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The development of the English sentence from Caxton to Johnson. 242 pages. Index. Blue buckram covers, gilt title on spine. Scratch to back of dust jacket, also an indentation to dust jacket and back cover. Several marks on page fore-edges.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates; patterned boards, green morocco back lettered in gilt, green top, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, on Rigolette Panna paper, with decorative title and borders,, and 5 full-page illustrations; main work handsomely bound in black full goatskin, elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to a design by Neil Gower, gilt edges, silk marker; Commentary Volume bound in boards with backram back, the two volumes housed in publisher's solander case. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES. Sumptuous Folio Society reissue of the original Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1927. The Commentary Volume contains essays by Roderick Cave on the history of the Golden Cockerel Press and Professor Barry Windeatt on the sources, structure and interpretation of the poem.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Book has been rebound as hardcover preserving original wraps. ; Introduction to Chaucer's poem of failed love amid the ruins of war. ; Twayne's Masterwork Studies, No 113; 0.5 x 8.75 x 5.5 Inches; 158 pages
Spine browned. Traces of removed label to spine. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Pages tanned. ; Wood engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages; The tragedy of Troilus and Criseyde is one of the greatest narrative poems in English literature. Set during the siege of Troy, it tells how the young knight Troilus, son of King Priam, falls in love with Criseyde, a beautiful widow. Brought together by Criseyde's uncle, Pandarus, the lovers are then forced apart by the events of war, which test their oaths of fidelity and trust to the limits. Described by editor Barry Windeatt as Chaucer's most ambitious single achievement, his masterpiece, Troilus and Criseyde is the first work in English to depict human passion with such sympathy and understanding.
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.
Previous owner's neat name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering to spine, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 772pp. Chaucer's tales and his poetry, in one volume.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 138pp. Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale plus a fifteen page Glossary of his words.
The history of the Valentine card. 144 pages. Book is accompanied by an amount of ephemera on the subject collected by a previous owner. Dust jacket with extensive and horrible tape repair to tears around the edges.
The history of the Valentine card. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine and front cover. Dust jacket with some small tears around the edges.
136p. Bold full page woodcuts printed in red. 8vo. Original vellumized backed paper boards. Spine soiled. Number 206 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies privately printed for Subscribers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS1
pp. viii, 298, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. 8vo. 200mm. Original full purple cloth binding lettered in gold gilt. Extremities very slightly rubbed. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Chaucer scholar Robert Kilburn Root (1877-1950), first came to Princeton in the spring of 1905, and stayed until his death. POETRY BX 3
Undated, 12mo, 375 pages, not illustrated. Covers detached.With memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas. (The Aldine edition of the British poets). Original Green Decorated Cloth eng
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece and plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1957, this is the fullest exegesis to date of Chaucer's famous allegory.
pp. 220, cm 23x14, rilegatura editoriale in t.t. con sopracoperta.
328p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
312p., illus. by J. Wolf. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. ix, 328, x [Index]. Illustrated by J. Wolf. Decorated title page. 245mm. Original full cloth binding lettered in gold. Fourth printing. Hardbound. Very good. BIO BX 2
pp. 404, cm 21x14, rilegatura editoriale in t.t.
Dustjacket has a few open and closed tears and pieces missing. Majority of DJ is intact. Please ask for a photo. ; From the early English Ballads through Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to Marlow's Jew of Malta and Shakespeare's Shylock the Jew has been a frequent literary subject -- generally as archvillain. In this impassioned and eloquent yet scholarly and incisive critique of early English literature the author has set out to prove that the always contemptuous characterization of the Jew was never based on observation but it was simply taken over from the New Testament. Through the careful analysis of the many surviving literary creations of the period and in the light of the history of the Jews in England before the expulsion, the author concludes that the Jew has been misrepresented and vilified on account of intolerance and fanaticism or because the artists knew no better. ; 175 pages
Reprint. VG pbk. ISBN 0521046297. (Selected tales from Chaucer). Some pencil underling and margin notes. Edited with introduction, notes and glossary by James Winny. 50703. eng
32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and illustrated endpapers; oatmeal holland, brown cloth backs lettered in gilt, green tops, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at heads and tails of backstrips.
pp. xxii, 330; 670 (2) + Frontis. Color floriated initials. Each page set within a light ruled frame. Small folio. Designed, printed, and bound (in quarter cream linen, brown paper sides with Chaucer's arms in color) by George W. Jones, at the Sign of the Dolphin; set in Linotype Granjon; on Malling Mills Special paper. Slipcase shows some soiling and wear. Number 1465 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by Jones. A handsomely produced edition, of these immortal bawdy and satirical tales. *PRICE JUST REDUCED! W37/44
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous illustrations, initials, and head- and tail-pieces by Gill in the text; full niger morocco, sides and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, silk marker, Commentary Volume bound in boards with buckram back, the two fine volumes housed in publisher's cloth solander case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1980 COPIES. A magnificent facsimile of the Golden Cockerel masterpeice, widely regarded as the finest private press production of the period.