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1895z012117n/a: n/a 1895. Paperback. Very Good. ca. 1895. Paperback 4to. in pictorial wraps featuring portrait of Longfellow with ribbon binding patterned endpapers. Unpaginated illustrated with 16 bright chromolithographed plates including portraits of Chaucer Burns Byron Longfellow Whittier and others. Very good. Wraps soiled and foxed chipping to cloth spine and wrap extremities inner hinge cracked. Contemporary gift inscription on title. Internally bright and unmarked. n/a paperback
18961059<p>London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press 1896. Loose Pages. Near Fine. Folio: 16 5/8" x 11" 42.2 x 27.9 cm.</p><p>First Printing. Printed by William Morris. Printed on fine hand-made Batchelor with the Perch watermark paper. Uncut deckled edges. 541-542 pp from book V of Troilus and Criseyde.</p><p>Printed in black and red with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his "KELMSCOTT CHAUCER."</p><p>Speaking of the work Burne-Jones "Indeed when the book is done if we live to finish it it will be like a pocket cathedral - so full of design and I think Morris the greatest master of ornament in the world." Today it is still held by many to be the most exquisite book of printed English literature. Edward Burne-Jones Letter to Charles Eliot Norton 1894</p><p>Bright and clean. Only the very slightest foxing and minimal yellowing. In excellent condition for ephemera this old. Condition overall: Near Fine.</p> Kelmscott Press
18961058<p>London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press 1896. Loose Pages. Near Fine. Folio: 16 5/8" x 11" 42.2 x 27.9 cm.</p><p>First Printing. Printed by William Morris. Printed on fine hand-made Batchelor with the Perch watermark paper. Uncut deckled edges. 539-540 pp from book V of Troilus and Criseyde.</p><p>Printed in black and red with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his "KELMSCOTT CHAUCER."</p><p>Speaking of the work Burne-Jones "Indeed when the book is done if we live to finish it it will be like a pocket cathedral - so full of design and I think Morris the greatest master of ornament in the world." Today it is still held by many to be the most exquisite book of printed English literature. Edward Burne-Jones Letter to Charles Eliot Norton 1894</p><p>Bright and clean. Only the very slightest foxing and minimal yellowing. In excellent condition for ephemera this old. Condition overall: Near Fine.</p> Kelmscott Press
186425230Philadelphia / New York: Frederick Leypoldt F.W. Christern 1864. First edition. Cloth. Spine sunned paper spine label rubbed and chipped small chip to head of spine wear at extremities binding tight leaves crisp and clean; overall a good solid copy of this uncommon Philadelphia imprint. xxxviii 145 pp. 16mo. From the short lived firm of Frederick Leypoldt. Frederick Leypoldt 1835-1884 publisher and co-founder of the American Library Association began publishing in 1863 because of the dearth of imported books during the Civil War his first work being a translation of 'The Ice Maiden' by Hans Christian Andersen. By 1866 he joined with Henry Holt to form Leypoldt and Holt in New York which he left shortly thereafter. Shaw-Shoemaker: 6003. Frederick Leypoldt, F.W. Christern hardcover
187890435London: George Bell and Sons 1878. Finely bound set of Chaucer's poetical works. Small octavos four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands top edge gilt marbled endpapers tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In near fine condition. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages Geoffrey Chaucer is best known for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer also achieved fame in his lifetime as a philosopher and astronomer composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess The House of Fame The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. George Bell and Sons hardcover
1854073269John W. Parker and Son 1854. Book. Very Good. Hard Covers. Eight volume set in green cloth with paper labels on spine. Title pages dated 1854-56. From the series "Annotated edition of the English Poets" of All hinges are sound except rear hinge of volume 8 which is cracked. Previous owner inscription to front end paper of volume one. Darkening to labels on spines and chipping to couple labels. John W. Parker and Son Hardcover
18681367773London: Bell and Daldy ca. 1868. Hardcover. 12mo; G; green and black decorative cloths with gilt stamped text to spines; 6 volumes; no jackets; front and rear boards have black border designs; gilt and black framed lettering to fronts; some soiling to exteriors; slight rubbing wear to joints and edges; more noticeable wear to spine edges; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have modestly age toned; some offsetting to endpapers; bookplate adhered to front pastedowns except volume 1; faint handwriting to front pastedown to volume 1; cracking to front hinge to volume 1; cracking to rear hinge to volume 1; two bookplates to front pastedown to volume 1; hairline crack to front and rear hinges to volume 4; also hairline crack to rear hinges to volumes 4 and 5; previous owner's name to front endpaper to each volume; partial cracking to rear hinge to volume 2; interior pages lightly toned; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1367773. FP New Rockville Stock. Bell and Daldy hardcover
1830Canterbury Tales<p><strong>Chaucer Geoffrey.</strong><br /><em>The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer; with an Essay on his Language and Versification an Introductory Discourse Notes and a Glossary by Tho. Tyrwhitt.</em><br />London: William Pickering 1830.<br />5 vols. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Bound in full tan morocco by <strong>John White 24 Pall Mall</strong> with spines gilt in compartments with floral and diaper tooling gilt dentelles marbled edges and endpapers. Bookplate of Winifred Lucy Ashton.<br />A handsomely bound set of Pickering's deluxe edition of <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> edited by Tyrwhitt. An early 19th-century bibliophile's copy in an elegant signed binding by one of London's leading pre-Victorian binders.</p> William Pickering hardcover
