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Price: US$460.47 + shipping
Description: ~~#1046 of 1980 copies~~VG+ 2010 Folio Society hardback, limited edition facsimile edition with gilt edges and commentary volume. Lower front corner bump to outer box, with some rubbing wear marks to box, otherwise Fine bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN/EAN: B009WNVT8S. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090865.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Price: US$498.33 + shipping
Description: Thick 4to. Orig. full black illust. goatskin. Gilt front cover & spine. All edges gilt. The text by W.W. Skeat the engrvs. faithfully reproduced by permission of the Estate of Eric Gill and printed from the original by Robert & Moira Gibbings with each page bearing marginal wood-engravings. Edition limited to 1980 numbered copies. ADDED: A slim uniform volume being An Essay by Peter Holliday on this production of The Golden Cockerel Press's The Canterbury Tales & Eric Gill. The two volumes preserved in the orig. captioned solander case as issued. A beautiful production. Fine.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$502.58 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Antiquariat an der Uni Muenchen, München, Germany
Price: US$540.61 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited, numbered (625/1980). 2 volume set in black case. As new.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. The Folio Society, London, 2010.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The fine facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition, illustrated by Eric Gill. Limited to 1980 copies (this unnumbered) and richly bound in full goatskin, presented with the separately bound essay by Peter Holliday in a black solander cloth box. The box has one small bump; the book is in fine condition, with all edges gilt.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Canterbury Tales. The Folio Society, London, 2010.
Price: US$563.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1928-1931. Thick 4to. 768 pages. Dimensions 12 ½" x 7 ¾". Limited to 1,980 numbered copies, this is 456. Bound in Nigerian goatskin leather. Blocked in 24-carat gold. All edges gilt. Black satin ribbon marker. Essay by Peter Holliday included. Both volumes are in fine condition. The clamshell box is stretched and a bit frayed in two corners inside otherwise fine. A lovely production from the Folio Society.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
CHAUCER, Geoffrey; Eric Gill; Peter Holliday. THE CANTERBURY TALES. The Folio Society, 2010.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Two fine volumes in solander case. The first volume, in full goat skin, is the Canterbury Tales. The second volume, with cloth spine, is entitled, "The Golden Cockerel Press, the Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill: An Essay by Peter Holliday." Limited edition, 1235/1980. Illustrations by Eric Gill. Facsimile edition of the Golden Cockerel 1929 edition. Fine, as new in like solander box.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
CHAUCER, Geoffrey; Eric Gill; Peter Holliday. THE CANTERBURY TALES. The Folio Society, 2010.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Two fine volumes in solander case. The first volume, in full goat skin, is the Canterbury Tales. The second volume, with cloth spine, is entitled, "The Golden Cockerel Press, the Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill: An Essay by Peter Holliday." Limited edition, 1235/1980. Illustrations by Eric Gill. Facsimile edition of the Golden Cockerel 1929 edition. Fine, as new in like solander box.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Folio Society, UK, 2010.
Price: US$604.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. Folio Society, 2010.
Price: US$610.57 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition. Insignificant rubbing on slipcase. Limited Edition of 1,980 copies. This is a very large and heavy book. An extra charge will be requested to cover the additional cost of shipping.
Seller: Candleleaf, Poole, United Kingdom
Geoffrey Chaucer. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Folio Society, 2010.
Price: US$628.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 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".
Seller: Fine Binding Books, Barker, TX, U.S.A.