gray paper-covered boards backed with white paper. Dark gray lettering on front cover. Black lettering on tipped-in beige paper spine label. "The Anthem of the Obscure" printed on front cover and spine label. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." Twenty-one pages, complete. One color frontispiece illustration showing Stoke Poges Church, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, the faint occasional mark, and some offsetting on title page from frontispiece. Covers are very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning, slight darkening along spine, and minuscule wear to extremities. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A reprint of Thomas Gray's famous poem. "Critique and Comment" by David Anderson. Back colophon: "Designed and printed by Johnck & Seeger, 447 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California, in the month of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. Hand-set in Cloister Lightface type. Presswork by Lawton Kennedy. Decorations by W. R. Cameron. Two hundred and fifty copies; This is Number 68." Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet and scholar who is perhaps best-known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. It was an immediate success upon its initial publication in 1751 among critics and the general public alike. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a rumination upon death and remembrance. In the poem, an unnamed narrator commemorates the "obscure," the country poor, who are buried in what many scholars have concluded is the churchyard of Church of St. Giles, Stoke Poges. However, the narrator (whom many scholars believe is a reflection of Gray) laments that these people, through forces outside of their control, are largely forgotten and begins to ponder if he will be remembered after he passes.. Illustr.: Cameron, W. R.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Gray, Thomas; Anderson, David (Commentary); Kennedy, Lawton (Printer) : Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, rare books, first editions, livres d'occasion and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |