The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1913. Three volumes complete - Volume One - x, 235pp, [5]; Volume Two - x, 217pp, [5] and Volume Three - x, 183pp, [5]. Original full vellum in DJ's, gilt title to spines and upper covers, t.e.g. DJ spines faded, with ink number (as issued?) to spines. Hint of foxing to fore-edge of text block, otherwise bright and clean. With thirty-six colour, full-page, tissue-guarded, tipped in illustrations by W. Russell Flint (twelve in each volume) as called for. Limited edition of five hundred copies, this being copy one hundred and eighty eight (as per the number on the spines of the DJ's). An attractive set. First Thus. Full Vellum. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Flint, W. Russell. 4to. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000047
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Illustrator
- Flint, W. Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- noisbn, Flint, Chaucer
- Size
- 4to
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....