Thomas Gray — Poems
Eton, Eton College at the Riccardi Press, 1946. Vellum. An attractive prize presentation copy of the poems of Thomas Gray. Privately printed for Eton College at the Riccardi Press. Gray was an Etonian himself, and this volume includes his "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College". A prize presentation copy, given to one Michael Patrick Radcliffe Boyle at Eton in 1951. With a bookplate of Boyle to front pastedown. Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 30 July 1771) was a poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. In a vellum binding with gilt armorial decoration to front board. Externally, very smart with the odd slight mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
