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The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
by [Larry McMurtry] Geoffrey Chaucer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Extremities bumped, rubbed, soiled, and sunned, toning throughout, else fine. LMM-219
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Extremities bumped, rubbed, soiled, and sunned, toning throughout, else fine. LMM-219.
Geoffrey Chaucer. Thomas Lounsbury, introduction. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1900. First edition thus.
Octavo. 877pp (indexed). Frontispiece. Full blue leather, stamped in gilt to spine, gilt borders inside covers, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219
- Title
- The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] Geoffrey Chaucer
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities bumped, rubbed, soiled, and sunned, toning throughout, else fine. LMM-219
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Literature, Poetry, Chaucer
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
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