Details
GRAY, Thomas. Poems. London: for J. Dodsley, 1768.
8o (185 x 108 mm). Half-title, one page contents at end. (A few insignificant foxmarks.) Contemporary speckled calf (covers rehinged). Provenance: Arthur Maister (bookplate) -- purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 29 January 1969.
First London edition, published the same year in Glasgow and Dublin. Northup 52; Rothschild 1071.
[With:]
CUNNINGHAM, John (1729-1793). Poems, Chiefly Pastoral. London: printed for the author, 1766.
8o in fours (229 x 135 mm). 12-page list of subscribers, 4-page contents at end. Engraved frontispiece by Isaac Taylor. (Small hole on b2 affecting a few letters in subscriber's name, small hole on Z4 touching headline, a few insignificant foxmarks.) Original white paper-backed blue-grey boards, uncut (some wear and a few losses along spine, a few small stains to covers); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Miss E. Rose, Kilraviock (signature on title; bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 17 April 1969.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the London imprint. Hayward 186; Lowndes I, p.569. VERY FINE COPY IN BOARDS.
[With:]
BLAIR, Robert (1699-1746). The Grave. A Poem. London: for M. Cooper, 1743.
4o (246 x 195 mm). Original stab-holes preserved. Modern plain brown wrappers; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Richard Jennings (note on inner wrapper; this copy lent to the exhibition of English Poetry at the National Book League, 1947, compiled by John Hayward) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 October 1966.
FIRST EDITION, of Blair's famous study of melancholy. Hayward 166 (this copy); Rothschild 411. (3)
8o (185 x 108 mm). Half-title, one page contents at end. (A few insignificant foxmarks.) Contemporary speckled calf (covers rehinged). Provenance: Arthur Maister (bookplate) -- purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 29 January 1969.
First London edition, published the same year in Glasgow and Dublin. Northup 52; Rothschild 1071.
[With:]
CUNNINGHAM, John (1729-1793). Poems, Chiefly Pastoral. London: printed for the author, 1766.
8o in fours (229 x 135 mm). 12-page list of subscribers, 4-page contents at end. Engraved frontispiece by Isaac Taylor. (Small hole on b2 affecting a few letters in subscriber's name, small hole on Z4 touching headline, a few insignificant foxmarks.) Original white paper-backed blue-grey boards, uncut (some wear and a few losses along spine, a few small stains to covers); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Miss E. Rose, Kilraviock (signature on title; bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 17 April 1969.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the London imprint. Hayward 186; Lowndes I, p.569. VERY FINE COPY IN BOARDS.
[With:]
BLAIR, Robert (1699-1746). The Grave. A Poem. London: for M. Cooper, 1743.
4o (246 x 195 mm). Original stab-holes preserved. Modern plain brown wrappers; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Richard Jennings (note on inner wrapper; this copy lent to the exhibition of English Poetry at the National Book League, 1947, compiled by John Hayward) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 October 1966.
FIRST EDITION, of Blair's famous study of melancholy. Hayward 166 (this copy); Rothschild 411. (3)