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1982289832Franklin Center: Franklin 1982. hardcover. fine. Illustrated b/w. 433 pages. 8vo. gilt-stamped green leather. Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1982. Gilt at top edge is slightly spotty still a fine copy.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1857128654New York NY: D. Appleton & Co 1857. original embossed gilt-stamped leather five raised bands on spine all edges gilt marbled endpapers. 16mo. original embossed gilt-stamped leather five raised bands on spine all edges gilt marbled endpapers. iv 586 pages. New edition. With the notes and glossary of Thomas Tyrwhitt. Addenda follows text. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Edward Corbould. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Considerable foxing. Signature of J.P. Comegys former Delaware Chief Justice on front free endpaper. D. Appleton & Co unknown books
19301311260New York NY: Covici-Friede 1930. Hardcover. Large Hardcover Quarto; VG-; Beige boards with gilt text; Boards show foxing and rubbing on front back and spine corners slightly bumped spine slightly cocked; Text block age toned foxing and shadowing on end papers and paste downs text and illustration legible and clear; pp 250.<br /> <br /> <p>Additional shipping is needed for expedited / international orders. Books too heavy/ large to ship via economy international shipping methods. For international/expedited orders please inquire for rates. 1311260. FP New Rockville Stock. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1974299451Franklin Center: Franklin 1974. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated in color with some historical facsimiles. 634 pages. Large thick 8vo gilt-stamped brown leather a.e.g. Franklin Library 1974. Ownership blind-stamp on half title and some very minor scuffing at edges otherwise fine.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
193925219London: printed for the Limited Editions Club 1939. Edition limited to 1500 copies designed by George W. Jones and printed by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press folio xxii & 309-310pp. red ruled margins throughout frontispiece title printed in color; very good copy in orig. white cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards signed by Ingham. Publisher's box not preserved. Quarto-Millenary 113; LEC Bibliography 113. <br/><br/> printed for the Limited Editions Club hardcover books
19041216LONDON MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS 1904 1904. VELLUM OVER GRAY CLOTH VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS, 1904 hardcover books
19041218LONDON MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS 1904 1904. VELLUM OVER GRAY CLOTH VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS, 1904 hardcover books
19071219LONDON MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS 1907 1907. VELLUM OVER GRAY CLOTH VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, MORING/DE LA MORE PRESS, 1907 hardcover books
1939Embry 149522The Limited Editions Club 1939. One of 1500 copies signed by the printer. Spine slightly darkened else fine moderately darkened but sturdy slipcase with a few tiny dings. Cream cloth-backed illustrated gray boards. Translated into modern English verse by George Philip Krapp. The Limited Editions Club, 1939. One of 1500 copies, signed by the printer. hardcover books
54803Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston and London: Hale Cushman & Flint; Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society 1928. Popular Edition 1 Vol. Small crown quarto. 637pp. some unopened 24 illustrations pp. 295-296 is torn- no loss navy boards have gilt stamping minor soiling slight scuffing to covers contents show a slight tone otherwise a clean Very Good copy. . Other hardcover books
19911313572Lanham MD & London: University Press of America 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG-/no-DJ paperback: Navy blue spine with white text: Covers are clean with general shelfwear slight fraying to corners and head and tail of spine crease on front cover by upper corner bumping to back corner that slightly impacts textblock binding solid: Textblock exterior has some light smudges to tail edge else clean pages clean and unmarked: 388 pp. 1313572. FP New Rockville Stock. University Press of America unknown books
195874613NY:: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. 0690185618 . Adapted from The Canterbury Tales. The 1959 Caldecott Medal Winner. A later printing. INSCRIBED by Barbara Cooney. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Thomas Y. Crowell Company, hardcover books
1782045535London: T. Caslon and W. Davenhill 1782. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary sheep much worn hinges cracked spine dry cords still holding. Lacking front endpapers rear stained title browned binding a little loose first signature loose light browning otherwise unmarked. 263pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045535. <br/><br/> T. Caslon and W. Davenhill hardcover books
