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1967réf. feb685671967: First Argentine Edition of The Canterbury Tales Cuentos de Canterbury Universidad de Buenos Aires
1866réf. feb1104371866: First German Edition of The Canterbury Tales Canterbury-Erzählungen Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun
1974réf. feb1117771974: First Korean Edition of The Canterbury Tales 캔터베리 ì´ì•¼ê¸°
réf. 84808London: The Folio Society 2002. Limited edition hardback. Folio 42cm by 31cm iv 555pp. Numerous illuminated capitals and text illustrations. Bound by Smith Settle of Otley in full white Nigerian goatskin gilt titling and decoration to the front board and the spine top edge gilt blue cloth solander box. Also includes a 15pp pamphlet "The Kelmscott Chaucer" by William S Peterson. The book is in near-fine condition there is a trivial abrasion to the rear board; the pamphlet is in excellent condition the solander box is generally in very good condition but there are a few bumps to the corners of the box. Limited to 1010 numbered copies of which this is copy number 419. London: The Folio Society, 2002. hardcover
réf. 50226Rendered out of the French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Keith Henderson and Norman Wilkinson. London : published for the Florence Press by Chatto and Windus 1908. Quarto finely bound by Bumpus of Oxford full crushed levant morocco upper and lower boards with gilt edge rule and elaborately floriated corner decorations with inlaid morocco and gilt spine in compartments with raised bands elaborate gilt decorate edges very slightly rubbed a small bump to fore edge gilt rule and corner pieces to pastedowns all edges gilt pp. 103 twenty tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards some offsetting a small marginal stain to final few leaves one of 500 numbered copies a fine copy. Chaucer's Middle English translation of the French Le Roman de la Rose a medieval poem on the theme of romantic love. hardcover
1822réf. 122343W. Pickering Printer 1822-1846. Very Good. 8 volume leather bound set. 5 volumes of the Canterbury Tales 1822 with an introduction by T.Tyrwhitt Esq. Three volumes Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the minor poems with life of the poet by Sir Harris Nicolas 1846. 5 hub gilt decorated spines gilt accented boards edges and dentelles. Top edges gilt. Paisley end papers with previous owner's book plate to front paste downs. Please email for photos. W. Pickering Printer hardcover
1798réf. 008521Oxford: Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition. Full leather. This is the spectacularly handsome finely bound two-volume second edition of Tyrwhitt's landmark Chaucer. This edition was produced posthumously incorporating Tyrwhitt's own "emendations and additions". As explained by the publisher "The Delegates of the Clarendon Press having been applied to that the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer as published by the late Mr. Tyrwhitt might be printed at Oxford more splendidly than had been done in the Edition of them in his life-time they readily acceded to the proposal both in compliance with the wishes expressed to them and out of their own desire to shew every respect on the part of the University to Mr. Tyrwhitt's name and abilities." Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were already a venerable 400 years old when literary editor and critic Thomas Tyrwhitt 17301786 produced his landmark edition. The edition lends aesthetic and sheer physical gravitas to the text. Each mammoth volume measures 11.25 inches tall 9 inches wide and weighs more than four pounds. The bindings are a modern full brown leather the spines featuring raised bands bracketed by double gilt rules the second and fourth compartments featuring twin red title and volume number labels the other four compartments featuring uniform gilt fleuron center tools. The contents are bound with marbled page edges light brown endpapers and silk head and tail bands. Condition of the bindings is truly fine with only the slightest hint of shelf wear to the bottom edges. Condition of the 1798 contents is very good plus complete and clean overall with minimal spotting and toning. The only defect of note is some moisture staining which seems mercifully confined to the blank preliminary and succeeding blank recto of the frontispiece in Volume I. Thomas Tyrwhitt's "edition. to which are added an essay upon his language and versification an introductory discourse and notes in four volumes was published in 1775. Recognizing. the carelessness of the scholarship that preceded his Tyrwhitt 'proceeded' as he claims in the preface 'as if his author had never been published before' collating all available manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales in order to make his text 'as correct as the mss within the reach of the editor would enable him to make it' preface. Tyrwhitt's greatest contribution lies perhaps in his contextualization of Chaucer's language and of his Tales. He saw the necessity he states of enquiring 'into the state of our language and versification at the time when Chaucer wrote' as well as of examining 'the peculiarities of his style and manner of composition' and his notes and glossary focus closely on Chaucerian contexts preface. In its own time Tyrwhitt's Chaucer was hailed 'the best edited English Classic that ever has appeared' while subsequent editors overlooked anything before Tyrwhitt incorporating his work into their own." Tyrwhitt's Chaucer continues to be regarded: In 2025 a scholar wrote "The essay on versification in Thomas Tyrwhitts 1775 edition of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales is one origin point for the modern field of English historical metrics. Tyrwhitt brings to bear a principle that was to influence subsequent generations of researchers down to the present day: meter and language have a history and that history can guide verse aesthetics." References: ODNB; Weiskott "'Coins of a Former Age': Thomas Tyrwhitts Essay on the Language and Versification of Chaucer 1775 and English Historical Metrics Clarendon Press hardcover
2002réf. 18622Folio Society 2002. Hardback full Nigerian goatskin with elaborate gilt decoration. 41 x 29cm. ii 554pp. Number 131 of an edition 1000 copies printed for The Folio Society by Cambridge University Press. Some denting to the corners of the box thankfullty the book remains in undamaged. A finest facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer. A very heavy volume substantial additional postage charges likely for delivery outside the UK. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio Society hardcover
1965réf. SBBI-mon0000140147Cambridge at the University Pres 1965. hardcover. Acceptable. Dustjacket missing; may have other wear and tear. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Cambridge at the University Pres hardcover
1913réf. IAUeCHAU73London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher To The Medici Society Ltd. Printed by the Riccardi Press 1913. 1913. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. x 235 2 leaves; x 217 2 leaves; x 183 2 leaves. 3 engraved titles. 36 mounted colour plates incl. frontis. uncut in original cloth-backed bds. top edge gilt inner front hinges of Vols. I & II cracked. dws. dw. spines faded & edges bit ragged. Limited to 500 copies on handmade Riccardi paper 12 on vellum. Hardcover. London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher To The Medici Society Ltd., [Printed by the Riccardi Press], 1913. Hardcover
2009réf. 80564Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press. Fine. 2009. Hardcover. Beautiful example of this Easton Press facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer -- Fine in a Fine green cloth clamshell box -- from a single owner Easton Press collection. ; Small Folio . Easton Press hardcover
2009réf. 80564Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press. Fine. 2009. Hardcover. Beautiful example of this Easton Press facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer -- Fine in a Fine green cloth clamshell box -- from a single owner Easton Press collection. ; Small Folio . Easton Press hardcover books
réf. 14541London: Folio Society 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio 552pp. illustrated. One of 1010 copies printed 1000 of which were offered for sale. Printed on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper and bound by Smith Settle of Otley Yorkshire in full cream Nigerian goatskin binding with elaborate gilt decoration based on a design from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. With handmade laid endpapers from the Fabriano Mill in Italy. A fine copy but for a few tiny spots of rubbing along the front outer joints; still a very fresh and lovely example. Housed in the publisher's blue cloth clamshell box easily bumped; this example is sharp with a sleeve containing an essay by William S. Peterson about the significance of the Kelmscott Chaucer certainly the most extraordinarily beautiful private press book of its era perhaps of all time. William Morris the driving force behind the Kelmscott Press was a committed artisan whose rejection of modern technology and corner-cutting in the field of bookmaking eventually led him to create by hand this extraordinary work the high watermark of the Kelmscott Press and of English fine press publishing in general. Since the first edition has always been an extremely expensive book out of reach for most collectors there have been several facsimile editions of the Kelmscott Chaucer issued in the past century or so. This is certainly the finest among them and the only one whose publisher's binding offers any whiff of the kind which might have been done by Morris's contemporaries. Folio Society hardcover
