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Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales Rendered Into Modern English. Covici Friede, Inc., 1934.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 626 pgs., 8vo. Brick-red cloth binding, pictorial endpapers, couple minor marks on the cloth; with nice illus. by Rockwell Kent. Very Good paper spine label, binding a bit loose from use, paper slightly age-toned. No dust jacket. Nice reading copy. Very good condition (no dust jacket).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey and Rockwell Kent(Illustrator). Canterbury Tales. Covici Friede, New York, 1934.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In tan cloth with brown type and brown tinted top page ends. Some light soiling to spine with a few spots to front cover. Previous owner's name to half-title page, otherwise clean with sharp corners and solid binding. 1st Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
J.U. Nicolson. Canterbury Tales in Modern English. Garden City, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small smudge to fore-edge, otherwise a real nice copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows a bit of edgewear, 1/2" surface tear on front. "A gorgeous rendering of the lusty stories of England's Rabelais". 1960's reprint of the Covici-Friede original. 600+ pgs. Extra postage required outside the US.
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: G/VG, clean HB; no DJ. xvi + 627 pp.
Seller: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. CANTERBURY TALES. , 1934.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NY 1934 Covici Friede." Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson with illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould." Good plus, cover and edges have light tiny brown spots.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales. Covici Friede, New York, 1934.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition in tan cloth with brown printing is a 9 3/4 inch tall octavo. Very good condition with a tender binding. Nothing is loose or detached, but a crack is just starting at the last fep, and the spine is tender and delicate throughout. Square and unmarked with a bright clean interior. Translated into modern English by J. U. Nicolson, with an introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould, and chapter headings along with full page three color illustrations by Rockwell Kent. xv, 626 pp. Literature, Verse, Classics, Chaucer, English Literature, Translations, Old English, Medeival. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: West Coast Bookseller, Moorpark, CA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales, In Modern English. Garden City Pub. Co., Garden City NY, 1934.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 626 pgs. Notable for its illustrations by ROCKWELL KENT, this copy is in clean tan cloth and has a nice Kent panel on the front cover. Slight edge-wear to spine label, not serious. No dust jacket. Internally clean except for small gift inscription on the pastedown. A nice VG+ copy, paper lightly toned, as usual in this printing. Many fine head and tailpieces by Kent, along with around 20 full-page Kent illustrations, in his modernist style, and printed with attractive brown inking. Josephy typography as well, making this a fine piece of bookmaking. Very good condition (no dust jacket). First thus, not stated. Usually Garden City books are reprintings. No printing number shown in the book. Presumably the earlier first issue in this case was by Covici Friede.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: a very nice tight copy of this Rockwell Kent illustrated edition of Chaucer,it has a book plate of former owner on ffp, other than that it is in excellent condition
Seller: Time & Time Again, carlisle, PA, U.S.A.
Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. CANTERBURY TALES. Covici Friede, New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 10 in . Linen boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; no wear, covers clean, a touch toned at edges, small ink spot on spine. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's bookplate on front pastedown. Poet. Stax.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Filled with beautiful Rockwell Kent illustrations. Very good with gently bumped corners. Fair with losses from spine ends, corners, and edges of rear panel.
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First trade edition, preceded by a limited edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Gutter cracked, small dampstain on bottom page and board corners, cloth soiled with spine and edges age-toned, good only lacking the scarce dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.62 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 626 pages; Description: xvi p. , 1 l. , 626, [1] p. Front. , plates. 25 cm. Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --Poetry. Illustrated lining-papers. Head and tail pieces. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. 627pp Beige cloth covers, brown lettering. End papers have drawings in tan on beige. Top and bottom of backstrip/spine are frayed. (loc 184/1)
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$67.60 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 626 pages; Description: xvi p. , 1 l. , 626, [1] p. Front. , plates. 25 cm. Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --Poetry. Illustrated lining-papers. Head and tail pieces. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S3.75) DUST JACKET. protective vinyl protector was put over an excellent dust jacket. No chips, not tears.it is excellent.as is the book.VERY TASTEFUL BOOKPLATE SHOWS FAMOUS EUROPEAN ALPS MOUNTAIN and NAME "LENALA MARTIN" ; Light brown titles on tan cloth hard covers.Blue & black titles on similar tan dust jacket. Book has attractive deep blue tint to top edge, very clean edges all around. ; 627pg thick pages; Decorated Endpapers & large full page ilust.all in nice condition. THIS IS NOT A CHEAPER REPRINT.THIS SHOWS GLORIOUS ROCKWELL KENT ART AS IT SHOULD BE APPRECIATED.
