Biography: (Edited by W.H. Kearley Wright) and The Fables (Illustrated with 68 Wood Engravings from drawings by W. Harvey).

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London 1923. Royal 8vo. Original gilt decorated cloth. Dustjacket. (viii 314pp.). T.e.g. other edges uncut. The wood engravings are tipped-in. Edition limited to 250 copies for Great Britain and the United States this copy being No. 195. A very fine copy. NOTE: Gay was an important 18th century poet and dramatist. This edition of his fables include the First and Second series as well as chronological list of the various editions of the Fables.