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Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH 1958. Reprint. 554 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Fiction Antique 6018L

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1958 Book. Illus. by Edward Burne-Jones. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Thick Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xix, 554 pp, introduction, glossary, The Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chauces. Facsimile Reprint, 1958. Price clipped. Some small chipping along top and bottom edge spine and top edge front panel dj with age-toned spine and partially age-toned panels, and a 1" closed tear to bottom edge rear panel of same. Only the faintext wear with lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Off-white faux leather with blind-stamped floral decorations on front board and spine, and gilt lettering to spine..

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Hardcover. Tiny ink signature on the front pastedown, minor soil to top edge, else very good plus condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight but lacks a dust jacket.. Cream leatherette, gilt lettering, decoratively embossed boards and spine, size: 9"x13", 554pp., 87 woodcut illustrations, decorative borders and initials throughout.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Good+. Introduction by John T. Winterich. With a Glossary for the modern reader. A beautiful Edition. Text arranged in Double Columns, with Ornate Capitals. Beautiful B&W illustrations by Burne-Jones with Wide Foliate Borders. Cream cloth cover with lovely blind-embossed decoration on front and spine. Bright Gilt lettering on spine. 554 p.pages, 3 kilos, 13" tall. No inscriptions. Small brown stain on some bottom page egdes at fore corner. Some nicks, a small closed tear and a piece 1" x3" missing at top edge of back of jacket and slight soiling at fore edge. Unclipped. Weighs over 3 kilos packed so Shipping Outside UK will be extra.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good + Jacket. 13" Tall. Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $17.50, Slight Wear And Dust And Browning, +1/4" Tears At Top Of Front Spine Edge And At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold. No Marks. An Attractive Copy Of This Memorable Edition.

World Publishing Company, 1958 First facsimile edition. Tanning to spine and perimeter of jacket, bookplate on inside front cover and p.o. name on blank front end-paper. Jacket installed in new archival wrap. White boards with blind stamped detailing and gilt on spine. Interior bright and clean, a well cared for book. Inquire about shipping, heavy book.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Hardcover. Minor foxing to the top edge, else very good plus, clean and tight condition with a tiny ink signature on the front paste down / dust jacket is sunned and soiled with a few small tears and chips to the edges. Cream leatherette, gilt lettering, decoratively embossed boards and spine, size: 9"x13", 554pp., 87 woodcut illustrations, decorative borders and initials throughout.

Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition in this Format; Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in embossed boards; with a Good dust jacket. A few chips to jacket edges, a few small stains to jacket. Toning. Jacket is in two pieces, held together in mylar. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. The Kelmscott Chaucer is considered William Morris's masterpiece, as well as by many the most beautiful book ever printed, and this facsimile is completely faithful to the original. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Cleveland amd New York : World Publishing Co., 1958. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cream cloth. Elaborate blind tooling to spine and front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light surface marks to boards. A beautifully produced edition. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 554 pages; Physical description: xix, 554 p. : illus. ; 33 cm. Summary: Fine facsimile reprint of the original Kelmscott Chaucer by William Morris with the original illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340? -1400). English poetry and literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500. Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature - Middle English, 1100-1500. Kelmscott Press -- Morris, William (1834-1896).

Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, circa 1893.. KELMSCOTT BIFOLIUM circa 1893 (i.e. pair of conjugate leaves). Proof sheet of the opening page from the KELMSCOTT CHAUCER. This proof page was typeset in 1893 in a very small number and distributed to William Morris's friends. It contains a variant type setting of the text, eventually rejected by Morris. Bifolium pages approximately 415 x 285 mm, 16¼ x 11¼ inches, [1]-2 and [15]-[16] comprising 2 illustrated pages and 2 text pages, printed in Chaucer type with side-notes in red, 2 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved borders and one very large initial plus 5 large and 7 smaller initials by William Morris, folio Proof of one of the most famous pages in printing history, with variations in the typesetting from the final version. A shallow crease due to folding the sheets to house in a another Kelmscott book, a little pale foxing, mostly to margins, edges slightly dusty, otherwise very good… Read More