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The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Tyrwhitt; Thomas (Notes & Glossary)
- Used
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: G. Routledge & Co.. 1854. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Ornate leather binding with gilt to edges. Some rubbing to book edges and paper at hinges is cracked but binding solid. Some quite faint foxing to preliminary pages. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Lovely detailed black & white, full page, illustrations with tissue guards by notable Victorian artist, Edward Corbould. A very attractive volume. xxxiv, 586 pages. Trywhitt's Notes and Glossary have been condensed and appear under the text. This edition includes a lengthy Introduction and an abstract of 'The Life of Chaucer' by Tyrwhitt. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB324953
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey; Tyrwhitt; Thomas (Notes & Glossary)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Routledge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Adelaide Booksellers
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Clarence Gardens, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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