1721réf. gff26bLondon: Bernard Lintot. G : in good condition. Cover worn and heavily rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing and marks but content in overall good condition. 1721. First Urry Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 400mm x 260mm 16" x 10". xxx xviii 626pp 82pp. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Together with a Glossary by a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is Prefixed the Author's Life Bewly Written and a Preface Givuing an Account of this Edition. . Bernard Lintot hardcover
2002réf. 48033Folio Society 2002. 2 vols large folio and 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper Main volume with text in red and black fine illustrations and borders throughout; full ivory morocco BY SMITH SETTLE richly tooled and lettered in gilt back with raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top blue laid endpapers ribbon markers; Essay volume in printed wrappers sewed as issued the whole housed in publisher's dark blue board clamshell case the case minutely bruised at yapped corners else a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1010 COPIES 1000 FOR SALE; THIS COPY NO 742. Superb facsimile of the Arts & Crafts classic; one of the most beautiful books produced in England. Peterson's essay is reprinted from 'The Kelmscott Press' 1991. Folio Society, hardcover
2002réf. 78145London: Folio Society 2002. FolioLimited Edition. Facsimile edition. Copy No. 458 of an edition of 1010 copies. ii 554 pp. Bound in cream Nigerian goatskin to a decorative gilt binding design from a copy bound by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery in 1900. Reproducing the famous engraving by Edward Burne-Jones. In a navy cloth clamshell box with leather tite label to spine the latter with a couple of light spots the former with a bump near spine's tail. Light spotting to binding with bright gilt. A little spotting around fore-edge of text block though otherwise clean internally. Includes a 15 page essay by William S. Peterson reprinted to accompany the edition. A handsome copy of arguably one of the most beautiful books produced in England. This is a very heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. Facsimile. 2002. Folio Society 2002 unknown
1782réf. 66577Edinburg: at the Apollo Press by the Martins 1782. 14 volumes 16mo approx. 5½" x 3½"; engraved portrait frontispiece of Chaucer in volume I engraved title pages serving as frontispieces in each volume "Bell's Edition the Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill" - by Cook Delattre Heath Grignion and Sharp all after Strothard; largely unopened; original marbled wrappers; occasional loss to spines on volumes I II III IX and X small tape repair inside back wrapper of volume VII rear hinge splitting on the final volume; all else very good. Bell's Poets were published by John Bell 1745-1831. There were 109 volumes in this series. Chaucer in 14 volumes was the first in the series and by far the most extensive. at the Apollo Press, by the Martins unknown
1782réf. 66577Edinburg: at the Apollo Press by the Martins 1782. 14 volumes 16mo approx. 5½" x 3½"; engraved portrait frontispiece of Chaucer in volume I engraved title pages serving as frontispieces in each volume "Bell's Edition the Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill" - by Cook Delattre Heath Grignion and Sharp all after Strothard; largely unopened; original marbled wrappers; occasional loss to spines on volumes I II III IX and X small tape repair inside back wrapper of volume VII rear hinge splitting on the final volume; all else very good. Bell's Poets were published by John Bell 1745-1831. There were 109 volumes in this series. Chaucer in 14 volumes was the first in the series and by far the most extensive. at the Apollo Press, by the Martins unknown books
réf. fol138London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press. Fine condition with blue slipcase. Aeg. Ribbon marker. 2002. Facsimile Limited Edition 338/1010. Cream and gilt-decorated hardback leather goatskin cover. 430mm x 310mm 17" x 12". 553pp. Woodblocks from the Kelmscott edition throughout. A facsimile of the masterpiece of the Kelmscott Press. The work encapsulates William Morris's intent to challenge all he thought wrong with the Industrial Revolution - the reduction of the individual craftsmanship of past times to a diminished soulless template for the machine production of consumerism. Derived from exemplars of medieval manuscripts and early printed books the works of the Kelmscott Press enshrined principles based on beauty and aesthetics - Morris's final challenge to a changing world. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press hardcover
