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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
1983290471Franklin Center: Franklin 1983. hardcover. near fine. Two volumes. Translation into modern English by J. U. Nicolson illustrations by Edward Coley Burne-Jones borders by William Morris. 1119 pages continuous pagination 8vo gilt-decorated green leather a.e.g. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1983. Minor spotting to the gilt edges else a fine copy.<br/><br/> 25th Anniversary Edition. Has the separately printed Notes from the Editors<br/><br/> Franklin unknown 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
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
196256093NY:: Golden Press. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Selected and adapted by A. Kent Hieatt and Constance Hieatt. Introduction by Mark Van Doren. Second printing thus. Very good or better in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Golden Press, 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
19346345Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing 1934. Hardcover. VG a bright copy overall. Brown cloth. xvi 627 pp. countless plates and vignett. Filled with full-page plates and vignettes drawn by Kent. A very nice copy. Contents as follows: The knight's tale -- The miller's tale -- The man of law's tale -- The clerk's tale -- The second nun's tale -- The friar's tale -- The nun's priest's tale -- The reeve's tale -- The franklin's tale -- The wife of Bath's tale -- The monk's tale -- The pardoner's tale -- The prioress's tale -- Chaucer's tale of Melibee. Garden City Publishing hardcover books
19812312594Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Caxton William. Near fine. 1981 Hard Cover. 618 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt decor and gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. "The Canterbury Tales Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury2 is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.3 In 1386 Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of the Peace and in 1389 Clerk of the King's Works.4 It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text The Canterbury Tales. 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 from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. After a long list of works written earlier in his career including Troilus and Criseyde House of Fame and Parliament of Fowls The Canterbury Tales is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time and particularly of the Church. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people was without precedent in English. Although the characters are fictional they still offer a variety of insights into customs and practices of the time. Often such insight leads to a variety of discussions and disagreements among people in the 14th century. For example although various social classes are represented in these stories and all of the pilgrims are on a spiritual quest it is apparent that they are more concerned with worldly things than spiritual. Structurally the collection resembles Boccaccio's Decameron which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. It has been suggested that the greatest contribution of The Canterbury Tales to English literature was the popularisation of the English vernacular in mainstream literature as opposed to French Italian or Latin. English had however been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time and several of Chaucer's contemporaries The Franklin Library hardcover books
1992Embry 190157Everyman's Library 1992. Later printing. Fine. Gray cloth no dust jacket. Everyman's Library, 1992. Later printing. hardcover books
1920RO40246505Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1920. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 116 pages. Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1910RO40247885J. M. Dent & Co - E. P. Dutton & Co. 1910. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 519 pages. Motifs ornementaux noirs en frontispice et en page de titre. Titre et motifs dorés sur le dos. Tranche de tête grise. Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1923RO30354940J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton. 1923. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 519 pages. Nombreuses rousseurs. Ex-libris à l'encre en page de garde. Texte en anglais. Tranche en tête verte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
195895741958 NEW-YORK, Thomas Y. Crowell Company - 1958 - In-4 - Reliure pleine toile ornée d'un coq et de feuillages sur le 1er plat, sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Gardes illustrées - Illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et HT, certaines PP de Barbara Cooney - Non paginé (environ 32 pages) - Bon exemplaire
1966T98528Oxford, Clarendon Press 1966 xxvi + 629pp., (edited from materials compiled by John M. Manly and Edith Rickert), 1st edition, 24cm., publisher's hardcover in blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, text clean and bright, good condition, T98528
1947100147201At the Clarendon Press 1947 in8. 1947. Relié. Ouvrage académique de H.S. Bennett analysant l'influence de Geoffrey Chaucer sur la littérature anglaise du XVe siècle couvrant la poésie et la prose de cette période. Le livre inclut des tables chronologiques et une bibliographie étendue s'inscrivant dans la série Oxford History of English Literature
1991T74604Leuven, Leuven University Press 1991 viii + 290pp., 25cm., in the series "Mediaevalia Lovaniensia" Series 1 Studia 19, softcover, fine condition, [text in English], T74604
1940W98490Antwerpen, De Sikkel 1940 xv + 127pp.+ 48 plates out of text (facsimile reproduction of the manuscript), 25cm., text in English, in the series "Rijksuniversiteit te Gent. Werken uitgegeven door de faculteit van de wijsbegeerte en letteren" volume 89, very good condition, posthumous publication of Pintelon's study, W98490
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
1989RCHACHA01tpmThomas Y. Crowell 1989. Very Good. Chaucer Geoffrey. Chanticleer and the Fox. Cooney illustrator Barbara. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell 1989. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In dust jacket protector. Signed by Cooney on the title page. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1982Q-0064430871HarperCollins 1982-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins paperback
1986Q-0690185618HarperCollins 1986-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins hardcover
195845127New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1958. First Edition. very good good. 8" x 10.5" approx. 30 profusely illus. in color DJ somewhat soiled small chips to DJ edges. An adaptation of Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale" for children. This version is based on the translation by Robert Mayer Lumiansky Simon & Schuster Inc. 1948. The illustrations are richly colored strong and detailed inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts and the artist's observations of live chickens. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
195838858New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1958. First edition. Fine in near-fine jacket. Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner. 10'' x 7.25''. Original full red cloth front board elaborately stamped in black with ornamental border and central rooster motif. In original unclipped $3.00 color pictorial dust jacket. Blue and red patterned pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Cooney throughout in bright color. 36 pages. Signed by Cooney. With barely visible evidence of seal removal on front panel of jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
1958160796New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Fair sized owner personalization on half title page. 1/4 inch open tear 1 inch closed tear at bottom of front panel.; Signed by Barbara Cooney on title page.; Signed by Author. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
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
