William Caxton Blake (20 results)

Condition: Good. 1ST. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. 1ST. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Pb; sl rubbed & faded. Clarendon Medieval & Tudor Series.

Paperback. Clarendon Medieval & Tudor Series.

EETS NO 263. No dj, plastic protective cover fitted, light cloth wear, light foxing on sides, otherwise vg+. 600 grams.

188pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, previous owner's initials on ffep, otherwise a very good copy. First edition.

c.188pp. 8vo. Original cloth and dustwrapper, in very good condition.

8°. LXXI, 170 Pages. Publishers: Oxford University Press (1970). LXXI, 170 Pages. Original Cloth-Volume (gilt Lettering on Spine and Front-Cover). No Dust-jacket. Ex-Library-Copy. Library-Sticker on the Spine. Library-Stamp [dropped out] cover-inside, on Front-Endpaper, on Title and on Cutting. No Markings in the Text! No Underlinings! No private Owner's Note! Binding slightly rubbed and slightly bumped. (Early English Text Society; Original Series, 263).

c.188pp. 8vo. Original cloth and dustwrapper, in fine condition. First edition.

Hardcover. Cloth, dw. Clarendon Medieval & Tudor Series.

Condition: good. A good reading copy. May contain markings or be a withdrawn library copy.

Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. hardcover. 187pp. index. Near Fine. / Very good+ clipped d/w.

Paperback. Condition: Sehr gut. xvi, 162 p. Sehr vereinzelte Bleistift-Anstreichungen, ansonsten ein sehr gutes Exemplar. / Very isolated pencil markings, otherwise a very good copy. -- CONTENTS -- OVID PRAYING FOR INSPIRATION -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- TEXTUAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE TO FRONTISPIECE -- SELECTIONS -- 1. Prologues -- (a) Polychronicon -- (b) Le Morte d'Arthur -- 11. Polychronicon: Liber Ultimus -- III. The Siege and Conquest of Jerusalem -- IV. Charles the Great -- v. Reynard the Fox -- VI. Le Morte d'Arthur: Book Five -- VII. Blanchardin and Eglantine -- VIII. Paris and Vienne -- IX. The Metamorphoses of Ovid -- x. History of Troy -- XI. Æsop's Fables -- XII. Game and Play of the Chess -- XIII. Mirror of the World -- XIV. Book of the Knight of the Tower -- xv. Golden Legend -- XVI. Order of Chivalry: Epilogue -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY. ISBN 9780198710820 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 210.

8°, Taschenbuch. Condition: Sehr gut. 162 Seiten Leichte Lagerspuren am Einband, Seiten jedoch sehr gut und sauber. Wirkt ungelesen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 216.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket edge wear, sunned spine.

Andre Deutsch, London 1969. 256 pages. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Name on fly elaf. Otherwise near fine/ near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. Includes removeable plastic cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Translated from the Dutch by William Caxton. The Early English Text Society, 1970. Reprint. LXXI+170+8 pages(On the society). Orig. brown cloth in green dust wrapper. Spine and smaller strip of touching front boards mildly sunned. Name to front endpaper. Wrapper backstrip mildly sunned. Near fine/near fine-- wrapper. * Early English Text Society No. 263.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart limited edition facsimile of one of the earliest books ever printed in England by William Caxton. A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is numbered 359.A faithful facsimile of William Caxton's c1483 edition of 'The Game of Chess', one of the first titles to ever be printed in English.'The Game of Chess' is an allegorical morality book on chess and society in the Middle Ages.Caxton's translation is based on a book by Jacobus de Cessolis.Illustrated with in-text woodcuts. This work was also one of the earliest books to be issued with woodcuts.Bookplate of T. & M. James to the front paste down. In the original publisher's hessian binding. Externally, smart. Light discolouration to the spine and to the head of the rear board. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Limited Edition of 50 hand-numbered copies specially bound by The Eddington Bindery, this being copy No. XXIV. Bound in full calf with hand-tooled black ruling. Spine with 5 raised bands and 6 compartments. Hand-made paper. NEAR FINE in Near Fine slipcase. Shows the spine ever so lightly tanned, else Fine/As New. The slipcase with marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, else Fine/As New. As pictured.