Eton: Printed at the Eton Colllege Press for a Private Publication, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. quarto. pp XIV, 164. 1st printing. Fully bound in calf, title label and raised bands to spine, AEG, marbled end papers. Spine, board edges and inner edges gilt decorated with original owner bookplate. A lovely binding.

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Bookseller: Strawberry Hill Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 037322
Title: Poems by Thomas Gray
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Printed at the Eton Colllege Press for a Private Publication
Place of Publication: Eton
Date Published: 1894
Size: quarto
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
AEG: All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...