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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition. Limited Edition of 1,980 copies. This is a very large and hea/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase
- Seller
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Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition. Limited Edition of 1,980 copies. This is a very large and heavy book./Insignificant rubbing on slipcase.
Synopsis
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. 1370) and third wife (1396) of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, whose first wife Blanche (d. 1368) is commemorated in Chaucer's ealrist major poem, The Book of the Duchess . From 1374 Chaucer worked as controller of customs on wool in the port of London, but between 1366 and 1378 he made a number of trips abroad on official business, including two trips to Italy in 1372-3 and 1378. The influence of Chaucer's encounter with Italian literature is felt in the poems he wrote in the late 1370's and early 1380s – The House of Fame , The Parliament of Fowls and a version of The Knight's Tale – and finds its fullest expression in Troilus and Criseyde . In 1386 Chaucer was member of parliament for Kent, but in the same year he resigned his customs post, although in 1389 he was appointed Clerk of the King's Works (resigning in 1391). After finishing Troilus and his translation into English prose of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae , Chaucer started his Legend of Good Women . In the 1390s he worked on his most ambitious project, The Canterbury Tales , which remained unfinished at his death. In 1399 Chaucer leased a house in the precincts of Westminster Abbey but died in 1400 and was buried in the Abbey.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Candleleaf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHA-CAN-205
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition. Limited Edition of 1,980 copies. This is a very large and hea
- Jacket Condition
- Insignificant rubbing on slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2010
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Poetry; Limited Edition;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Candleleaf
Biblio member since 2022
Poole, Dorset
About Candleleaf
Candleleaf is a small online business based in the United Kingdom. We hold a variety of literary works, with a particular emphasis on those published by The Folio Society.
All our books are in stock and our photographs show the copy you will receive. We take great care in packaging orders, wrapping your books in brown paper before nestling them in a cushioned expanse of natural wood wool within a double-walled cardboard box, sealed with reinforced brown paper tape.
We ship internationally, delivering approximately 25% of our orders to the USA, 15% to other overseas destinations and 60% to customers here in the UK. We welcome you to browse our range of beautifully produced books and see what inspires your imagination.
All our books are in stock and our photographs show the copy you will receive. We take great care in packaging orders, wrapping your books in brown paper before nestling them in a cushioned expanse of natural wood wool within a double-walled cardboard box, sealed with reinforced brown paper tape.
We ship internationally, delivering approximately 25% of our orders to the USA, 15% to other overseas destinations and 60% to customers here in the UK. We welcome you to browse our range of beautifully produced books and see what inspires your imagination.
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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