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51618bdLondon; William Pickering 1845. The Aldine Edition by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Six volumes. Octavo bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 tan polished calf & linen leather hardcover calf labels gilt-stamped spines top edges gilt uncut ribbon-markers 326 pp 330 pp. 363 pp 321 pp 288 pp. Fine. hardcover books
1934292224New York: Covici Friede 1934. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. xvii 627pp. Tall thick 8vo beautifully rebound in full tan morocco gilt-tooled spine. New York: Covici Friede 1934. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Covici Friede unknown books
1934295547New York: Covici Friede 1934. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. xvii 627pp. Tall thick 8vo beautifully rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco morocco ornately gilt spine t.e.g. New York: Covici Friede 1934. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Covici Friede unknown books
04317Salisbury: Perdix Press 1984. Superb Photo-Litho Facsimile of the Original 1476 Edition<br/><br/>CHAUCER Geoffrey. PERDIX PRESS. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. In the Original Text from Caxton's First Edition into Modern English by Nevill Coghill. Salisbury: Perdix Press 1984. <br/><br/>Number 3 of 10 copies signed by Mark Franklin preface and Walter Partridge introduction. <br/><br/>Small folio 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 184 mm. 80 2 1 limitation 1 blank pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Collation includes two woodcut illustrations by Howard Phipps and thirty facsimile pages of the original 1476 edition with many of the initial letters in red. The woodcut on the verso of the half-title is signed in pencil "Howard Phipps 1984".<br/><br/>Full dark brown calf covers ruled in blind spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Housed in the original brown cloth slipcase. Loosely laid-in is a sample gathering pp. 63-66 and an additional copy of the frontispiece signed in pencil by Howard Phipps. A very fine example. <br/><br/>"In this limited edition the modern translation has been set by hand and printed on an Arab platen by Walter Partridge at Perdix Press in Salisbury. The black letter is a photo-litho facsimile of the British Library copy of Caxton's 1476 first edition. The paper is Zerkall mould made. Ten copies have been bound in calf and two hundred in cloth by Period Book Binders of Bath. October 1984" limitation leaf. Salisbury: Perdix Press, 1984 unknown books
1928106052London: Johnathan Cape and the Medici Society Ltd. 1928. Finely bound edition of The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer illustrated by William Russell Flint. Octavo bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt titles and central gilt motif of an armored knight on horseback gilt ruling to the panels top edge gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Elaborately illustrated with full color plates after the drawings of William Russell Flint including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. A lovely example. A collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400 The Canterbury Tales is is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people composing the characters throughout the tales was without precedent in English and the work still offers a variety of insights into customs and practices of the time. Johnathan Cape and the Medici Society Ltd. unknown books
1930119841London: The Medici Society 1930. First edition of Eleanor Farjeon's modern adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Octavo bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers and all edges gilt elaborately illustrated with full color plates after the drawings of William Russell Flint including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown. A collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400 The Canterbury Tales is is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people composing the characters throughout the tales was without precedent in English and the work still offers a variety of insights into customs and practices of the time. The Medici Society hardcover books
1878008160London: George Bell and Sons 1878. SCARCE. Four volume set finely bound in contemporary polished red calf the backs tooled in gilt with morocco labels lettered in gilt double gilt ruled borders to covers marbled end papers and edges tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. A lovely set Near Fine a bit of light rubbing at joints covers a bit darkened. Series title; Bohn's Standard Library. V. 1-2. Canterbury Tales.- V. 3. Troylus and Cryseyde etc.-V. 4. Romaunt of the Rose etc. . Revised Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Bell and Sons Hardcover books
