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1930887F27London: The Medici Society 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6". W. Russell Flint. The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition thus of this work in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper with pictorial onlay to front wrap.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven colour plates by W. Russell Flint. Collated complete.Eleanor Farjeon presents a prose translation in modern English of Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus a collection of twenty-four tales told in Middle English and largely presented in verse. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip and somewhat age toned to head of front wrap. Tide marks to back strip. Light edgewear to back strip tail and small closed tears to back strip head. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine The Medici Society hardcover
ria9783744689779_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Tales from Chaucer in Prose is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditions cooking and nutriti paperback
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B9783744689779Paperback / softback. New. paperback
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
1930119841London: The Medici Society 1930. First edition of Eleanor Farjeon's modern adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Octavo bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers and all edges gilt elaborately illustrated with full color plates after the drawings of William Russell Flint including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown. 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. The Medici Society 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
19001019London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co 1900. Publishers Decorative Cloth Binding. Near Fine. Hugh Thomson. Near Fine condition beautifully bound in publishers ornate bright gilt cloth. Binding and hinges are excellent internally bright with light sporadic foxing profusely illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Book measures 8.5"x6.25". No publication date stated - circa 1900. A beautiful example in great condition. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co unknown
1910000016867New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers 1910. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 2 iii-xxiv 1-364 2 pp. Half red morocco over marbled linen boards ruled in gold spine in six compartments with gold lettering; top edge gilt. Linen marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With the cloth and spine of the trade edition bound in. Binding contemporary to the leaves. Bound by G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press Bindery. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson: a frontispiece illustrated title page in-text and full-page drawings all in black and white. Introduction by F.J. Furnivall. A lovely binding for these classic stories of medieval English literature. A few spots rubbed on the binding especially the corners the leaves with an occasional chip to their margins not affecting the text. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers 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
82064New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company no date. publisher's elaborately gilt cloth; t.e.g. Endsheets foxed; marginal tear to one preliminary leaf; slight bumping at corners. . 8vo. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. With Introduction by F. J. Furnivall. Frederick A. Stokes Company, hardcover
6301565Taylor & Francis Group pp. 220 . Papeback. New. Taylor & Francis Group unknown
1965RO60145428Penguin books/Pelican books. 1965. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 495 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses rousseurs. Coins frottés. Salissures en tranches.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1866012551London: Bell and Daldy 1866. Complete set. 250 copies printed before sterotyping for subscribers only. This being copy numbered 62. Books measure 19.5x13.5.cm. Bound in original publishers red cloth with paper title labels. Cloth rubbed wear loss on head and tail of spines some loss to paper title labels other minor wear or nicks. Generally bindings in good condition. Internally some hinge joints split a few gatherings working loose. Pages in good clean condition. A good set. C2. Cloth. Good Plus. Small 8 Vo. Bell and Daldy Hardcover
18681367773London: Bell and Daldy ca. 1868. Hardcover. 12mo; G; green and black decorative cloths with gilt stamped text to spines; 6 volumes; no jackets; front and rear boards have black border designs; gilt and black framed lettering to fronts; some soiling to exteriors; slight rubbing wear to joints and edges; more noticeable wear to spine edges; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have modestly age toned; some offsetting to endpapers; bookplate adhered to front pastedowns except volume 1; faint handwriting to front pastedown to volume 1; cracking to front hinge to volume 1; cracking to rear hinge to volume 1; two bookplates to front pastedown to volume 1; hairline crack to front and rear hinges to volume 4; also hairline crack to rear hinges to volumes 4 and 5; previous owner's name to front endpaper to each volume; partial cracking to rear hinge to volume 2; interior pages lightly toned; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1367773. FP New Rockville Stock. Bell and Daldy hardcover
Very faint shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 213 pages
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full read cloth boards. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. A Modern Library Giant #G54. 1234 pages. Including stories by Chaucer, Dickens, Hardy, Stevenson, Kipling, Wells, Galsworthy, Saki, Maugham, Conrad, Huxley and many more.
3744651401.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
193051673Princeton: Princeton University Press 1930. Hardcover. Edited by Robert Kilburn Root. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. lxxxix 573pp. Near fine. Superb and tight second printing of this edition of the epic poem printed here in the original Middle English. Princeton University Press hardcover
1025311515.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1025313496.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
53346700like new. unknown
1843911574.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1169252613.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007Q-1843911574Hesperus Press 2007-10-28. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hesperus Press paperback