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
(Rockwell Kent) CHAUCER, Geoffrey.. Canterbury Tales.. Covici-Friede,, NY:, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rendered into Modern English by J. U. Nicolson. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. First edition thus. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor shelf wear with a few small chips) dust jacket. ; 627 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey & Kent, Rockwell. CANTERBURY TALES. Covici Friede, 1934.
Price: US$75.40 + shipping
Description: CANTERBURY TALES, Covici Friede, 1934, fine in near fine dust-wrapper save for a bit of tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and rear dust-wrapper panel which also has three closed tears. Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson and illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: Cloth Pp.xvi, 626 Lg 8vo. Fine in dust jacket Rendered into Modern English by J.U. Nicholson, introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover in bright stamped linen, in dust jacket. 1934 edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket remains fresh and bright. Charming and bold Rockwell Kent illustrations throughout. Massive 8vo. 627 pp. In protective Mylar. Large item--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition, preceded by a limited edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Near fine in a fair only internally repaired dustwrapper with significant toning and chipping.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. The famed first modern rendition of the work that inspired Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE. Book is fine, clean and unmarked. The rare dust jacket is very good, wit very small chips to spine edges not affecting title, and a few small amber stain spots to bottom corner not affecting artwork. Scarce in any condition. Archival Mylar cover provided, making this a solid, very attractive copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; First Trade Edition with Kent illustrations. Beige cloth cover is toned with frayed bottom front corner but clean and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. At a dozen leaves have a crease angling to the center of the page otherwise pages are clean and very good. Illustrated with b&w headpieces and tailpieces with 2-color plates. Dust jacket is toned, soiled, tattered and torn, and fragile. Publisher's price of $3.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. )
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales. Garden City Publishing Company, 1934.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition thus [first published in limited edition by Covici-Friede, New York, 1930]. Beautifully illustrated by ROCKWELL KENT. Rendered into modern English by J.U. Nicolson. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Initial price intact ($4.95). Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Fine in a Fine DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Geoffrey Chaucer. Canterbury Tales. Covici, Friede, Inc., New York, 1934.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: contemporary full blue paper boards, title in gilt on flat spine, spine with gilt ruling and decorative gilt motifs, upper board with decorative gilt ruling and gilt central devices., Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of the Peace and, in 1389, Clerk of the King's Works. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.Geoffrey Chaucer (1340s?1400) was an English poet and author. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament., Size : 8vo., , Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson, with illustrations by Rockwell Kent and introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Translated by J.U. Nicolson. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Tall octavo. Slight foxing on page edges else fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of soiling. Prospectus for the book laid in, with "Compliments of R.R. Seely." Scarce in this condition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall 8vo, xvi, 626 pages, tan cloth Rockwell Kent illustrated the 1930 edition translated by Wm. Van Wyck. This translation re-used the plates from that first edition - with the addition of several new ones. It has 25 full-page plates and many decorations and illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Prof. Gordon Hall Gerould. Inscribed in 1935 by Nicolson to Ija Adler, who ran the rare book dept. at Marshall Field & Co. : "My only regret, in preparing this book, is that I did not dedicate it to you. Yours, J. U. Nicolson".
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. xvii + 627pp. Tall thick 8vo, beautifully rebound in full tan morocco, gilt-tooled spine. New York: Covici Friede, (1934). A fine copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. xvii + 627pp. Tall thick 8vo, beautifully rebound in 3/4 burgundy morocco, morocco, ornately gilt spine, t.e.g. New York: Covici Friede, (1934). A fine copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.