An Elegy in a Country Churchyard

A 1908 pocket edition of Thomas Gray's poem, with An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College

Author

Thomas Gray, illustrated by J T Friedenson

Publisher

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1908

Printing Details

Early printing. A slim hardback with gilt titling to upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. 14.5 × 11.5cm, 48pp.

A charming pocket edition of Thomas Gray's enduring poem Elegy in a Country Churchyard, added to which is his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, the book illustrated with black and white drawings by J T Friedenson.

Condition

There is light rubbing to the binding, and comprehensive foxing to the pastedowns and endpapers but the main body of text is very good, and the book remaining in strong readable condition.