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The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey - Trans John S P Tatlock and Percy Mackaye
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Macmillan Company, 1912. Hardcover. GOBLE, Warwick. 18.4 x 25.4 cm blue cloth with gilt stamped decoration to the front and titles and decoration and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, pp xii, 607[9] including 6 page publisher's catalogue. With 32 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards. The binding is firm and the gilt decoration and titles bright with just a hint of shelf wear and a touch of pushing to the spine tips and corners. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate but with a little light spotting on the page preceding and the page following some of the plates. All in all a very nice copy of this comprehensive work with Goble's lovely illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202070
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Author
- CHAUCER, Geoffrey - Trans John S P Tatlock and Percy Mackaye
- Illustrator
- GOBLE, Warwick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1912
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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