réf. 000722First edition of what is arguably the Folio Society's most elaborate publication. Description: Bound in cream Nigerian goatskin richly blocked in gilt design based on an edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer bound by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery in 1900 housed in a blue cloth clamshell box with title label to spine. Folio: 43 × 31 cm; pp. 4 ii 554 2. With a frontispiece and 87 woodcuts by Edward Burne-Jones 18 large border designs 26 large over 500 smaller initial letters and Kelmscott Press "Chaucer" mark at the colophons designed by William Morris. Printed on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper. All edges gilt. No. 424 of 1010 copies. Enclosed: Loosely inserted a booklet containing an essay by William S. Peterson: The Kelmscott Chaucer Folio Society 2002 and a handout about the binding as issued. Condition: Aside from a slight bend to a clamshell box corner this item is in almost mint condition. Notes: This edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an accurate facsimile of the 1896 Kelmscott Press edition and is one of the most elaborate books ever published by the Folio Society. Please note: The high shipping costs are due to the very heavy weight of the books 84 kg and/or the size of the packaging. The Folio Society hardcover
1778réf. 324756London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate 1778. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century tree calf spines elaborately gilt marbled endsheets. Bookplate of Thomas Lancaster. Upper board of vol. 1 detached headcaps of vols. 1 & 2 worn. Good. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. An important late eighteenth century edition of the Canterbury Tales with the Tales in four volumes and the fifth volume containing a Glossary. The preface includes an account of the manuscripts and of the editions of Chaucer's works to date. Printed for T. Payne and Son, at the Mews-Gate unknown
1721réf. 046693London: Bernard Lintot 1721. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good. Contemporary ruled calf rebacked but rebacking failed and the front board cleanly detached rear board interior joint weak but attached and sound. Old armorial bookplate inside front cover. Scattered minor foxing and soiling very clean overall. The first Urry edition of Chaucer and the first edition not printed in black letter in folio 15 1/2" x 10". A compendious achievement with additional tales never before printed though all are apocryphal. With two frontis portraits Urry and Chaucer and woodcut illustrations at the beginning of the of tales. 626pp plus an 81 page glossary and errata. A bit of worming to the margin in the glossary Includes The Canterbury Tales Troilus and Creseide Romaunt of the Rose his translation of Alfred's translation of Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy and others. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046693. Bernard Lintot hardcover
1778réf. 324756London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate 1778. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century tree calf spines elaborately gilt marbled endsheets. Bookplate of Thomas Lancaster. Upper board of vol. 1 detached headcaps of vols. 1 & 2 worn. Good. First Tyrwhitt edition. 5 vols. 8vo. An important late eighteenth century edition of the Canterbury Tales with the Tales in four volumes and the fifth volume containing a Glossary. The preface includes an account of the manuscripts and of the editions of Chaucer's works to date. Printed for T. Payne and Son, at the Mews-Gate unknown books
1928réf. 955London: The Medici Society 1928. Publishers Fine Leather Binding. Near Fine. W. Russell Flint. A book in near fine condition beautifully bound by the publisher in full crushed Morocco with bright gilt floral patterns to covers and spine. Small amount of rubbing to leather extremities. Binding and hinges are excellent pages are bright and clean without marks and little to no foxing. Beautifully illustrated with color plates by W. Russell Flint. Book measures 9.5"x6.5". 98 years old. A beautiful binding in excellent condition. . The Medici Society unknown
1798réf. 1338815Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1798. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full polished calf spines rebacked with gilt tooling paneled with morocco label and gilt titling. Boards show some rubbing and scraping and uneven fading to rear cover of Volume One. Text block has wide margins ownership pen marks to front pastedowns first and second free end pages of Volume One and slight offsetting onto title page from frontispiece in Volume One. Page edges marbled. Shelved case 3. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. "Chaucer's reputation had suffered because the principles on which his verse depends were no longer understood; it was Tyrwhitt who pointed out that final e's by his time mute ought to be pronounced as separate syllables and that the accent of a word was often placed in the French manner e.g. virtúe not vírtue. Tyrwhitt's scholarship is still held in great respect." Britannica. ESTC: T75508. 1338815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. at the Clarendon Press hardcover
