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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
1984276557Manchester Center Vermont: Press of Elfriede Abbe 1984. Printed by Elfriede Martha Abbe --sculptor wood engraver and illustrator -- at her press in Manchester Center. One of 180 copies signed by Elfriede Abbe of which this is #76. In black cloth with a gold decorative stamp backed in gold silk with a foil label to the spine. Illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations and additional decorative elements in gold black and grey. With prospectus laid in as well as Elfriede Abbe's curriculum vitae. A sumptuous production. Press of Elfriede Abbe unknown 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
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
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
187295888Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1872. Early printing of this extensive poetry collection. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over silk-covered boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands silk endleaves all edges marbled engraved frontispiece portraits of the great poets with tissue guard. In very good condition. An nice collection including works by the choicest humorous poets. Published in Boston by James R. Osgood The Humorous Poetry contains the most celebrated poems of the Anti-Jacobin Blackwood's Magazine Bentley's and Punch Magazine. Contents include Chaucer's To My Empty Purse Byron's The Liaison Packet and Thackeray's The Bachelor's Cane-bottomed chair. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
1960UMACPAR00EFRandom House 1960. Very Good. Macdonald Dwight editor. Parodies: An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm - and After. Chaucer Geoffrey; Beerbohm Max. New York: Random House 1960. 574pp. Indexed. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Light stains on text edges. Former owner's name on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with faintly faded spine. Edges are lightly rubbed bumped creased and chipped. Price clipped. Random House hardcover books
50804Garden City: Garden City Books nd. First printing of this edition. 626 pp. Near fine in full cloth and near fine edgeworn dust jacket with sticker abrasion over printed price. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Rockwell Kent. Garden City: Garden City Books hardcover books
15611489Full calf. Probable first issue of the Stowe Edition with Chaucer's arms dated 1560 and before woodcut additions. Relative to the precedence of issues of the 1561 Stowe edition David R. Carlson "The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" in Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures British Library 2003 states "the most plausible explanation seems to be that the printer and publisher of the Stowe edition came into possession of the woodcuts belatedly after most of the press work for the edition had been done. After obtaining the blocks they ran up a new issue of the beginning of the book incorporating a "General Prologue" illustrated with woodcut. In all documented cases the unillustrated i.e. first"General Prologue" occurs with a title page showing the Chaucer arms dated 1560 at the top of the shield. A different title-page dated 1561 is found in copies incorporating the woodcut illustrated General Prologue." v. also David R. Carlson "Woodcut Illustrations of the Canterbury Tales 1483-1602. More specifically a recent Robert Temple Catalogue adds: "The first three gatherings in the 1561 second issue were entirely reprinted this being done to permit the inclusion of twenty-two wood-cut illustrations in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales the signatures running floret4 floretiii being mis-signed Aiii 6 A4 B - I6. instead of the floret4 A - I6. of the first issue. In the illustrated i.e. second issue some damage to the wood-cut frame of the first secondary title is apparent which is not evident in the first issue: a crack in the wood extends from the centre of the lower edge up through the box identifying King Henry IIII to just left of centre of the title box and another from the top left-hand corner of the title-box through the box identifying King Henry VII and ending apparently at a worm-hole in its top rules. STC 2nd edition unaccountably and without assigning a reason lists these two issues in the reverse order - despite the evidence in the illustrated issue of the later date on the title-page the obviously interpolated gathering `' which contains the first six illustrated leaves of ten the rest being in the variant short gathering `A' and the extended splitting of the wood-block on the title-page to the Canterbury Tales which shows only a slight split at the extreme tail in the first printing and no worm-hole." Professional restoration to the present copy include wash and repair of title page with ancient replacement of top inch and periphery of same not affecting text; repapering of Prologue gutters; new pastedowns & fly papers. All that said a complete copy without loss of text. Light peripheral worming. Handsomely bound in appropriate period style full ruled English calf five raised bands six compartments; morocco title & date labels. This copy was presented by the Durants to Wellesley College then sold in 1912 to George Herbert Palmer & then to Lewis Kennedy Morse. Folio 12 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches 310 x 215 mm; 5 ccclxxviii