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1895004475Oxford: Oxford 1895. Hardcover. Good. Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus but doubtless outsourced with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Contains a life of Chaucer plus his works including his Poems his translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy Troilus and Criseyde and of course The Canterbury Tales. 8vo. 195x130mm xxiv 732pp. 149pp. glossarial index. Boards slightly bowed. Light marking and toning to spine and covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. <br/> <br/> Oxford hardcover
188038491880. A set of ten books from the 1870s to the 1890s published in their original fine Victorian bindings. Fine gilt lettering and decorations along the spines will make this collection a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. Approximately 13'' of shelf space with the tallest volume measuring 8''. Moderate shelf wear on all ten volumes most noticeable at the spine ends. Front hinge on "Bracebridge" is cracked causing overbite. Front hinge is cracked on "Poetical works of Thomas Moore". Front and rear hinge cracked on "The Poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer". Front and rear hinge cracked on "Aurora Leigh". Front and rear hinge cracked on "Eastern Fairy Legends". <br /> <br /> Includes "The Pilgirm's Progress" by John Bunyan two copies in different bindings "Robert Morrison" by W.J. Townsend "The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer" "The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore" "Middlemarch" by George Eliot "Bracebridge Hall" by Washington Irving "The Life Speeches and Memorials of Daniel Webster" by Samuel M. Smucker "Eastern Fairy Legends Current in Southern India" and "Aurora Leigh" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. unknown
1874049559New York: G.W. Carleton & Co. 1874. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Sir Michael Angelo Raphael Smith. A Fair copy or a little better 1875 owner's name in pictorial tan cloth. General cloth soiling sound binding with no tears at the gutters no prior owner's marks or creased page corners within and not ex-library. No dust jacket. <br/> <br/> G.W. Carleton & Co. hardcover
1863927E9London: Griffin Bohn & Co. 1863. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 7". Multiple inc. Jean-Antoine Watteau George Barrett Sr. Sir Thomas Lawrence J. M. W. Turner David Roberts Sir William Boxall. An uncommon edition of this discerning and richly illustrated anthology of poetry edited by Robert Bell. Uncommon.In full morocco binding with abundant gilt decoration and gilt fore edges. Marbled pastedown and marbled free endpaper at the front and rear of the work. Illustrated throughout with 66 monochrome vignettes replicating the work of several celebrated artists including J. M. W. Turner Jean-Antoine Watteau Thomas Stothard George Barrett Sr. and David Roberts. Collated complete. Printed by R. Clay Son and Taylor. Richard Clay I's son and partner in the printers Charles John Clay played an important part in the history of Cambridge University's printing and press. This is a discerning anthology of poetry which brings together the work of more than 150 poets with its golden leaves featuring excerpts from Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Marriage of Patient Grissel' Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Song of the Pixies' John Donne's 'A Lecture upon Shadows' John Milton's 'L'Allegro' Lady Mary Wortley Montague's 'The Lover' three of William Shakespeare's sonnets Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'The Cloud' and Alfred Tennyson's 'Break O Sea'. Edited by Robert Bell. In decorated full morocco binding. Externally very smart with good colour to the binding on the boards barring a touch of browning to the spine; gilt decoration and edges bright. The odd wormhole to the front and rear boards. Slight rubbing to the front board and to the bottom edge. Slight bumping to the corners and to the head and tail of the spine. Slight loss of marbling on the front and rear free endpapers at the hinge. Hinges strained. Internally firmly with generally bright and clean pages. Some toning and spotting throughout First front free endpaper blind stamped with 'James Davies Bookseller Bath'. Richard Clay printer's mark on front blank. One minor closed tear to the first free rear endpaper not impacting text. Very Good Indeed Griffin, Bohn & Co. hardcover
1894375135Oxford: At the Claredon Press 1894. Oxford Edition. Hardcover. 4 Volumes. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 4 volumes. Contents: Volume 4: The Canterbury Tales: Text. Volume 5: Notes to The Canterbury Tales. Volume 6: Introduction Glossary and Indexes. Volume 7: Being The Supplement to the Complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Subjects: Chaucer Geoffrey. Philosophy and religion. Middle English. Oxford: At the Claredon Press hardcover
18606496alJames Nichol. Fair. Hardcover. 1860. Text tanned in all volumes very readable for a copy this age. For more information see Description<br><p>Vol I: cover and spine scuffed on edges spine worn name on inside cover pa ge edge tanned and stained</p> ide cover page edge worn and tanned</p> . James Nichol hardcover
1895013250Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1895. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. VG. Two uniform volumes 5th edition apparently issued in a gift box that is missing gold cloth decorated with peacock feather motif decorations in the Arts& Crafts style gte sides untrimmed illustrated w/ b&w photograph reproductions w/ tissue guards. Covers modestly soiled some light foxing here and there largely at front and back. J. B. Lippincott hardcover
184819164London: Percy Society 1848. Hardcover. Fair. G 3 vols HB leather sp 8vo 2 spines replaced but blind <br/> <br/> Percy Society hardcover
