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1333916477.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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81944London Waddington Galleries 1972. . Large folio 64.8 x 92.8 cm. One of 50 copies. 19 original full-page etchings with aquatint in black on J. Barcham Green paper numbered B98 with artist's signature in ink at rear. Publisher's full green cloth with gold-blocked design on the front cover housed in cream coloured slip-case.<br /> A monumental book with striking full-page etchings by Frink depicting the figures animals and birds that characterise her work. The etchings were printed by Cliff White at White Ink Ltd. London and illustrate 'The Prologue' 'The Knight's Tale' 'The Miller's Tale I' 'The Miller's Tale II' 'The Reeve's Tale' 'The Shipman's Tale' 'The Prioress's Tale' the 'Tale of Sir Topaz' 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' 'The Physician's Tale' 'The Pardoner's Tale' 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' 'The Summoner's Tale' 'The Clerk's Tale' 'The Merchant's Tale' 'The Squire's Tale' 'The Franklin's Tale' 'The Second Nun's Tale' and 'The Manciple's Tale.' <br /><br />Elisabeth Frink was born in Suffolk in 1930 and became one of Britain's most eminent sculptors. She attended both the Guildford and Chelsea Schools of Art and had her first major exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London when she was only twenty-two. Throughout her lifetime she was known as one of the most accomplished sculptors of animal and human forms: men dogs horses and birds were her most consistent subjects. Her graphic work and drawings privileged the same themes and were executed with the same simplicity and sense of texture that can be found in her sculptural work.<br /> London, Waddington Galleries, 1972. hardcover
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116901657X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
17001008H5London: Jacob Tonson 1700 . First edition. Leather. Good. 12" by 7.5". None. The first edition of Dryden"s final major work translating classical and medieval sources into influential Augustan verse in a contemporary full calf binding. In a contemporary full calf binding. Half-title is present. First edition.A volume of fables translated by John Dryden. John Dryden's important collection of classical and medieval poetry translated here by himself. This was Dryden's last and one of his greatest works.Including the poetry of Ovid Geoffrey Chaucer Giovanni Boccaccio and Homer with selections from their works 'Iliad' 'Metamorphoses' and 'The Canterbury Tales' alongside some of Dryden's own works.The Chaucer works appearing in this work were modernised by Dryden who confessed that he didn't understand Chaucer's Middle English prosody which he proclaims to in the preface.With this work Dryden aimed to increase the reputation of English literature by adapting these classic works. All the translations to this work are in Dryden's heroic couplet.John Dryden was a popular seventeenth century English poet and literary critic. His talents in Restoration England landed him the position of England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally a little worn. Hinges cracked with loss to calf. Front board almost detached holding at three cords loose but holding. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in loss to calf and slight loss to boards. Slight loss to head and tail of spine. Bookplate of Pakington Geo Tomkyns to front paste down. Slight loss to upper corner of front free endpaper. Hinges weak. Internally text block generally firmly bound. Hinges strained in places. Pages characteristically age toned but notably bright for the period. The odd spot heavier to first and last few leaves. One or two minor handling marks to fore edge. Slight loss to upper corner of final two leaves not affecting the text. Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
1020361433.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1145875262.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1504357558.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928BOOKS007111ILondon: Oxford Univ Press. near fine unopened & uncut copy in the original sewed wrappers. 1928. reprint. 8vo . soft cover. cxlvi1718pp notes index. The 1928 reprint of the 1875 & 1891 eds which themselves reprint the original 1598 ed. Series: Chaucer Society 2nd Series #13. With a Preface by G.H. Kinsley a short biography of the 16th c. editor Frances Thynne & a reprint of the only known fragment of the Pilgrim's Tale. Also included is a list of Chaucer Society publications. . Oxford Univ Press paperback
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0265216184.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1969x-048561006XAthlone Pr 1969. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. Athlone Pr paperback
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048561006X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2001SONG048561006XBloomsbury 2001-11-05. paperback. Used: Good. 6.14x0.48x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury paperback
2001DADAX048561006XBloomsbury 2001-11-05. paperback. New. 6.14x0.48x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury paperback
ria9780485610062_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work arranged in chronological order of their original publication. paperback
13574-Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1992-. First edition. 257 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. Geoffrey Chaucer. Building the Fragments of the Canterbury Tales. boxed 0838634540 -Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (1992)- hardcover
1020723777.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