leaves. Divisional title pages of the "Caunterburie Tales" and "Romaunt of the Rose" both borrowed from Edward Hall's 1550 Vnion of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke in ornamental border showing the ascent of Henry VIII. Large woodcut of the Knight at the head of his tale recto of B1. Collation: Floret4; A-I6; K-U6; Aa-Ii6. Kk-Pp6; Q-U6; X-Z6; Aaa-Iii6; Kkk-Uuu8. Numerous oddities in foliation following CCXXIV though catchwords and signatures remain constant. A handsome & supple copy beautifully printed in fifty-six line two-column black-letter Gothic. The 1561 Stowe edition is probably the one known to William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser and presents some nineteen poems here first printed from manuscript sources. STC5076 Foregoing copyright 2021.; Folio ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. John Kyngston for Jhon Wight hardcover 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
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
1939285250San Francisco California: Black Vine Press 1939. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. The first book of the Black Vine Press. It has been said that the publisher destroyed most copies see David McGee Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco p. 27. Printed in black and red by Lawton R. Kennedy Harold N. Seeger and Albert A. Spierson. In calf-backed paper-covered boards stamped in bline. Lacking the slipcase. [Black Vine Press] unknown books
1846008013London: William Pickering 1846. Three volumes finely bound by F. Bedford in contemporary full polished calf the backs intricately gilt covers with double gilt rules marbled end papers and edges. Small period "Pickering Booksellers 196 Piccadilly" label Vol.I front paste down. The set Near Fine small rubs and some discolorations to boards which are now covered with clear plastic protectors end papers toned interior pages clean and bright and free of toning. An uncommon work quite handsomely bound. . First Edition Thus. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. William Pickering Hardcover books
1958WN31510Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1958. A facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer with the original 87 illlustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Introduction by John T. Winterich with a glossary for the modern reader. Pigskin like leatherette binding with gilt spine lettering with blindstamping. Slight splitting of upper hinge. Unpriceclipped dust jacket has some soiling and rubbing. A stunning work. Extra postage will be due if mailed due to size and weight. Kelmscott Chaucer. Leatherette. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Facsimile. The World Publishing Company Hardcover books
1978WRCLIT67484Guildford: The Circle Press 1978. Folio. Cloth. Fine in very good modestly smudged slipcase. Second Circle edition though first in this format. One of 250 numbered copies in series III of XX series initialed by the artist with a separate poem by Kevin Power in an inserted folder accompanied by a loose print initialed by King. The Circle Press hardcover 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
18221279149London: W. Pickering 1822. First Pickering Edition. 8vos. 5 volumes; VG; 3/4 bound in green leather marbled boards; paneled spine with gilt lettering green leather age-toned to olive; marbled endpapers; mild shelfwear primarily to head and tail of spine corners; rubbing to marbled boards some minor chips and wear; top edge of text block gilt; frontispiece in volume 1; slight age-toning to pages; wear to board edges; shelved above Sociology. 1279149. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. W. Pickering unknown books
19142260635Frederick A. Stokes Company 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kirk M.L. First edition. Edges and front board lightly rubbed front hinge starting a few pages dog-eared. 1914 Hard Cover. 310 pp. Endpapers illustrated. Includes color illustrations by M.L. Kirk. "The tales mostly written in verse although some are in prose are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
1947Embry 182559Heritage Press 1947. Spine slightly sunned else fine in fine lightly sunned publisher's slipcase. Color illus. by Arthur Szyk. Illustrated cloth. Includes the Sandglass. Heritage Press, 1947. 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
1995274742University of Oklahoma Press 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A previous owner name is on the top of the front pastedown; otherwise a clean and fresh copy with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding. University of Oklahoma Press 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
1998UCHATHR01CTEveryman 1998. Very Good. Chaucer Georffrey. Three Tales About Marriage. NP: Everyman 1998. 105pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Everyman paperback books
19301306908New York: Covici Fride 1930. Limited Edition #125/999. Hardcover. Folios 2 volumes; G; bound in publisher's beige cloth gilt lettering to front covers and spines; sun-fading to spines speckling to front cover of volume 1 rubbing and bumping to boards; with both Modern and Middle English in parallel columns; Signed by Rockwell Kent and numbered 125 on colophon; heavy please contact for shipping costs; shelved above case 2. 1306908. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Covici Fride hardcover 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
