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CANTERBURY TALES
by Geoffrey Chaucer; J. U. Nicolsen (translator) ; Rockwell Kent (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Covici Friede Inc.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ; First Trade Edition with Kent illustrations. Beige cloth cover is toned with frayed bottom front corner but clean and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. At a dozen leaves have a crease angling to the center of the page otherwise pages are clean and very good. Illustrated with b&w headpieces and tailpieces with 2-color plates. Dust jacket is toned, soiled, tattered and torn, and fragile. Publisher's price of $3.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15213
- Title
- CANTERBURY TALES
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer; J. U. Nicolsen (translator) ; Rockwell Kent (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Covici Friede Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Sage Rare & Collectible Books specializes in out-of-print, scarce, and rare books as well as signed and First Editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 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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