190921761London: The Riccardi Press 1909. Hardcover. Very good. Flint W. Russell. The original gray cloth portfolio housing a duplicate set of all 36 color plates that W. Russell Flint produced for the original limited edition. This portfolio presumably accompanied one of the 12 copies printed on vellum. Mild rippling to plates and some edgewear to portfolio but a very nice set of a scarce item. None available online. <br/><br/> The Riccardi Press hardcover books
187890435London: George Bell and Sons 1878. Finely bound set of the 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 books
1798243701Oxford: Clarendon Press 1798. Second. hardcover. very good. To which are added an Essay on His Language and Versification and an Introductory Discourse Together with Notes and a Glossary By Thomas Tyrwhitt. Frontis. 2 vols. thick 4to half 19th century olive green leather over marbled boards lightly rubbed; marbled end-papers and edges. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition.<br/><br/> Lowndes I p. 427.<br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
18861217LONDON GEORGE BELL 1886 1886. TAN CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS; 6 VOLS "ALDINE EDITION" VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, GEORGE BELL, 1886 hardcover books
20091314935Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2009. Limited Edition #217/425. Hardcover. Folio 554 pages.; VG; bound in fine cream genuine leather with bright gilt spine title; gilt text block; marbled endpapers; silk ribbon; housed in publishers green clamshell case; with Declaration of Authenticity loose within containing matching limitation number; printed on Mohawk Ultrafelt warm white paper specially milled by Mohawk fine Papers; bound in Specially-crafted leather imported from Italy; Contains the complete works of Chaucer including the Canturbury Tales all 87 woodcuts by renowned Victorian-era artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones the borders decorations and initials drawn by William Morris himself the unique typeface created by Morris specifically for this masterpiece a magnificent Morris-designed cover; in excellent condition; heavy please contact for shipping costs; shelved above mythology. 1314935. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1721318062London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Urry edition. Engraved portraits of Chaucer and Urry vignette illustrations at head of each Tale and to title head and tail pieces woodcut initials. 52 626 81 1 pp. Printed double column. 1 vols. Folio 40 x 24 cm. Contemporary speckled calf lacework panels to covers six raised bands. Front joint cracked lower board re-hinged early on scuffing to boards leaves mildly browned. First Urry edition. Engraved portraits of Chaucer and Urry vignette illustrations at head of each Tale and to title head and tail pieces woodcut initials. 52 626 81 1 pp. Printed double column. 1 vols. Folio 40 x 24 cm. First Urry Edition. Though editor John Urry 1666-1715 was subsequently criticized for his frequent conjectural emmendations "the justice of such criticisms should not obscure his achievement. His the first edition of Chaucer for nearly a hundred and fifty years to consult any manuscripts and is the first since that of William Thynne in 1534 to seek systematically to assemble a substantial number of manuscripts to establish his text. It is also the first edition to offer descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works and the first to print texts of 'Gamelyn' and 'The Tale of Beryn' works ascribed to but not by Chaucer" ODNB. It is also the first collected edition of Chaucer to be printed in Roman type. Urry died before the edition was brought out and the work was completed by Thomas Ainsworth and Timothy and William Thomas. ESTC T106027 Bernard Lintot unknown books
1721046693London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good. Contemporary ruled calf rebacked but rebacking failed and the front board cleanly detached rear board interior joint weak but attached and sound. Old armorial bookplate inside front cover. Scattered minor foxing and soiling very clean overall. The first Urry edition of Chaucer and the first edition not printed in black letter in folio 15 1/2" x 10". A compendious achievement with additional tales never before printed though all are apocryphal. With two frontis portraits Urry and Chaucer and woodcut illustrations at the beginning of the of tales. 626pp plus an 81 page glossary and errata. A bit of worming to the margin in the glossary<br/><br/>Includes The Canterbury Tales Troilus and Creseide Romaunt of the Rose his translation of Alfred's translation of Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy and others. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046693. Bernard Lintot hardcover books
