London: George Routledge and Sons, 1915. Undated but circa 1915. Border designs in green and gilt. Top edge gilt. Front cover vignette in gilt. Cover remains bright. Illustrated with 8 full-page photogravures after Gilbert James, each with a tissue guard. The story is from "The Clerk's Tale" done into modern English with notes by Walter William Skeat. The illustrations are in black and white, quite charming. Pleasant typography with wide page margins. Text and plates are crisp. Some browning of endpapers. Inscription in pencil on front flyleaf, dated "Xmas 1915". 93pp.. Blue Cloth. Mild Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

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Bookseller: Glenn Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001564
Title: PATIENT GRISELDA.
Author: CHAUCER, GEOFFREY
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Mild Edge Wear
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1915
Size: Octavo
Keywords: POETRY, PHOTOGRAVURE

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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...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...