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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with an Introduction, Notes and a Glossary by John Matthews Manly
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Manly, John Matthews (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap, no date C1930. leather. Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Selections from the Canterbury Tales, edited and with notes and a glossary by JM Manly; includes frontispiece plate illustration with tissue-guard, and 6 full-page b&w plates throughout; includes introductory chapter (Chaucer's Life, Chaucer's England, The Canterbury Tales, The Language of Chaucer, Versification, Astronomy and Astrology); this copy in school-prize binding of full calf with gilt titling and devices to spine, circular school coat of arms to front board (Girls' Grammar School Rockhampton); prize plate to front pastedown; no publishing date, but pre-1930 (prize plate dated 1930); text block tanned, occasional mild foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; leather with some wear to foot of spine, and with some rubbing/wear along spine.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23313
- Title
- Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with an Introduction, Notes and a Glossary by John Matthews Manly
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey; Manly, John Matthews (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in rubbed boards
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- no date C1930
- Pages
- 721pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
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About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Plate
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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