17981338815Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos 2 volumes; VG; bound in contemporary full polished calf spines rebacked with gilt tooling paneled with morocco label and gilt titling; some rubbing and scraping to boards rear cover of volume one with uneven fading; marbled text block; wide margins; ownership pen marks to front pastedowns ffeps sfep of volume 1 title pages; frontispiece to volume 1 slight offsetting onto title page; shelved case 3. ESTC: T75508;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "Chaucer's reputation had suffered because the principles on which his verse depends were no longer understood; it was Tyrwhitt who pointed out that final e's by his time mute ought to be pronounced as separate syllables and that the accent of a word was often placed in the French manner e.g. virtúe not vÃrtue. Tyrwhitt's scholarship is still held in great respect." Britannica;. 1338815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. at the Clarendon Press hardcover books
190222182London: Essex House Press Edward Arnold 1902. leather_bound. Full limp vellum. Near fine. 45 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Limited edition copy 94 of 165 printed on vellum with front cover Arts & Crafts rose in blind and entitled "Soul Is Form." Hand colored woodcut frontispiece plus a central two panel plate and elaborate colored initials throughout by Edith Harwood. Bookplate of Henry Walters Morrieson front cover pastedown. "The Essex House Press was then an Arts & Crafts press par excellence.it reveals more of Art Nouveau in many of the books than one would have expected from so devoted a follower of Morris." CAVE: PRIVATE PRESS p.125 noting Ashbee's work at Essex House. Slight cover soiling at top edges. Essex House Press (Edward Arnold) unknown books
1902004447London and New York: Edward Arnold & Sameuel Buckley 1902. 12mo full vellum binding with blind-stamped rose and motto "Soul is Form". Printed on vellum with hand-illumination by the Essex House Press. The prettiest and most illustrated work in the Great Poems Series. Text was once attributed to Chaucer. One of 165 copies. Slightly darkened spine gilt bright in a simple slipcase. One half page and one double-page illustration and 85 historiated initials all hand-colored by Edith Harwood. Colin Franklin: ". the most skilfull and original of the Series a charming small work of art. . Edith Harwood made and coloured the decorations which run happily through the pages. with people and flowers in greens and pinks purple and brown". Full Vellum. Fine. Illus. by Edith Harwood. 12mo. Edward Arnold & Sameuel Buckley Hardcover books
19293589Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1929. First edition. One of 375 sets this being number 224 on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper out of a total edition of 386 copies. Eight folio volumes 267 x 184 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1940 in full blue crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Rivière. Covers ruled in gilt spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments decorative gilt board edges gilt ruled turn- ins marbled liners and endpapers all edges gilt. Spines uniformly faded. Calligraphic half-titles title-pages and contents pages in red and black by Joscelyne V. Gaskin. Paragraph marks in red and blue first initial in gold other initials and sections headings printed in blue after designs by Gaskin some shoulder notes printed in blue occasional text printed in red and blue. Seventy hand-colored woodcut illustrations and twenty hand-colored woodcut diagrams. "A very handsome and attractive set of this fine edition.<br/><br/>A beautiful example of Chaucer's works. The figures of the Canterbury Pilgrims were freely drawn from the Ellesmere manuscript now in the Huntington Library by Hugh Chesterman. The miniatures in The Romaunt of the Rose were redrawn by Lynton H. Lamb from a fourteenth-century French manuscript MS. Egerton 881 at the British Museum. Other manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and Cambridge University were used for the illustrations to The Compleynte of Mars and A Treatise on the Astrolabe as well as for two portraits of Chaucer. Woodcuts from Richard Pynson's 1526 three-volume edition of Chaucer were redrawn by Lynton H. Lamb to illustrate A Parlement of Foules Troilus and Criseyde The House of Fame and The Legende of Good Women and woodcuts from Vincent's early sixteenth-century Lyon edition of Boethius were adapted for De consolacione philosophie.<br/><br/>Franklin 150 235. Ransom 16 no. 60. Basil Blackwell unknown books
1687147855London: no publisher 1687. hardcover. near fine. To which is adjoyn'd The Story of the Siege of Thebes by John Lidgate Monk of Bury. Together with The Life of Chaucer Shewing His Countrey Parentage Education Marriage Children Revenues Services Reward Friends Books Death. Frontispiece "Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer" incorporating his portrait. Additional large engraved armorial design 660 pages. Folio newly rebound in full British tan morocco with raised bands gilt-tooled maroon leather spine label. London: no publisher 1687.<br/><br/> 8th collected edition. Printed with double columns of Gothic type the last to do so. Some internal age-toning and scattered light foxing otherwise in near fine condition.<br/><br/> no publisher unknown books
