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1978WN2427Guildford Surrey UK: Circle Press Publications 1978. Book immaculate except for 5 small library stamps mostly on the edges. This is number 89 of 250 copies of the second edition which has Roman ll on the spine. Includes an original proof of The Knight's Horse initialed and numbered Roman ll by the artist in a separate portfolio. The illustrations are brilliant color modern silk-screened depictions of the characters in The Prologue. Slipcase has loosened threads on edges of the spine and is somewhat rubbed on one side. . Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Fine/Slipcase Good. Illus. by Ronald King. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Ex-Library. Circle Press Publications Hardcover books
189842786Oxford: Clarendon Press 1898. Reprint small 8vo pp. lxii 2 262 2 8; original maroon cloth gilt-lettered spine; very minor bubbling to upper cover cloth; contemporary ownership inscription on ffep; near fine. Publisher's catalogue bound in rear dated 1/3/1900. Forms part of the Clarendon Press series. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press hardcover books
1987047363Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press 1987. Edited by Beverly Boyd. xxviii 195p. colored front. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 2: The Canterbury tales pt. 20. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1893243357London: George Bell and Son 1893. Portrait frontispiece. 6 vols. 12mo. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Fine one head slightly nicked. Portrait frontispiece. 6 vols. 12mo. George Bell and Son unknown books
51618bdLondon; William Pickering 1845. The Aldine Edition by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Six volumes. Octavo bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 tan polished calf & linen leather hardcover calf labels gilt-stamped spines top edges gilt uncut ribbon-markers 326 pp 330 pp. 363 pp 321 pp 288 pp. Fine. hardcover books
1882266403London. : George Bell. 1882. . The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. . Original green cloth black and gilt blindstamped decorations. . Spine slightly cocked otherwise a near very good bright set. . 12mo. 6 volume set requires extra postage. George Bell. hardcover books
1882014073London: George Bell and Sons 1882. SIX VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled endpapers with matching edges. Gilt pannelled spines with black leather spine labels. Floral textured green cloth over boards. This edition was edited by Richard Morris with memoirs of the poet by Sir Harris Nicolas. A lovely set by the author of "The Canterbury Tales". Geoffrey Chaucer c.1343-1400 is considered the Father of English literature. Author poet philosopher diplomat. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey. Revised Edition. 1/2 Brown Calf. Minor Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. 6 1/2" x 4". George Bell and Sons Hardcover books
1987047367Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1987. Edited by Helen Storm Corsa. xxix 171p. colored front. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 2: The Canterbury tales pt. 17. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1984047369Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1984. Edited by Derek Pearsall. xxviii 284p. colored front. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 2: The Canterbury tales pt. 9. University of Oklahoma Press unknown 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
1982047375Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1982. 1st Edition. xxviii 223p. colored front. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer vol. 5 part 1. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1983047366Norman: University of Oklahoma PRess 1983. Edited by Thomas W. Ross. xxix 273p. colored front. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer volume 2: The Canterbury Tales pt. 3. University of Oklahoma PRess unknown books
198734550Houston: Rice University Press 1987. Hardcover. Very good. 173pp index. Very good hardback in a jacket that is sunned on the spine and at the edges of the panels. <br/><br/> Rice University Press hardcover books
1993047368Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press 1993. By Malcolm Andrew. xxiii 623p. original tan cloth quarto format A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer 2: The Canterbury Tales part 1B. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
19316424Pittsburgh PA: Bentley Press 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear toning at the spine chips at spine label tidemarks at bottom of boards else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound cream paper spine patterned paper boards. 8vo. 46pp. <br/><br/>Hand printed by Wilder Bentley at The Bentley Press. Original prospectus laid in. Bentley Press hardcover books
190222182London: Essex House Press Edward Arnold 1902. leather_bound. Full limp vellum. Near fine. 45 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Limited edition copy 94 of 165 printed on vellum with front cover Arts & Crafts rose in blind and entitled "Soul Is Form." Hand colored woodcut frontispiece plus a central two panel plate and elaborate colored initials throughout by Edith Harwood. Bookplate of Henry Walters Morrieson front cover pastedown. "The Essex House Press was then an Arts & Crafts press par excellence.it reveals more of Art Nouveau in many of the books than one would have expected from so devoted a follower of Morris." CAVE: PRIVATE PRESS p.125 noting Ashbee's work at Essex House. Slight cover soiling at top edges. Essex House Press (Edward Arnold) unknown books
196221551London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962. Small 8vo pp. 191. Owner's signature on flyleaf o/w a nice copy in little stained and worn dj. Includes a long entroduction notes bibliography and glossary. Originally published in 1598. Thomas Nelson and Sons unknown books
