Troilus and Cressida: A Love Poem in Five Books.
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey. GILL, Eric. KRAPP, George Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Literary Guild, 1932. In effect a small reproduction of the Golden Cockerel Press Troilus with a more modern version of the text made by George Krapp and smaller scale facsimile reproductions of Eric Gill’s wood engravings. Sm. 4to., original cream paper backed blue cloth boards with gilt device on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Covers a little faded with a few small marks, otherwise good, without jacket.|||
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11785
- Title
- Troilus and Cressida: A Love Poem in Five Books.
- Author
- CHAUCER, Geoffrey. GILL, Eric. KRAPP, George Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Literary Guild
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Gill;Chaucer Book,Illustrated
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Device
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...