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The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, Modernized by CHAUCER, GEOFFREY - 1841

by CHAUCER, GEOFFREY

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The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, Modernized

by CHAUCER, GEOFFREY

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London: Whittaker & Co, 1841. First Edition, First Printing. Nice copy in early half red morocco over marbled boards, with relatively light external wear, boards slightly cocked, endsheets mildly foxed and with a previous owner's signature on a preliminary blank page.. Duodecimo. 11 x 16.5 cm. cxlvii; 331 pp. Important edition, with modernizations/translations by R.H. Horne, William Wordsworth, Leigh Hunt, and others.
  • Bookseller Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA US (US)
  • Book Condition Used - Nice copy in early half red morocco over marbled boards, with relatively light external wear, boards slightly cocked, endsheets
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  • Edition First Edition, First Printing
  • Publisher Whittaker & Co
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1841
  • Keywords BOOKOFCHAN

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The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer Modernized

by Chaucer, Geoffrey [Horne, Richard Hengist as Editor]; Wordsworth, William; Barrett, Browning, Elizabeth; Hunt Leigh et al

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London, 1841. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: Whittaker & Co 1841). First UK Edition. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, cover decoration in blind, cxlvii, [1, errata], 331, [1] pages. Pale yellow contemporary end-papers. With the bookseller's ticket of James Bain, 1 Haymarket to the rear paste-down. A VG++ copy with spine slightly faded, spine ends pushed, top edge a little dusty, a tiny bump to the bottom left-hand corner of the rear board, the merest touch of rubbing to the spine edges. Strong hinges. Pages really clean. NO previous owner book-plates or inscriptions. A collection of early 19th century translations of Chaucer into modern English by several notable authors of the time. NB: this is a First UK Edition from 1841 and NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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