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The Story of Patient Griselda (from The Clerk's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D.. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and vignette in dark green gilt-bordered ox-hide shaped panel on cover, t.e.g., red and black title page. Illustrated with eight full-page photogravures after Gilbert James (including tissue-protected frontispiece). nd (c. 1906). Done into Modern English, with a few Notes, by Walter William Skeat. . Slight wear at head and heel of spine and at corners, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. VERG GOOD. . The Photogravure Series Series. Photogravures. 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28912
- Title
- The Story of Patient Griselda (from The Clerk's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer)
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Illustrator
- Gilbert James
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Chaucer, Poetry, Clerk's Tale, Gilbert James, Illustrated Books, Literature, Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Jacket
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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