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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, the son of a wine-merchant, in about 1342, and as he spent his life in royal government service his career happens to be unusually well documented. By 1357 Chaucer was a page to the wife of Prince Lionel, second son of Edward III, and it was while in the prince's service that Chaucer was ransomed when captured during the English campaign in France in 1359-60. Chaucer's wife Philippa, whom he married c. 1365, was the sister of Katherine Swynford, the mistress (c....
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The Canterbury Tales: A Selection (Penguin Classics)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Paperback. Good.
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A$19.01
420 Characters: Stories
by Lou Beach
Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine bellyband dust jacket/wrap. Contents unmarked. Appears new/unread.
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A$18.59
Two by Duras
by Marguerite Duras; Alberto Manguel (translator)
First thus. Very Good with light wear to wrappers, but overall a nice copy. Text unmarked.
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A$9.80
Mason & Dixon
by Pynchon, Thomas
New York: Henry Holt, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. First edition, first printing, 1997. Hardcover 8vo, 773pp. Very Good in VG- dust jacket: previous owner seems to have had some trouble with a tea spill that left some pale staining on the verso of the jacket and splatter mark on the foredge, but it doesn't show through to the front. Name on ffep, else unmarked.
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A$23.53
The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1913. Three volumes complete - Volume One - x, 235pp, [5]; Volume Two - x, 217pp, [5] and Volume Three - x, 183pp, [5]. Original full vellum in DJ's, gilt title to spines and upper covers, t.e.g. DJ spines faded, with ink number (as issued?) to spines. Hint of foxing to fore-edge of text block, otherwise bright and clean. With thirty-six colour, full-page, tissue-guarded, tipped in illustrations by W. Russell Flint (twelve in each volume) as called...
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A$4,670.16
The Canterbury Tales: An Illustrated Edition
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Leopard, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$21.01
The Canterbury Tales
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey
New York: Heritage, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. English verse by Frank Ernest Hill. Illustrated color plates by Arthur Szyk. Small quarto. Decorative papercovered boards. Tiny tear on rear pastedown, small crease on front fly, near fine in a very good, clear acetate dust jacket with light toning and rubbing. With The Heritage Club Sandglass Number 12J laid in.
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A$47.06
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Penguin, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. 1958. Reprinted. 521 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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A$7.78
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$10.31
The Kingis Quair: Together with A Ballad of Good Counsel: by King James I. of Scotland
by Rev. Walter W. (edited by) Skeat
Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons & rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spines; preceding the poem is a lengthy (55 pages) & erudite introduction by the editor. The Kingis Quair is a fifteenth-century poem attributed to James I of Scotland. It is semi-autobiographical in nature, describing the King's capture by the English in 1406 on his way to France and...
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A$243.24
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
8-1: Folio Society. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Vol. 1 & 2 .
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A$77.82
The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
NY: Golden Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners bumped.. 1962. First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated hardcover. A Deluxe Golden Book and special edition of the Canterbury Tales with color illustrations throughout by Gustaf Tenggren. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 140 pages .
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A$39.22
Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Hardback. New. These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire.
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A$34.33
Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard)
by Michael Kimball
First edition, first printing (stated). Softcover 12mo, 162pp. "A collection of miniature biographies, each one squeezed onto the back of a postcard." In Near Fine condition with a touch of shelfwear soil on the rear wrap, but overall a nice copy with crisp, unmarked contents. Mudluscious Novel(la) series. A charming book, hard to find!
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A$59.61
The Canterbury Tales (Illustrated)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 1988. Tight and unmarked. Sticker scuff to front flyleaf. 483pp. Translated by J. U. Nicolson. Color plates and b&w drawings. Dust jacket lightly rubbed.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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A$23.53
The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Puffin Books, 1997. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$9.63
Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
N Y: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc, 1934. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kent, Rockwell. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's cool Pegasus bookplate inside. 627 pages. 6""w x 9 3/4""h. De Luxe Edition rendered into modern English by J.U. Nicolson, with Illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Pastedown illustration on front of tan cover.
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A$87.85
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
London: Wordsworth, 1995. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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A$7.78
The Canterbury Tales: Chaucer : Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Paperback. Good.
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A$3.27
Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Simon & Schuster, 1990. Mass Market Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$9.40
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Panther, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. 1969. Reprinted. 315 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Small tears to edge of some pages, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine. Wear marks overall.
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A$8.46
CANTERBURY TALES
by Geoffrey Chaucer
New York: International Collectors Library. 1934. International Collectors Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. Notes from author neatly laid in. Gilded top text block edge. Silk ribbon page marker. .
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A$137.98
The Canterbury Tales (Oxford Illustrated Classics)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Paperback. Very Good.
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A$3.27
