Canterbury Tales, Full Leather, folio society (9 results)

Leather Binding. Condition: Fine. Later Printing. 2 volume set, beautifully bound by Derek Lowe in full brown polished calf, spines with raised bands, blue morocco labels, and gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, 3rd printing of this Folio Society edition, 1968.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Eric Gill (illustrator). First Thus. 2012 First Thus. Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Near Fine slipcase. Slight bumps to corners of solander box. Limited to 1980 numbered copies of which this is number 270. Bound in Nigerian goatskin leather. 768 pages. Book size: 12 ½" x 7 ¾". Blocked in 24-carat gold with a design featuring Eric Gill's engravings around a blind-blocked frame. Gilding on all three book edges. Black satin ribbon marker. Printed on felt-marked, laid paper, in a special shade matched to the original, made at the Favini mill near Venice. Endpapers of Merida Graphite from the Varona mill, Riva del Garda. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box with gold blocking on the spine. The text is in the original middle English (with no translation). Commentary essay quarter-bound in buckram and Merida Graphite. Working from an original edition, The Folio Society has created an exquisite facsimile of this masterpiece of the private press movement. The Canterbury Tales is a glorious expression of Eric Gill's genius. In this varied, vibrant work, Gill displayed his artistic versatility, and succeeded in marrying the illuminated manuscript tradition with a Modernist aesthetic. For this facsimile edition, The Folio Society has created an exquisite binding based on Gill's own designs for the Physician's and the Summoner's tales. The work itself is represented in a meticulously exact facsimile, created directly from an original copy. Copies of the original print run of 500 very rarely reach the open market, and one of the few examples in recent years sold for $9,000. This beautifully produced facsimile represents an outstanding opportunity to own this work at an affordable price. A landmark of English poetry, The Canterbury Tales has appeared in many illustrated editions over the centuries. The Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1929-1931, illustrated by Eric Gill, is among the most remarkable. It is one of the most beautiful books produced in the twentieth century, a triumph of the art of the private press. Gill's powers of imagination can be seen in many individual touches. Into the title illustration he has incorporated a cockerel, symbol of the press. The General Prologue is illustrated with the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket, whose shrine at Canterbury was the pilgrims' goal. The opening illustration to 'The Man of Law's Tale' (below right) depicts Constance, the Christian daughter of a Roman emperor, cast adrift by her father. Gill shows her carrying her child, who appears only later in the Tale thus creating a visual reference to the Madonna and Child. The curved timbers of the boat fuse with the swirling waves, creating a harmonious design full of tender beauty. Gill's illustrations for The Canterbury Tales were rich indeed: half-page illustrations, tail pieces and initial letters for each of the tales, and copious borders which he designed as pairs throughout the book. Blue and red initial letters are used at intervals to add variety an inspired, thoroughly modern response to the medieval manuscripts Gill admired. UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to USA and Canada £64.40; Airmail to Rest of the World (except the EU), £89.40. We no longer export to the EU due to slow and lost deliveries, and excessive and unpredictable charges since Brexit). We only use airmail as surface mail can take up to 10 weeks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition. The Canterbury Tales was originally printed by Robert & Moira Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31, using text edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat. This is a facsimile edition done in 2010 by Memminger MedienCentrum on Corolla Classic Watermark laid paper and bound by G. Lachenmaier in full black goatskin leather with Merida Forest endleaves. Gilt cover design. Original Eric Gill engravings are reproduced. Limited to 1980 numbered and 25 lettered copies of which this is copy 580. 31.5 x 19.5 cm. 766pp. AEG, ribbon marker. Also included is the 48pp essay volume by Peter Holliday, "The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales & Eric Gill". Both are housed in a black clamshell box.

hardbound. Eric Gill (illustrator). First edition thus, a limited edition. This copy, bound in full goatskin leather by G. Lachenmaier and blocked in 24-carat gold, with wood engravings by Eric Gill, is a facsimile edition of the Golden Cockrell edition published 1928-1931. A thick heavy 4to, this is copy 133/1980, a.e.g. with black satin ribbon marker. 768 pages housed in a black clamshell box. A fine copy of this massive production.

4°, Ledereinband. Full-Leather. Gill, Eric (illustrator). First Thus. Facsimile of Gill`s Canterbury Tales. A Folio Society deluxe limited edition. One of 25 lettered copies which are not for sale - this being copy number M. Black goatskin leather, decorated and lettered in gilt to the spine and front board. All edges gilt. With a quarter bound Companion volume - a commentary essay by Peter Holliday. Both volumes without the solander box, A very good copy ( no blemishes, no fading, tight binding, no inscriptions - unread). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3550.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited, numbered (625/1980). 2 volume set in black case. As new.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket ( as Issued ). Gill, Eric (illustrator). First Thus. Facsimile of Gill's Canterbury Tales. A Folio Society deluxe limited edition. One of 1980 numbered copies - this being copy number 347. Black goatskin leather, decorated and lettered in gilt to the spine and front board. All edges gilt. With a quarter bound Companion volume - a commentary essay by Peter Holliday. Both volumes housed in a matching solander box, lettered in gilt to the spine. Fine, bright, crisp copies ( no blemishes, no fading, tight binding, no inscriptions - unread ) in a fine, fresh and unfaded box. Please note that this is a very heavy book and postage will be more than that quoted by ABE. Paypal accepted.

Full-Leather. Condition: Like New. Eric Gill (illustrator). Limited to 1,980 numbered copies, each copy numbered by hand on a special limitation page. Printed on felt-marked, laid paper, in a special shade matched to the original, made at the Favini mill near Venice. Endpapers of Merida Graphite from the Varona mill, Riva del Garda. Bound in Nigerian goatskin leather. Blocked in 24-carat gold with a design featuring Eric Gill?s engravings around a blind-blocked frame. Gilding on all three book edges. Black satin ribbon marker. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box with gold blocking on the spine. Commentary essay by Peter Holliday quarter-bound in buckram and Merida Graphite. 768 pages, book size: 12 ½" x 7 ¾".

First thus, two volumes complete, 288 & 304 pages respectively. Finely bound as one handsome volume by Hatchards of Piccadilly, in full dark red Morocco lettered and decorated in gilt, with gilt to all edges of the text block, the original illustrated endpapers retained and re-used, the binding looking to be mid-twentieth century, probably contemporary to the date of publication. The book is from the library of notable Edinburgh bibliophile George G. Stevenson, with his large but elegant nautically flavoured bookplate to the first blank page. The book is firmly bound, the leather lightly marked and rubbed around the extremities, with strong hinges. The text block is lightly toned with minor marks. An attractive, beautifully illustrated edition of the Canterbury Tales, "translated into modern English", in a very fancy binding which has a pleasing heft that perfectly complements the contents.