The Student's Chaucer, Being a Complete Edition of his Works
by Geoffrey Chaucer; Walter W. Skeat (editor)
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford, 1895. Hardcover. Good. Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus (but doubtless outsourced) with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Contains a life of Chaucer plus his works including his Poems, his translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Troilus and Criseyde and, of course, The Canterbury Tales. 8vo. (195x130mm) [xxiv] 732pp. + 149pp. (glossarial index). Boards slightly bowed. Light marking and toning to spine and covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.
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- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004475
- Title
- The Student's Chaucer, Being a Complete Edition of his Works
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer; Walter W. Skeat (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- leather_binding, english, middle, literature, early, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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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....
- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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...