193459832NY:: Covici-Friede. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Rendered into Modern English by J. U. Nicolson. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. First edition thus. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor shelf wear with a few small chips dust jacket. ; 627 pages . Covici-Friede, hardcover books
195853442Cleveland: World Publishing 1958. First printing thus. Large quarto 33cm. Embossed cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xxi554pp. Tight Near Fine copy in a somewhat soiled but otherwise well-preserved dustwrapper Very Good. <br/><br/>A quite nice copy of this rather dead-feeling photographic facsimile of Morris's magnum opus about as close to the real thing as reading about music is to music. World Publishing unknown books
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. <br/><br/> The Clarendon Press hardcover books
19749026195Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1974. Hardcover. Fine. In contemporary verse by J. U. Nicolson. With illustrations derived from the Ellesmere manuscript. Published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Bound in the publisher's original brown composition leather spine stamped in gilt. Four raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
1882266403London. : George Bell. 1882. . The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. . Original green cloth black and gilt blindstamped decorations. . Spine slightly cocked otherwise a near very good bright set. . 12mo. 6 volume set requires extra postage. George Bell. hardcover books
1978WN2427Guildford Surrey UK: Circle Press Publications 1978. Book immaculate except for 5 small library stamps mostly on the edges. This is number 89 of 250 copies of the second edition which has Roman ll on the spine. Includes an original proof of The Knight's Horse initialed and numbered Roman ll by the artist in a separate portfolio. The illustrations are brilliant color modern silk-screened depictions of the characters in The Prologue. Slipcase has loosened threads on edges of the spine and is somewhat rubbed on one side. . Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Fine/Slipcase Good. Illus. by Ronald King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Circle Press Publications Hardcover books
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 books
19582260541The World Publishing Company 1958. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Burne-Jones Edward. Very good in good jacket. Jacket toned with some loss along edges a few light spots on jacket spine. 1958 Large Hardcover. xx 554 pp. A facsimile of William Morris's Kelmscott Chaucer including the original 87 illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones with a new introduction by John T. Winterich and a glossary for the modern reader. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 The World Publishing Company hardcover books
2120<p>London: A. & C. Black 1915. Octavo 280 pages bound in white cloth with an extraordinary Arts and Crafts cover and spine design. This collection of classic poetical tales was selected and edited by W. J. Glover and illustrated with eight full-page illustrations in colour from drawings by Sybil Tawse. A fine copy of a book often found in sad condition.</p> hardcover books
1902285174New York: Grafton Press 1902. Limited Edition. No. 29 of "one hundred and one rubricated~copies on Whatman paper". Printed by Theodore L. DeVinne & Co. With "The Noones Preestes Tale" glossary laid in. With engraved frontispiece portrait and woodcuts throughout. 64 pp. in paper vellum binding. Grafton Press unknown books
1978428638D. S. Brewer 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall 4to. Brown cloth. Small folio. 23 pp. followed by facsimile of 151 manuscript leaves. Light shelfwear. Some scuffs to rear board. Some penciling to introduction. Very good no jacket. D. S. Brewer hardcover books
1946001567New York: The Limited Editions Club; The George Macy Companies Inc. 1946. Signed Limited Edition; First Edition Thus. Quarter Leather over Decorated Paper on Boards; with slipcase. Very Good Plus. Copy No. 5 of limited edition of 1500; signed by Arthur Szyk. xx 550 2 pp. With color plate illustrations for each character and a double sided illustration for the entire group in the front all done by Szyk in his highly original ornate appealingly lurid Durer-esque manner. Clean and tight. With paper decoration of a Medieval-style diaper featuring a quattrofoil and cameo within. Some wear to leather more pronounced at tips and somewhat gouped up at lower rear gutter where a clumsy restoration might have been attempted. Still attractive overall. Some edgewear to the slipcase which as a box retains functional integrity and remains handsome with similar diaper pattern to boards but a bit darkened. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club; The George Macy Companies, Inc. hardcover books