Gray, Thomas

Poems [signed binding by Riviere & Sons]

London: Chiswick, 1879. [xvi],415p,[1] 4 plates with pasted photos. Contemporary full calf, richly gilt spine with raised bands and red label, boards with gilt frames, all edges gilt, hinges a little rubbed. A signed binding by Riviere & Sons with their stamp on the inside lower edge of the front marbled end paper. An Eton prize volume to Henric Clinton Baker 1881, with an inserted presentation leaf bound in, and with the armorial book plate of William Clinton-Baker, Bayfordsbury, Herts. Third Chiswick Press edition printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, earlier published in 1863 and in 1867. They were used as premiums at Eton College and all editions has the four mounted photographs, one portrait and three views of Eton. The Clinton-Bakers at the Bayfordsbury Estate were famous for their gardening and their Pinetum. Henry William Clinton-Baker (1865-1935) was the last owner, and he is also author to? Illustrations of Conifers? in four volumes. The garden is now owned by the University of Hertfordshire. Item #2462

Price: $350.00