1717318152Oxford: printed at the theater for Anthony Peisley 1717. First and only edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound stitching gone uncut. Title and final leaf dust-soiled. First and only edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First and only edition of this 18th century version of a poem attributed to Chaucer in Stow's 1561 edition which attribution persisted into the 19th century before being disproven by Skeat. Catcott 1692-1749 was a Church of England clergyman whose reputation as a poet rested on the present volume and on his version The Loves of Hero and Leander of Musaeus 1715. Foxon C69 printed at the theater for Anthony Peisley unknown books
189438511Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1894. Thick 8vo pp. xxiv 732 149; original blue blind-tooled cloth minor soiling gilt lettering edges and corners bumped and rubbed spine cloth starting; text in 2 columns; interior fine. This one-volume edition of the Works includes an abbreviated Life of Chaucer a pronunciation guide and a short essay on the various early editions. <br/><br/> The Clarendon Press hardcover books
1972900961972. CHAUCER Geoffrey. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER 7 VOLS. London: Oxford University Press 1972. 8vo. Seven volumes. 568pp. 506pp 504pp. 667pp. 515pp. 445pp. 628pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt to spine. Fine in fine dustajackets. unknown books
19033369<p> The Clarendon Press and Henry Frowde Oxford London and New York. 1903. Beautifully bound in three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Octavo 732 pages plus useful 147 page glossarial index bound in at the back. Ornamental spine in the Art Nouveau style with gilt twining stem and flowers. Title and publisher labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves matching the paper used on the binding. Pictorial frontispiece. Aside from minor soiling this is a superb example of the Book Arts that flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. This edition of Chaucer's work is edited from numerous manuscripts by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat noted scholar and professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge University. Prized for their beauty and representation of literary achievement these bindings have become difficult to find in fine condition. </p> The Clarendon Press and Henry Frowde hardcover books
1912243274New York: Macmillan 1912. hardcover. near fine. Now First Put Into Modern English by John S.P. Tatlock and Percy MacKaye. 32 color plates with lettered tissue guards. Thick 4to 3/4 maroon morocco decorative boards. New York: Macmillan 1912. Near Fine.<br/><br/> The Modern Reader's Chaucer<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1952Embry 37766Oxford 1952. Occasional light discoloration or mild spotting spines with very minor and even sunning overall a very good to near fine set. Blue cloth no dust jackets. Seven volumes. Oxford, 1952. hardcover books
1476122957Single leaf 292 r/v. Westminster: William Caxton 1476-1477. Single leaf 292 r/v 242 x 163 mm printed on both sides with a single rubricated initial. Bull's Head watermark clearly visible in the center of the leaf when held against light. Not trimmed close to the text as our previous copy and virtually all known fragments. Sympathetically cleaned and matted. § A landmark in the history of English literature and in the history of printing being a single leaf from Chaucer's Tale of Melibee from the Canterbury Tales the second tale told by Chaucer himself as the host of the inn in which the pilgrims lodge. This particular leaf is significant as it includes a Biblical citation which may be the first appearance in English of the proverb "Greed i.e. money is the root of all harms i.e. evil". "For according to the saying of the word of the Apostle `Greed is root of all harms.' And therefore it were better for you to lose so much wealth of your own than to take their wealth in this manner for better it is to lose wealth with honor than it is to acquire wealth with villainy and shame."“Caxton was both the first to print a book in English and the first English printer. He realized the commercial potential of the new technology while working as a merchant in the Low Countries and Germany birthplace of printing in Europe. Around 1475 Caxton set up his own printing press in London. Among his earliest books are two magnificent editions of the 14th-century classic Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’: the first published in 1476 AND THUS THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLAND IN ENGLISH and the second illustrated with woodblock prints in 1483.†British Library.See: ic00431000. 9 essentially complete If sometimes made-up copies and 5 substantial but incomplete copies are listed by location along with 24 single leaves or groups of a very few 2-8 leaves. The copy listed as owned by Norman Strouse was later sold to Bernard M. Rosenthal from whom we bought it in 2014 and sold it to the St. Louis Mercantile Library. It was the last leaf to be sold in the trade to our knowledge and like most leaves but not this one was trimmed at the top touching the text. Even the Doheny fragments were trimmed touching the text at the top. The Caxton Club issued a book about Caxton and 148 copies included an original leaf. William Caxton unknown books
1946018625New York: Limited Editions Club 1946. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrators. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xx 550 pages of text. Original white leather spine with illustrated boards; a few tiny scuff marks to the spine and minor shelfwear. Protected in fitted archival mylar. The matching slipcase is cracked at one seam with minor shelfwear. One of 1500 copies signed by Benton on the limitation page. Includes the Monthly Newsletter for the Limited Editions Club. The text is clean and unmarked. Minor stain to the closed page edges. First edition. Limited Editions Club Hardcover books