1598318051Londin: printed by Adam Islip for George Bishop 1598. First Speght edition. Full page woodcut of the progeny of Chaucer incorporating a portrait of the author full page woodcut arms of Chaucer large woodcut of Knight at head of his tale separate title for Canterbury Tales within elaborate woodcut borders woodcut initials. 27 394 13 ff. Without first and final blank leaves and printed errata provided in near contemporary manuscript at end. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio 31.3 x 19.6 cm. Near contemporary calf rebacked lacking cornerpiece and one clasp detached later ownership blindstamp at center of covers. Intermittent browning minor edge chips to a few leaves overall very good. Provenance: Mary & Brent Maxfield gilt ownership stamp to upper cover. First Speght edition. Full page woodcut of the progeny of Chaucer incorporating a portrait of the author full page woodcut arms of Chaucer large woodcut of Knight at head of his tale separate title for Canterbury Tales within elaborate woodcut borders woodcut initials. 27 394 13 ff. Without first and final blank leaves and printed errata provided in near contemporary manuscript at end. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. Folio 31.3 x 19.6 cm. First Speght edition. The first of several influential editions to be published by Thomas Speght; while it relies heavily on the Stowe edition of 1561 "Speght's notes and introductory material are far more elaborate than in any previous edition and he was the first to provide a substantial glossary . Speght also contributed new annotations to the text of Chaucer . and an extensive biography which informed all subsequent accounts of the poet's life until the 1840s ODNB. STC 2nd ed 5077 Pforzheimer 177 Luborsky & Ingram English illustrated books 1536-1603 5077 [printed by Adam Islip for] George Bishop unknown books
1927318063Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1927. No. 143 of 219 copies of 225 total printed in black red and blue. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter niger morocco with pattered paper-covered boards t.e.g. slipcase. Spine just a touch faded minor rubs to corners small ownership signature to f.f.e.p but fine. Gill Eric. No. 143 of 219 copies of 225 total printed in black red and blue. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. 1 vols. 4to. One of Gill's finest. This book had the smallest limitation of all of Gill's major works. A lovely copy with Gill's richly sensuous illustrations and marginal decorations one of his greatest achievements. Ransom 47; Chanticleer A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press # 50 Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
192968192With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. CHAUCER Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. With wood engravings by Eric Gill. Waltham Saint Lawrence in Berkshire: Printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press 1929-1931. One of 485 numbered copies on Batchelor handmade paper out of a total edition of 500 copies. Stated "File Copy" on colophon page in lieu of a limitation number. Four folio volumes 12 x 7 1/2 inches; 307 x 190 mm. One full-page illustration twenty-nine half-page illustrations 269 decorative borders tail-pieces and line-fillers and sixty-one initial letters printed in black red or blue all engraved on wood by Eric Gill. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in quarter niger morocco over patterned boards. Gilt-lettered spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt others uncut. Spines lightly sunned to different degrees. A few very tiny chips to spines. Tips slightly bumped and with some rubbing. Housed in a morocco-tipped cloth slipcase. Overall a handsome and desirable set which shows very well and the text is very clean. ìMost of the borders are leaf and stem but among the leaves hiding or beckoning climbing or leaning out are girls and men kings and boys priests and nuns who take part or seem to be commenting upon the stories.the pattern continues affectionate and cheeky erotic enjoyable and relevant decorative and explanatory a balance of taste and eye. Borders are repeated sometimes in new combinations. To start a new tale we have more elaborate and descriptive work with a red or blue initial letter.There they are the characters in the tale with their stage scenery.One other quality in these borders should be noticedótheir mannerism the distortion of human figures sometimes so that they almost share the forms of leaf and stemóand sometimes grow from them. It is another rather touching aspect of GillÃs idea and all these manners work towards a single artóthe poetry people leaves decoration and explanation. Author artist and printer have shared one concept and expressed itî Colin Franklin The Private Presses pp. 143-144. Chanticleer 63. Gill 281. HBS 68192. $10000 Printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
