Thomas Gray — Poems by Thomas Gray
London, Eton College, 1928. Vellum. A lovely edition of Gray's poetry printed specially as a presentation volume for students at Eton, his old college. Gray came to be known as one of the "Graveyard poets" of the late 18th century, along with Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper, and Christopher Smart. Gray perhaps knew these men, sharing ideas about death, mortality, and the finality and sublimity of death. Gray also wrote light verse, including Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, a mock elegy concerning Horace Walpole's cat. In armorial vellum binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart, although with some marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
