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18716552London: N. Trubner and Co 1871. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 6 parts. Very good in blue paper wrappers with black titles to spines and front panels. Minor chipping around the edges with library numbers on front covers. LIT7/01171. N. Trubner and Co paperback
187774958London:: Chatto and Windus 1877. First edition. publisher's gilt pictorial cloth with a key to the decorations printed on the front pastedown; gilt spine. A little sunning and a few spots to the cloth; corner tips frayed; tight and sound; contents fine. 8vo. Illustrated with eight coloured pictures and numerous woodcuts by the author. Chatto and Windus, hardcover
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
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
1870C219397Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1870. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. viii 624pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. Covers with some wear and chipping re-cased with repairs to backstrip tears slight wrinkling to endpapers faint marks to frontis and illustrated title page slight creasing to title page otherwise very good. William P. Nimmo, 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
184161003Whittaker & Co London 1841. First Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". cxlviii 331pp. Hinges and front joint reinforced. Spine slightly cocked with chips to ends. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Crinkling to end papers. Corners bumped. Contributions from Leigh Hunt William Wordsworth Elizabeth B. Browning and others. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61003. . Whittaker & Co hardcover
1900314591New York: Oxford University Press American Branch 1900. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner name inked on front pastedown and second front end page. Front hinge cracked. Gilded top text block edge. Shelfwear on spine crown and heel and panel corners. Oxford University Press American Branch hardcover
1868519535London: Fred. Bruckmann 1868. Softcover. Fine. Albumen print carte-de-visite photographic portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer reproduced from a painting by P. Kramer. Measuring 2.5" x 3.25". on slightly larger cardstock mount with dark red single-rule border. The image reproduces a painting by Chaucer in profile from the chest up. Printed in pale red text beneath the image: "Registered. 1. Depose. Chaucer. Fred. Bruckmann London." Light rubbing to photograph and mount else near fine condition. <br /> The photographer Fred. Bruckmann a noted German art publisher based in Munich opened a London studio at the Strand in 1868.<br /> The artist P. Kramer is almost certainly Peter Kramer 1823-1907 a painter and lithographer from Bavaria who emigrated to the United States in 1848. He returned to Germany in 1858 but was later exiled for caricaturing the King of Bavaria. He returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York City. Fred. Bruckmann unknown
18641077<p><b> PRESENTED TO A NOTED SCHOLAR JOHN JACOB ASTOR BY THE PUBLISHER<br /></b></p><p><b>CHAUCER Geoffrey. </b><i>Chaucer's Legende of Goode Women. Edited with an Introduction and Notes Glossarial and Critical by Hiram Corson. </i>12mo original decorated cloth uniformly & pleasantly faded paper label faded pp. xxxviii 145. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt. New York: F. W. Christern. London: Trübner & Co. 1864. <br /></p><p>First Edition second issue with cancel title dated 1864; printed on thick paper. The first issue has integral title and is dated 1863. Number 30 of "Only 100 Copies printed in this paper" as stated by a thin slip of paper printed in red pasted under the copyright notice on verso of title-page. Presentation copy inscribed in pencil by the publisher to John Jacob Astor's grandson the noted American scholar writer and philologist Charles Astor Bristed 1820-1874 for whom see <b>DAB</b>: "C. A. Bristed Esq. With the Compliments of the Publisher. Philad Jan. 15 1864." The editor was Hiram Corson 1828-1911 American scholar and professor who as an intimate of Walt Whitman defended him vigorously. Corson has contributed a long introduction and notes glossarial and critical in which he stated his belief that the true spirit of Chaucer's poetry "can be reached only through its original language and not through modernized versions." Other than the pleasant fading of the patterned cloth binding an excellent copy. Presumably presented by Frederick Leypoldt. 65138</p><br /> Frederick Leypoldt hardcover
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
184649190London: William Pickering London 1846. Hardcover - as published. Good. This set will need rebinding. The boards are detached sections of spine missing Full leather teg. Internally tight and bright decorative end-papers minor foxing on the ffeps . William Pickering, London, 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
1870942T10London: The Chaucer Society by N. Trubner & Co. 1870-1890. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A collection of essays and studies on the literary works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Six volumes. From the Chaucer Society. A collection of critical works and studies of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer an English poet author and civil servant considered the "father of English literature". This set contains: Essays on Chaucer: His Words and Works c1870. A collection of essays with translations on some of the author's most important and entertaining pieces from a variety of literary scholars. Trial-Forewords to My "Parrallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems" for the Chaucer Society 1880. Written by Frederick James Furnivall an English philologist best known as one of the co-creators of the New English Dictionary. Chaucer's "Boece" Englisht from Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" 1886. Edited by Richard Morris an English philologist and priest of the Church of England. Chaucer's "Boece" Englisht from "Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii Philosophiae Consolationis Libri Quinque" 1886. Edited by Frederick James Furnivall. The Tale of Beryn 1887. With two folding maps. Collated complete. Edited by Frederick James Furnivall and W. G. Stone a British editor and author. John Lane's Continuation of Chaucer's "Squire's Tale" 1890. Edited by Frederick James Furnivall with notes from William Alexander Clouston a Scottish folklorist. Bound in half green crushed morocco with green cloth covered boards. Externally smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with library stickers to the tail of the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Library bookplate to the front pastedown with a library sticker to the reverse of the title page and library ink stamps to the odd page. Very Good The Chaucer Society by N. Trubner & Co. 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
1870918T21London: Charles Griffin and Company c1870. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None. A smart copy of this scarce collection of the Canterbury Tales with illustrative notes from Thomas Wright. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece and vignette to the title page. The collected twenty-four short stories of the Canterbury Tales. Written in Middle English between 1387 and 1400 the tales are mostly told in verse presented as a story-telling contest between a group of pilgrims as they travel from London to Canterbury. Written by Geoffrey Chaucer an English poet author and civil servant considered the "father of English literature" for this work. With illustrative notes by Thomas Wright an English antiquarian and writer remembered as an editor of medieval texts. In the original orange cloth wraps. Externally sound with rubbing to the extremities and the odd small crease to the board tips. Light discolouration to the cloth with the odd mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good Charles Griffin and Company hardcover
1893243357London: George Bell and Son 1893. Portrait frontispiece. 6 vols. 12mo. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Fine one head slightly nicked. Portrait frontispiece. 6 vols. 12mo. George Bell and Son unknown
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
184819164London: Percy Society 1848. Hardcover. Fair. G 3 vols HB leather sp 8vo 2 spines replaced but blind <br/> <br/> Percy Society hardcover
1852347869London : Edward Moxon Dover Street 1852. First New Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt blocked title to spine with raised bands. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; Add. engr-t.-pl x 2 lxx 2 501 1 p. ; 8vo. Subjects; English poetry 14th century. English poems. Poetry. Medievalists; poetry. Medieval literature. London : Edward Moxon, Dover Street hardcover
1856031601New York: D. Appleton & Company 1856. Book. Illus. by Edward Corbould. Very Good. Full Leather. New Edition. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Brown leather with gilt and tooled decorative front back and spine. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontis with partially torn tissue guard and engravings throughout with tissue guards intact. " From the Text and with the Notes and Glossary of Thomas Tyrwhitt Condensed and Arranged under the Text." Worn at corners and spine. Very tight inside. D. Appleton & Company 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
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
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
1879biblio35931<p>Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1879. Three Volumes Set: 598689704 pages. NearFine Hardcover Leather and marbled boards marbled edges no DJs. Books look Fine except for minimal imperfections. 7.75"X5.0". BE24484</p> Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover