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26922London: The Folio Society. 2010. Limited edition. Limited edition. Two volumes. 'The Canterbury Tales' is bound in full black morocco with gilt titles to the spine and upper board and gilt illustrations to the upper board. All edges gilt. 'The Golden Cockerel Press The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill' has grey boards with a black cloth spine and a title label to the upper board. Housed together in a black slipcase with gilt titles to the spine. A facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of the Tales illustrated throughout with engravings by Eric Gill. A fine copy the bindings square and tight the contents clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Issued in a limited edition of 1980 copies of which this example is numbered 649. A beautifully produced Folio Society facsimile of the 1929-1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition of 'The Canterbury Tales' with beautiful engravings by Eric Gill one of the most successful Golden Cockerel Press titles. In the accompanying essay 'The Golden Cockerel Press The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill' Peter Holliday details the historical context of Gill's work his process and his close relationship with The Golden Cockerel Press for which he also illustrated 'Four Gospels' and designed typefaces. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: The Folio Society. 2010 hardcover
1934ABE-1628850362305Garden City Publishing New York 1934 Decorative Cloth. Fine in Fine jacket and very rare as such. First printing of the celebrated De Luxe Edition. Superb Rockwell Kent two colour illustrations some of his very best work. Taking age and collectability into consideration this is Fine. Handsome indented blind title on cover with inset plate by Kent on a gold inlay. Paper label on spine is perfect which is rare. This is often in a particularly sorry state or missing altogether but this one is pristine and complete. This is an important example of the artist's work which he said was a delight to work on. There are some people out there who remove all the plates frame them and sell them at vast profits. They should be shot. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Garden City Publishing New York 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
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat contemporary initials on front free endpaper verso; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards with double gilt rules at back and corners, back ruled in gilt to form six compartments, second compartment with leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt to a floral spray pattern, speckled edges, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean and most attractive copy. With the errata leaf following Contents as is proper, and the fine nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of William Henderson and later nineteenth-century trade ticket of W&B Norton of Cheltenham on front paste-down. Bright, crisp copy of the first collected edition of the poetry of James I (1394-1437) which includes THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'THE KINGIS QUAIR'. Usually ascribed to the year 1423, James I's masterpiece 'The Kingis Quair' is a vivid love-dream allegory composed in Early Scots and marks the outset of the golden age of Scottish literature. Often referred to as the first 'Scottish Chaucerian' poem, it acknowledges the influence of the author of 'Canterbury Tales'. The work is transcribed from the only known MS (Bodleian Arch. Selden, B.24, foll.192-211) which itself is dated to 1488 or shortly after.The volume also contains the poem Christ's Kirk of the Green, [the editor's] Dissertation on the Life and Writings of King James I, and the Dissertation on Scottish Music. The editor, William Tytler, was the father of Lord Woodhouslee. SCARCE. NCBEL I, p.256.
2011932698<p>Seattle WA: Ouroboros Press / Ars Obscura Bookbinding 2011. NEW / From the Publisher see image : "Trade Cloth Edition : Gilt-stamped cloth over boards in letterpress printed dust jacket. Over thirty alchemical texts in 528 pages. Illustrated bibliography & table of obscure words. This complete edition of the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum goes beyond the mere reprinting of the original pages as past facsimiles have done. Using the original errata sheets provided by Ashmole the entire text has been corrected and reset in a more readable typeface and features clear reproductions of the original engravings produced by Robert Vaughan. In addition this edition features a more complete version of the Breviary of Natural Philosophy by Thomas Charnock by employing a complete manuscript of the text not available to Ashmole in 1652. This is the most ambitious publishing project embraced by Ouroboros Press in its years of laboring to bring source works of western esotericism to scholars and collectors alike. Over a dozen individuals and institutions worked hard to bring the book into this complete and corrected edition. This is fine esoteric book arts at its best a volume Elias Ashmole himself would be proud of. Robert Vaughan Engravings John Goddard et al. Alchemical Engravings Ornamental Grotesques Dragons Trees and Fleurons. Includes an 11 x 14 Folding Plate Titled George Ripley's Wheel John Goddard's Diagram With Rubricated Title PageThe Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum is a major collection of English alchemical texts which encapsulate the arcana of the Magnum Opus in poetic form. Originally gathered from several rare medieval manuscripts by Elias Ashmole the text represents the largest collection of verse treating of the production of the Philosopher's Stone to be brought together in one volume. Ashmole's pride in English literature is amplified by the consideration he gave to the project. In deciding which texts should be included in the book he details ancient British examples among the Druids & the Bardic Tradition and explains that poesy is much better than mere verse. Here we find well known names in the alchemical corpus among whom are included; Thomas Norton George Ripley Geoffrey Chaucer John Daston Pearce the Black Monke Richard Carpenter Abraham Andrews Thomas Charnock William Bloomefield Edward Kelley John Dee Thomas Robinson William Backhouse John Gower John Lydgate W. Redman and several anonymous authors. This who's who of English alchemists is placed in historical context by a Prolegomena by Ashmole which supports his thesis that England may be proud of its alchemical literary heritage. In addition Ashmole has provided ample annotations and commentary to each of the texts as supplementary material in the concluding chapter of the book. The text has a new introduction by William Kiesel and a full bibliography of alchemical and bibliographic materials used in researching the text". The Complete and Corrected Edition. Hard Cover/Full Cloth/Sewn. New. Illus. by Robert Vaughan Engravings John Goddard et al. Alchemical Engravings Ornamental Grotesques Dragons Trees and Fleurons. Includes an 11 x 14 Folding Plate Titled George Ripley's Wheel John Goddard's Diagram Williams Caslon Text Rubricated Title Page. 8vo size - 9¼" tall.</p> Ouroboros Press / Ars Obscura Bookbinding hardcover
1902032330Guilldford: A. C. Curtis The Astolat Press 1902. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Leather with illustrative rules bound in the style of the League of Women binders. Green endpapers. One of 500 copies only on Arnold unbleached handmade paper. Red type to title and red devices throughout. Slight spotting to endpapers. Text block clean. A very good handsomely bound and printed copy. A. C. Curtis The Astolat Press 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
19792092902141701076Not Available 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
200851370Folio Society 2008. Large folio on laid paper text in red and black throughout with numerous fine illustrations and borders in the text; full brown buckram boards and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt gilt top brown endpapers broad black silk marker a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. Superb facsimile of the Arts & Crafts classic based on the Limited FS edition of 2002. Includes an extended essay by William S. Peterson. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. Folio Society, hardcover
1946IAUeCHAU60New York: The Limited Editions Club 1946. 1946. 8vo. pp. xx 550 1 leafcolophon. headings & plate titles in blue initials in red. 23 colour plates 1 double-page. original white quarter morocco-grained sheepskin coloured paper sides designed by Szyk spine discoloured & extremities bit rubbed internally fine. without the slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the Illustrator Szyk. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials & headings by Charles E.Skaggs printed on Worthy special paper by E.L.Hildreth & Co. VT set in intertype Waverley bound by Russell-Rutter Company.NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 175. New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1946]. unknown
1905EAUeCHAU2London: Alexander Moring Ltd. The De La More Press & Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1905. 1905. folio. pp. xliv 793. with half-title. text illus. original cloth-backed bds. extremities chipped few stains to binding. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Hardcover. London: Alexander Moring, Ltd., The De La More Press, & Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [1905]. Hardcover
Large folio, on laid paper, text in red and black throughout, with numerous fine illustrations and borders in the text; full brown buckram boards and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, brown endpapers, broad black silk marker, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. Superb facsimile of the Arts & Crafts classic. Includes an extended essay by William S. Peterson. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
1896AQ29156London: The Kelmscott Press 1896. A single leaf pp523-524 from the larger work. Slightest of creasing to edges else fine. A leaf from the Kelmscott Press' 'The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted' taken from Book IV of his epic poem Troilus and Criseyde. Founded in 1891 in Hammersmith by famed designer William Morris 1834-1896 Kelmscott looked to the earliest days of printing to recreate the styles and techniques of the original 15th century typesetting. The result set a new standard for book design featuring 87 illustrations and decorative borders. This leaf from book IV describes the poem's hero Troilus distraught in grief after learning his lover Criseyde has been exchanged for information with the Greeks praying for death to 'cometh and endeth peyne'. . Dimensions 288 x 423 millimetres. The Kelmscott Press unknown
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
1841AQ33085London: Whittaker & Co. 1841. cxlvii 1 331pp 1. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed lightly marked corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard Bishop of Mauritius to FEP some marginal loss to leaf R7 scattered spotting. The sole edition of an anthology of early nineteenth century adaptations of Chaucer into modern English by several noted authors including inter alia Wordsworth 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' and an 'Extract from Trolius and Cresida' Thomas Powell 'The Flower and the Leaf' and Elizabeth B. Barrett 'Queen Annelida and False Arcite'. The lengthy introduction by English poet and critic R. H. Horne 1802-1884 asserts that the volume was intended for 'that vast majority of our countrymen and of foreigners acquainted with the English and English literature' who may have previously been unable or unwilling to read Chaucer's corpus due to inaccessible language or 'improper' terms. . First edition. 8vo. Whittaker & Co. hardcover
21694London: The Folio Society. 2008. First edition in this binding. First edition in this binding. Bound in full terracotta buckram blocked in gilt to the front panel and spine with a design by William Morris lettered in gilt to the spine. In the maroon paper-covered card slipcase lettered in gilt to the front panel. Pale grey endpapers top edge gilt fore- and lower edges untrimmed bound-in black ribbon bookmark. The binding design is by David Pearson and has been executed by the Sigloch Buchbinderei in Blaufelden Germany. Printed by Cambridge University Press on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper made at the James Cropper Mill at Burneside in Cumbria. A fine copy presenting as new with just a few light surface marks to the slipcase. A beautifully produced facsimile of this landmark in the history of printing. This 2008 reprint of the 2002 limited edition Folio Society facsimile described as an 'unlimited' edition although now out of print reproduces in extraordinary detail and quality the most ambitious and magnificent book to be produced by William Morris' legendary Kelmscott Press described by W. B. Yeats as "the most beautiful of all printed books". Edward Burne-Jones called it "a pocket cathedral it is so full of design" and "the finest book ever printed; if W. M. had done nothing else it would be enough". Burne-Jones devoted all his Sundays for almost three years to the work and Morris came to talk with him as he drew. As the artist worked he increased the number of proposed illustrations from 48 to 60 to 72 to 87 and Morris accepted each change. The process of adapting the drawings to the woodblock and engraving them was entrusted to W. H. Hooper and R. Catterson-Smith with Burne-Jones closely supervising every detail. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: The Folio Society. 2008 hardcover
199726231San Marino CA: Huntington Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. Limited 1st edition. Hardcover. 9780873281621 . Folio 13" - 23" tall . Huntington Library hardcover
193062338New York:: Covici-Friede 1930. First edition; No. 191 of 924 75 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. publisher's cloth. Bookplate on each pastedown; some light soiling to cloth and very slight tanning to spines; corner tips a little frayed; contents fine. . Folio. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Covici-Friede, hardcover
197221698Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint of Second Edition. Thick Octavo. 7 volumes. Pp. lxiii 568; lxxx 506; lxxx 504; xxxii 667; xxvi 515; ciii 445; lxxxiv 628. With 2 frontispieces and 6 plates illustrating Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe vol. III. Original black cloth with gilt-lettered spines d/w's. Ink signature on flyleaves and blind ownership stamp on title pages otherwise a fine set of the definitive edition of Chaucer's works. Extra postage at cost. At the Clarendon Press Hardcover
190548202London and Oxford:: Alexander Moring; Henry Frowde 1905. First of this edition; No. 280 of 1000 copies. original full leather. Attractive bookplate on pastedown; very rubbed at edges with some dark spotting to the binding particularly along the bottom of the spine; but tight and sound. Folio. With an Introduction by Walter W. Skeat. Alexander Moring; Henry Frowde, hardcover
201147394Berkshire: Memminger Medien Center for the Folio Sociaty 2011. Facsimile edition after the original. Hardcover. Fine condition. 477/1250. Folio. 309 2 48pp. Original black goatskin with gilt stamped illustrations and lettering on cover and spine gilt edges with companion book in black half leather over dark blue boards with black lettering on cream paper label on cover; housed in matching black cloth slipcase with gilt lettering on spine. Dark blue endpapers. Illustrated title page. Red initials. Historiated endpieces. Black ribbon marker. Companion volume with frontispiece photograph of Eric Gill by Howard Coster 1927. Exquisite publication and beautifully illustrated in margins with large drawings by Eric Gill. These drawing were perceived by the public as erotic. Modern prose translation of Chaucer's masterpiece printed on Rigoletto Panna felt-merked paper.<br /> <br /> "Troilus and Criseyde was originally printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926–7 using the text from the Globe edition of 1898. This facsimile edition was printed in 2011 by Memminger MedienCentrum for the Folio Society on Rigoletto Panna felt-marked paper and bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Merida Indigo endleaves. Colophon.<br /> <br /> The companion volume "Barry Windeatt's essay on Troilus and Criseyde was first published as an introduction to his translation of the poem published by the Clarendon Press in 1992. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press. The text of this edition follows that of the first edition with minor emendations. " Imprint. Contains notes at rear. Memminger Medien Center for the Folio Sociaty hardcover
200845002London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press 2008. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press 2008. Facsimile Edition. Folio 42.5x31cm; 559pp. Illustrations and decorative elements throughout printed in red and black on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper. Full red-brown cloth decorated in gilt; top edge gilt; reading ribbon.; gray endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. A couple minor scuffs to slipcase and boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Near Fine copy of this handsome reproduction of the famous Kelmscott production. The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press unknown
2008181155London: The Folio Society 2008. Hardcover. Fine. 559p. A very large hardcover book bound in red cloth with ornate gilt decoration on the front cover and spine. Fine condition apart from some very mild rubbing to the gilt. Interior is clean crisp and tightly bound. Comes in the original slipcase which is fully intact and sturdy. 2008 reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer with highly detailed woodcuts and decorative borders. Measures approx. 17.25" x 12.5" in the slipcase. The Folio Society hardcover
190631017<p><strong>1906 Geoffrey CHAUCER Canterbury Tales Pilgrims Knights Tale Hugh Thomson ART</strong></p><p>A scarce and wonderfully illustrated printing of the '<em>Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims</em>.' Regarded as the "father of English literature" the profoundly influential Geoffrey Chaucer's works are beloved and remain ever desirous. This retelling of the iconic '<em>Canterbury Tales</em>' was compiled by children's author Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton in collaboration with esteemed artist Hugh Thomson. Some of the more famous stories included are '<em>The Knight's Tale</em>' '<em>The Physician's Tale</em>' and '<em>The Nun's Priest's Tale</em>.' </p><p>Item number: #31017</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>CHAUCER Geoffrey</p><p><strong><em>Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer and Others</em></strong></p><p>London: Wells Gardner Darton and Co. ©1906.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xxiv 364 26</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->51 illustrations</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Decorative black cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8.5in X 6.5in 21cm x 16cm </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>31017</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co hardcover
2008051187London: The Folio Society 2008. Book. Illus. by Edward Burne-Jones. As New. Hardcover. First Thus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Dark rust buckram covers elaborately decorated and lettered in gold foil with silk book mark bound in slipcased. Facsimile of the famous edition by William Morris printed by Cambridge University Press on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper made at the James Cropper Mill Burneside Cumbria with binding design by David Pearson and binding executed by Sigloch Buchbinderei Blaufelden Germany. 559 pp. Elephant folio a massive 16 3/4" x 12' format. Absolutely as issued. Slipcase shows minor shelf wear as expected thus Near Fine to Fine. The Folio Society Hardcover
