Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Whittaker & Co., London, 1841. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Whittaker & Co., 1841. First edition, 1841. Collection of early 19th century translations of Chaucer into modern English by several noted authors. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, cover decoration in blind, cxlvii, [1, errata], 331, [1] pages, seven inches tall. Very good condition with a bump to lower edge, modest rubbing to the extremities, minor rub through to one lower corner & spine edges, fading to spine, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages with the armorial bookplate of G F Stanley Atkinson inside the front cover, small PO insc to fep dated 1947.
Published by Whittaker & Co, London, 1841
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp. cxlvii, (i) errata, 331, (i) colophon. Spine titled & decorated in gilt & boards stamped in blind. Very occasional spots of foxing. Corners bumped & extremities rubbed a little in places. Quite uncommon. Original Green Publishers Cloth. Book.
Published by London, 1841
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. First Edition. (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.