Search Results: Medieval Literature from Charles Agvent

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Mild soiling to the spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Copy #380 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the facing endpaper. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Copy #1205 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.M." and the words "out-of-series" are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with partial split at bottom edge. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Copy #65 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine darkened but not terribly so. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase, intact but with some soiling. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Copy #845 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase with light wear. C. B. Falls. Octavo (7-1/8" x 9") bound in full natural cowhide with elaborate blindstamping on the front cover and goldstamping on the spine. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Nicely printed by the Marchbanks Press. Copy #1365 of 1500 copies designed and illustrated by C. B. Falls who has SIGNED the colophon page. Lovely book with beautiful color illustrations, the sixth book of the press, quite uncommon in this condition.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a short split at the top edge. C. B. Falls. Octavo (7-1/8" x 9") bound in full natural cowhide with elaborate blindstamping on the front cover and goldstamping on the spine. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Nicely printed by the Marchbanks Press. Copy #509 of 1500 copies designed and illustrated by C. B. Falls who has SIGNED the colophon page. Lovely book with beautiful color illustrations, the sixth book of the press, quite uncommon in this condition.

London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1809. First English Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to the frontispiece with slight offsetting to the title page; contents quite clean and bright. Binding tight and firm. About Fine and quite scarce. Duodecimo (3-7/8" x 6-1/4") bound in modern quarter calf leather over marbled boards, five raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers; xxxvi, 115, {5 advertisements] pages. First published in Paris by Didot in 1802, this is the first edition of the first English translation from the French by William B. Hewetson. Includes a Life of the Author by Jauffret. Complete with half-title page, frontispiece engraved by Mackenzie after Thomson, and 5 pages of ads at the end. According to medieval legend William Tell from Burglen was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. In the early 1300s, the Habsburg emperors were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf, raised a pole in the village's… Read More