1867448981London ; New York : G. Routledge 1867. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. All edges gilt and frontis plate tissue-guarded. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxxiv 586 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; ""A new edition."" Subjects; English poetry Middle English 1100-1500. Pilgrimages England. Medieval literature. Storytelling. Frame narratives. Social satire England 14th century. Characters and characteristics in literature. London ; New York : G. Routledge hardcover
1874103370Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1874. 1st thus royal octavo full leather binding spine decorated in gilt with red spine title label all edges gilt gilt decorated edges marbled endpapers pp viii 616. Engraved author portraits of Chaucer and Spenser. Tipped-in photo postcard of Canterbury Cathedral. Tipped-in reproduction illustration Jacomb-Hood etching illustrating the Farie Queene. Gift inscription 1877. Previous owner's bookplate of British historian A.W. Searley to front paste-down. Very good condition. Chaucer and Spenser "Edited for Popular Perusal with Current Illustrative and Explanatory Notes". Double-column text with Purves's notes at the foot of the page bound in full leather. 1st thus. Leather. William P. Nimmo hardcover
1869030687New York: D. Appleton & Company 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth gilt and blind stamped bumped corners head and heel small spot on front cover. Former owner's name on title page top corner dampstained and faint foxing. "With the notes and glossary of Thomas Tyrwhitt." 2 publisher's adverts 386pp. Tyrwhitt helped establish the canon of literary texts. D. Appleton & Company Hardcover
1830007323London: William Pickering 1830. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus. An elegantlly bound red half-morocco set of Chaucer. 5 vols. Small 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. Binding executed by G. P. Putnam's Sons with five raised bands gilt lettering on spine. Marbled paper pastedowns. Scattered mostly light foxing. A few scuffs on leather which otherwise is fresh bright attractive. William Pickering unknown
1861001959Edinburgh: James Nichol 1861. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three volumes green morocco with gilt decorations many pages still uncut.cxli 233; xxi 299; and xxxiii 341pp. Nichols' Library Edition. No not an ex-library copy. Very sharp example. James Nichol Hardcover
1899105769Oxford: Clarendon Press-Oxford 1899. cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. navy blue cloth gilt lettering to spines covers and cover edges lightly worn spine of volume six splt along top of front edge light foxing to endpapers <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking or insurance / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Clarendon Press-Oxford hardcover
1844449333Oxford : Clarendon Press 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel side edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Front panel edges and corners bumped and worn. Prelims to volumes are foxed; text blocks overall are tight bright and clean. A generally quite well preserved set. Physical description; complete in 6 vol.s ; 23 cm. Contents: vol.1 Romaunt of the rose Minor poems. vol.2 Botheius Troilus. vol.3 House of fame Legend of good women Astrolabe Sources of Canterbury tales. vol.4 The Canterbury tales text. vol.5 The Canterbury tales notes. vol.6 Introduction glossary indexes. Subjects; Chaucer Geoffrey died 1400. English poetry Middle English 1100-1500. Canterbury Tales. Middle English literature. English literature Medieval period 1100-1500. Narrative poetry English Middle English. Oxford : Clarendon Press hardcover
1894155811Oxford: Clarendon Press 1894-97. An important precursor to the Riverside Chaucer First Skeat edition an attractively bound set of what remained the standard edition of Chaucer until it was superseded by that of F. N. Robinson in 1933. Skeat's "interpretative and historical notes were regularly consulted by editors working on the Riverside edition of Chaucer" ODNB. "All Skeat's vast output is distinguished by accuracy in matter of fact wide learning and humanity and most of it he produced without prospect of reward out of devotion to his subject. His own prescription for such monuments of scholarship was enthusiasm with unremitting application and he wasted no time" ibid. 7 vols octavo 220 x 140 mm. Frontispiece in vols I-IV as issued vol. III with 6 plates of diagrams. Contemporary red half morocco by Bickers & Son spines lettered and ruled in gilt sides and corners trimmed with gilt fillet marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed red silk bookmarkers. Light soiling to marbled sides a number of upper joints split at foot bindings remaining sound occasional foxing clean overall. A very good set. unknown
189438511Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1894. Thick 8vo pp. xxiv 732 149; original blue blind-tooled cloth minor soiling gilt lettering edges and corners bumped and rubbed spine cloth starting; text in 2 columns; interior fine. This one-volume edition of the Works includes an abbreviated Life of Chaucer a pronunciation guide and a short essay on the various early editions. The Clarendon Press unknown
1841AQ33085London: Whittaker & Co. 1841. cxlvii 1 331pp 1. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed lightly marked corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard Bishop of Mauritius to FEP some marginal loss to leaf R7 scattered spotting. The sole edition of an anthology of early nineteenth century adaptations of Chaucer into modern English by several noted authors including inter alia Wordsworth 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' and an 'Extract from Trolius and Cresida' Thomas Powell 'The Flower and the Leaf' and Elizabeth B. Barrett 'Queen Annelida and False Arcite'. The lengthy introduction by English poet and critic R. H. Horne 1802-1884 asserts that the volume was intended for 'that vast majority of our countrymen and of foreigners acquainted with the English and English literature' who may have previously been unable or unwilling to read Chaucer's corpus due to inaccessible language or 'improper' terms. . First edition. 8vo. Whittaker & Co. hardcover
