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The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer;: A Modern Rendering into Prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fox, Duffield & Company, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. First Edition. 235 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Gilt decorated brown cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and rough cut edges to text block. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have visible ink marks and rubbing. Moderate edge wear and bumping to corners. Major crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1639496119ANA
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer;: A Modern Rendering into Prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fox, Duffield & Company
- Date Published
- 1904
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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