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THE WORKS. Edited by Alfred W. Pollard, H. Frank Heath, Mark H. Liddell, W. S. McCormick. The Globe Edition
by CHAUCER. GEOFFREY
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- Hardcover
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1907. Reprint of the 1898 edition. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Some foxing to the blank endpapers and to a lesser extent on the first and last couple of pages of text, otherwise clean throughout. Fine attractive early twentieth century binding of full dark green morocco, by Zaehnsdorf of London. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments decorated, ruled and lettered in gilt. Triple gilt ruled border on boards. Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales arms stamped in gilt to the front board. Gilt inner dentelles. Dark green endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine faded to a mellow brown but overall a fine attractive binding.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9951
- Title
- THE WORKS. Edited by Alfred W. Pollard, H. Frank Heath, Mark H. Liddell, W. S. McCormick. The Globe Edition
- Author
- CHAUCER. GEOFFREY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1907
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings;
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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