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1946013727NY: Limited Editions Club 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. About as nice as one would expect to see in decorated slipcase as issued. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk signed by Szyk on the colophon. Limited to 1500 copies. Limited Editions Club hardcover
133597Boston / London: Hale Cushman & Flint / Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society 1928. hardcover xiii 637pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Single volume. Dark blue-green buckram lettered in gilt though the spine is faded. Corners square binding solid. Deckled edges some of which remain uncut. Jacket is leatherette paper with titles printed in black and a paste-down illustration. The jacket is rubbed lightly marked and has closed tears at the font hinge. It is now protected in a loose mylar sleeve. Internally clean and bright with full colour full page illustratiions. Illustrated after drawings by Sir W. Russell Flint. Hale, Cushman & Flint / Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society Hardcover
1024280497.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2010120299<p>London: The Folio Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 2010. Facsimile Reprint -1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. A FINE Copy. This is a Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1928-1931 and illustrated throughout with engravings by ERIC GILL. Two Volumes housed in a CLAMSHELL BOX not quite flush to edges but likely intentional due to size/weight. Included with the Main book is a Second volume entitled "The Golden Cockerel Press The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill: Decoration and the Mise en Page" by Peter Holliday. A useful addition to such a sumptuous volume. This is the same size as the 'Canterbury Tales; but very slim. This is Bound with a black cloth spine sage-green paper boards and a Title Label to the front board. "The Canterbury Tales" is bound in Black Nigerian goatskin leather by G. Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endpapers. Leather is blocked in 24-carat gold with gold titles/decoration to the spine and upper board. All edges gilt. With a black satin ribbon marker. Canterbury Tales = c.768 pages. Peter Holliday Essay = 48pp. Dimensions of the books are 12 ½" x 7 ¾" Outer Clamshell dimensions are Small Folio = 35cm by 23cm 13¾ by 9 inches. This Edition is Limited to 1980 numbered copies. This is Number 516. Limitation at the end of the book. NO Inscriptions or marks. Clean Tight and Bright. Printed by Memminger Medien Centrum on Corolla Classic watermark laid paper. The Original The Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Canterbury tales was originally bound in four volumes corresponding to the four days of the narrative with a contents page at the end of each volume. A Sumptuous Volume. FINE. GIFT QUALITY. This book is large and very overweight and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. Please check with Seller if unsure. See Images. ; Large Thick Folio 13" - 15" tall .</p> The Folio Society, hardcover
1778324756London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate 1778. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century tree calf spines elaborately gilt marbled endsheets. Bookplate of Thomas Lancaster. Upper board of vol. 1 detached headcaps of vols. 1 & 2 worn. Good. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. An important late eighteenth century edition of the Canterbury Tales with the Tales in four volumes and the fifth volume containing a Glossary. The preface includes an account of the manuscripts and of the editions of Chaucer's works to date. Printed for T. Payne and Son, at the Mews-Gate unknown
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1970BIB331318London: The Folio Society. 1970. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Near Fine condition in a Slipcase. Quarter leather brown on beige cloth boards binding. Some minor age-toning to slipcase with small crack in the paper binding at spine tale. Woodcuts by Edna Whyte. Translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill. 288 304 pages. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1386 Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of peace and then three years later in 1389 Clerk of the King's work. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on this his most famous text. The tales are mostly written in verse although some are in prose. . Near Fine. 4th impression. Hardback. The Folio Society hardcover
1997gff02jSan Marino California: Huntingdon Library / Yushodo Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1997. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 440mm x 320mm 17" x 13". xvi 363pp. Facsimile b/w plates and colour frontis. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Huntingdon Library / Yushodo Co Ltd hardcover
1142839435.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0872207544New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1978238482Norwalk.: The Easton Press. 1978. First edition thus. . Gilt decorated hard cover. Gilt edges. Satin end papers. Leather. Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated in black white and color by Frank Hill. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. The Easton Press. hardcover
2025x-1398860824Sirius 2025. Hardcover. New. 384 pages. 11.53x9.25x11.54 inches. Sirius hardcover
9626348046.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1398860824.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
101423Edinburgh James Nichol 1861. 3 vols. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In brown full calf leather fine binding by “BICKERS & SON” with gilt decoration and lettering to spine on green label raised bands gilt panelled boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some minor rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Foxing spots to endapers. Some scratches to rear board on volume 1. Inscription to front endpaper “John C. Hanford Flood from his affectionate friends George John Courthorpe William Francis Courthorpe & Alexander Courthorpe on his leaving Eton Easter 1867”. Else very clean and tight copies. 233pp; 299pp; 34199. Part of “Nichol’s Library Edition of British Poets in Forty-Two Vols.” Edinburgh James Nichol 1861 hardcover
20081-0679643559Modern Library 2008. Hardcover. New. unabridged edition. 626 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.75 inches. Modern Library 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
2008300-00041Modern Library 2008-11-18. hardcover. Very Good. Very good with minor issues. Looks like an interesting title! Modern Library 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
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19724942803Cornmarket Reprints 1972. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2100grams ISBN:0719114853 Cornmarket Reprints hardcover
74701London: W.H. Allen 1934. Illustrated Literature LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION THUS first impression. Octavo 24 x 16cm pp.2 xviii; 627 5. with numerous dichromatic wood engraved plates by Kent including a frontispiece. Recently rebound in red half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin black labels on the spine and matching cloth over boards. Gentle toning and some marks to edges otherwise a crisp clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. A quality edition with large print good typography and illustrations by one of the greatest American illustrators of the twentieth century. First published in the US in 1930 the same year as his most famous work 'Moby Dick'. London: W.H. Allen, 1934 unknown