159867348First Edition of Chaucer Edited by Thomas Speght CHAUCER Geoffrey. The Workes of our Antient and lerned English Poet Geffrey Chaucer newly Printed. In this Impression you shall find these Additions: 1 His Portraiture and Progenie shewed. 2 His Life collected. 3 Arguments to every Booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure Words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two Bookes of his never before printed. London: Impensis George Bishop 1598. First edition edited by the Chaucerian scholar Thomas Speght sixth published edition. Folio 11 7/8 x 8 inches; 302 x 204 mm. 27 394 14 leaves. With errata leaf bound at the end. Lacking the initial and final blank leaves. Black letter. Double columns. Engraved portrait of Chaucer on ∂7v after Hoccleve. Woodcut arms of Chaucer on A6v and woodcut illustration for the ìKnightÃs Taleî at head of B1r. Woodcut title border McKerrow and Ferguson 148 and three divisional titles within repeated woodcut border McKerrow and Ferguson 75. Woodcut historiated and floral initials. Eighteenth-century paneled calf rebacked with possible original spine laid down. A bit of rubbing to boards and spine. Some worming sporadically throughout mainly marginal. Some toning and browning throughout. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page and old ink notes on dedication page top margin. Overall a very good copy. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell. This is the first edition of Chaucer edited by Thomas Speght fl. 1600. He introduced for the first time a biography of Chaucer in English a glossary of Chaucerian words and the spurious ìDreameî and the ìFlower and the Leafî both of which Francis Beaumont apologized for in the preface. ìThis is the first edition edited by Speght who had the assistance of John Stowe Francis Thynne Francis Beaumont the elder and Robert Glover. The most remarkable feature of this edition is the glossary which was largely the editorÃs production and was the main object of Francis ThynneÃs Animadversionsî Pforhzheimer. Speght was also the editor for the seventh edition printed in 1602. Grolier Langland to Wither 43. Pforzheimer 177. STC 5077. HBS 67348. $12500 Impensis Geor[ge] Bishop hardcover books
1476122957Single leaf 292 r/v. Westminster: William Caxton 1476-1477. Single leaf 292 r/v 242 x 163 mm printed on both sides with a single rubricated initial. Bull's Head watermark clearly visible in the center of the leaf when held against light. Not trimmed close to the text as our previous copy and virtually all known fragments. Sympathetically cleaned and matted. § A landmark in the history of English literature and in the history of printing being a single leaf from Chaucer's Tale of Melibee from the Canterbury Tales the second tale told by Chaucer himself as the host of the inn in which the pilgrims lodge. This particular leaf is significant as it includes a Biblical citation which may be the first appearance in English of the proverb "Greed i.e. money is the root of all harms i.e. evil". "For according to the saying of the word of the Apostle `Greed is root of all harms.' And therefore it were better for you to lose so much wealth of your own than to take their wealth in this manner for better it is to lose wealth with honor than it is to acquire wealth with villainy and shame."“Caxton was both the first to print a book in English and the first English printer. He realized the commercial potential of the new technology while working as a merchant in the Low Countries and Germany birthplace of printing in Europe. Around 1475 Caxton set up his own printing press in London. Among his earliest books are two magnificent editions of the 14th-century classic Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’: the first published in 1476 AND THUS THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLAND IN ENGLISH and the second illustrated with woodblock prints in 1483.†British Library.See: ic00431000. 9 essentially complete If sometimes made-up copies and 5 substantial but incomplete copies are listed by location along with 24 single leaves or groups of a very few 2-8 leaves. The copy listed as owned by Norman Strouse was later sold to Bernard M. Rosenthal from whom we bought it in 2014 and sold it to the St. Louis Mercantile Library. It was the last leaf to be sold in the trade to our knowledge and like most leaves but not this one was trimmed at the top touching the text. Even the Doheny fragments were trimmed touching the text at the top. The Caxton Club issued a book about Caxton and 148 copies included an original leaf. William Caxton unknown books
1931318064Golden Cockerel Press 1931. Copy no. 358 of 485 copies total edition of 500. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. Printed in red black and blue. 4 vols. Small folio. Original quarter brown niger morocco and patterned paper over boards spines a little darkened hint of wear at corners but a fine copy. Gill Eric. Copy no. 358 of 485 copies total edition of 500. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. Printed in red black and blue. 4 vols. Small folio. Eric Gill's Canterbury Tales. Universally acknowledged to be one of Gill's greatest achievement and deservedly sought after as one of the finest illustrated books of the twentieth century. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books