Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose
de Geoffrey Chaucer; Eleanor Farjeon
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 198.43EUR 178.59
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Sobre este artículo
London: The Medici Society, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6". W. Russell Flint. The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition thus of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper with pictorial onlay to front wrap.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven colour plates by W. Russell Flint. Collated, complete.Eleanor Farjeon presents a prose translation in modern English of Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus, a collection of twenty-four tales told in Middle English, and largely presented in verse. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip, and somewhat age toned to head of front wrap. Tide marks to back strip. Light edgewear to back strip tail, and small closed tears to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 887F27
- Título
- Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose
- Autor
- Geoffrey Chaucer; Eleanor Farjeon
- Ilustrador
- W. Russell Flint
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Medici Society
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1930
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- canturbury tales wife of bath chaucer Eleanor Farjeon wife of bath
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.