1841355490721917London 1841. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Whittaker & Co 1841. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration cover decoration in blind cxlvii 1 errata 331 1 pages. Pale yellow contemporary end-papers. With the bookseller's ticket of James Bain 1 Haymarket to the rear paste-down. A VG copy with spine slightly faded spine ends pushed top edge a little dusty a tiny bump to the bottom left-hand corner of the rear board the merest touch of rubbing to the spine edges. Strong hinges. Pages really clean. NO previous owner book-plates or inscriptions. A collection of early 19th century translations of Chaucer into modern English by several notable authors of the time. NB: this is a First UK Edition from 1841 and NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
188070817London: Bell and Daldy / The Aldine Edition c. 1880. Small 8vo. 6 volumes. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and black decoration. Pages uncut. Minor rubbing to extremities especially volume 6. Offsetting to endpapers otherwise generally internally clean. A very good set. Part of The Aldine Edition of the British Poets series. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. New and Revised Edition. 1880. Bell and Daldy / The Aldine Edition c. 1880 hardcover
1886145246London: George Bell and Sons 1886. Finely bound Aldine edition of this collection of brilliant poetical works. Octavo six volumes bound in three quarter brown calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within five raised gilt bands top edges gilt marbled endpapers decorated with botanical headpieces tailpieces and initials throughout. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities light toning to the text blocks and a bookplate to the front pastedown of Vol. VI. Edited by Richard Morris LLD with Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages Geoffrey Chaucer is best known for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer also achieved fame in his lifetime as a philosopher and astronomer composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess The House of Fame The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. George Bell and Sons hardcover
1852146338London: William Pickering 1852. The Aldine edition of Chaucer's brilliant poetical works. Duodecimo six volumes bound in full contemporary tan calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands all edges marbled marbled endpapers frontispiece portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer to Vol. I decorated with botanical headpieces tailpieces and initials throughout. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities front and rear panels very light toning to the endpapers of each volume. Edited by Richard Morris LLD with Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages Geoffrey Chaucer is best known for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer also achieved fame in his lifetime as a philosopher and astronomer composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess The House of Fame The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. William Pickering hardcover
188227199<p><strong>1882 Geoffrey CHAUCER Canterbury Tales Poems Assembly of Foules English Poetry</strong></p><p><em>"If gold rusts what then can iron do"</em></p><p>― Geoffrey Chaucer<em> The Canterbury Tales</em></p><p><em>'The Canterbury Tales'</em> is one of the most famous pieces of early English literature written during the end of the 14th-century. Written by Geoffrey Chaucer this book is a collection of short stories told from the perspective of traveling pilgrims on their way to Canterbury from London. Chaucer paints an accurate portrayal of English society during the time as well as customs and social practices. </p><p>This late 19th-century printing of the poems of Chaucer includes of course '<em>Canterbury Tales'</em> but also features works such as '<em>Cuckow and Nightgale'</em> '<em>Assembly of Foules'</em> and other lesser-known poems. Textual notes provided by Thomas Wright. </p><p>Item number: #27199</p><p>Price: $399</p><p>CHAUCER Geoffrey; WRIGHT Thomas editor</p><p><strong><em>The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. A New Text with Illustrative Notes</em></strong></p><p>New York: The American News Co. ca. 1882. </p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->4 631 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->6 illustrated plates</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Decorative orange cloth </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in 19cm x 13.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> The American News Co hardcover
188513569New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co 1885. Hardcover. Octavo brown decorative cloth with gilt titles and gilt spine decoration gilt page edges. A wonderful vintage edition of Chaucer's works. Pages toned with foxing pencil inscription to front blank rubbing and wear to corners and ends of spine light bumping to front top edge gilt a bit dull to spine else a very nice copy. Thomas Y. Crowell Co hardcover
1866343901London : George Routledge and sons Broadway Ludgate Hill 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy finely bound blind tooled leather with a gilt blocked title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the libraries of Robert Edward Gardiner and Maclay with their respective bookplates. Physical description; lxx 501 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; The title page proper is preceded by: an engraved frontispiece portrait of Chaucer by H. Robinson; an illustrated half title: 'The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer.' with an engraving of 'Chaucer's tomb in Westminster Abbey.' The title page proper and all text enclosed within a single line border; main body of text printed in double columns. Subjects; Chaucer Geoffrey -1400 Versification. Chaucer Geoffrey -1400 Language. Genre; Illustrated. London : George Routledge and sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill hardcover
