GRAY, THOMAS 1(716-1771) . — Poems By Mr. Gray. A New Edition .

London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall M DCC LXVIII. [1768] . 0. "A New Edition." A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 5.0" x 0.5". [2pp.]/pp.119/[2pp.] , with a final contents leaf . Half-title (before the title-page) lacking. Page signatures: [A]¹, B-H8, I4, K¹. Brown calf carefully re-cased at sometime in the past. Board edges carefully strengthened. Matching brown calf spine with 5 raised bands gilt publication date: '1768' and tan leather title label: 'Gray's Poems". Plain endpapers, lightly soiled. Previous owner's details to front free-endpaper: "Hariette Chick, Christmas 1887." Printed title-page. Clean text throughout. Just the odd small blemish. VG. Referenced by: ESTC T136298 / Rothschild 1071 . Contents include: Ode on the Spring, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant prospect of Eton College, Hymn to Adversity, The Progress of Poesy, The Bard, The Fatal Sisters, The Descent of Odin, The Triumphs of Owen, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.