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Price: US$233.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DESCRIPTION: 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 3 inches; ii, 559 pp. Bound in buckram, blocked with a design by William Morris in a slipcase. Top edge gilt, other edges rough-trimmed. It is a facsimile of the 1896 Kelmscott Chaucer printed for The Folio Society, London, by Cambridge University Press. The paper, Oxenford twin-wire laid, has been specially made at the James Cropper Mill at Burneside in Cumbria. The binding design is by David Pearson. The binding of this edition has been executed by Sigloch Buchbinderei, Blaufelden (Germany). The Kelmscott Chaucer is considered one of the most beautiful books ever printed. ----- CONDITION: Book is in fine and the slipcase is in good condition. The book has strong hinges and joints, pages are clean and unmarked. Slipcase shows a six-inch crack which has been semi-professionally repaired using what appears as acid free book repair tape. It has few small scuffs and a stain. Please see pictures; happy to answer any questions and send more pictures. due to the size and weight of this book, extra hipping charges may apply.
Seller: Summerhill Curiosities, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$413.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, 17" x 12" x 3". [4 (blank)], iv, 559 pp. Full-sized facsimile. As issued in brick buckram with gilt stamping on the front board and spine with a design after William Morris; the laid paper is purpose made at the James Cropper Mill; top edge gilt and ribbon marker. Very light rubbing to the gilt on the spine and very lightly bumped at the tail; slipcase is unevenly sunned and also abraded on the front panel and bumped at the bottom of the opening. A stunning reproduction of this monument from the private press movement.
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$435.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Folio Society, 2008. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. [Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer.]. Edited by F.S. Ellis and illustrated by E. Burne-Jones. Large folio, (16.75" x 12.25" x 3.25") on laid paper, text in red and black throughout, with numerous fine illustrations and borders in the text; full brown buckram boards and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, brown endpapers, broad black silk marker. Housed in a solid board slip-case lettered in gilt. Includes the large format prospectus that includes one full--size samole page with great illustrations.) -- Condition, Book like new, the slipcase has some shelf wear. -. Superb facsimile of the Arts & Crafts classic. Includes an extended essay by William S. Peterson. no dj as issued. the slipcase has some shelf wear Large folio edition, (16.75" x 12.25" x 3.25").
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
CHAUCER GEOFFREY. WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2008.
Price: US$445.21 + shipping
Description: FACSIMILIE COPY, PRINTED ON SPECIALLY MADE PAPER, BINDING DESIGN BY DAVID PEARSON, BOUND BY SIGLOCH IN GERMANY. BOUND IN FULL RED BUCKRAM, 559 PAGES, TOP EDGES GILT, ELABORATE DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. A FINE COPY IN A FINE BROWN SLIPCASE.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$477.01 + shipping
Description: First edition in this binding. Bound in full terracotta buckram, blocked in gilt to the front panel and spine with a design by William Morris, lettered in gilt to the spine. In the maroon paper-covered card slipcase lettered in gilt to the front panel. Pale grey endpapers, top edge gilt (fore- and lower edges untrimmed), bound-in black ribbon bookmark. The binding design is by David Pearson and has been executed by the Sigloch Buchbinderei in Blaufelden, Germany. Printed by Cambridge University Press on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper made at the James Cropper Mill at Burneside in Cumbria. A fine copy, presenting as new, with just a few light surface marks to the slipcase. A beautifully produced facsimile of this landmark in the history of printing. This 2008 reprint of the 2002 limited edition Folio Society facsimile (described as an 'unlimited' edition, although now out of print) reproduces in extraordinary detail and quality the most ambitious and magnificent book to be produced by William Morris' legendary Kelmscott Press, described by W. B. Yeats as "the most beautiful of all printed books". Edward Burne-Jones called it "a pocket cathedral it is so full of design" and "the finest book ever printed; if W. M. had done nothing else it would be enough". Burne-Jones devoted all his Sundays for almost three years to the work, and Morris came to talk with him as he drew. As the artist worked he increased the number of proposed illustrations from 48 to 60 to 72 to 87 and Morris accepted each change. The process of adapting the drawings to the woodblock and engraving them, was entrusted to W. H. Hooper and R. Catterson-Smith, with Burne-Jones closely supervising every detail. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$483.37 + shipping
Description: Large folio, on laid paper, text in red and black throughout, with numerous fine illustrations and borders in the text; full brown buckram boards and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, brown endpapers, broad black silk marker, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. Superb facsimile of the Arts & Crafts classic, based on the Limited FS edition of 2002. Includes an extended essay by William S. Peterson. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Geoffrey Chaucer. THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. The Folio Society, London, 2008.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 559p. A very large hardcover book bound in red cloth with ornate gilt decoration on the front cover and spine. Fine condition, apart from some very mild rubbing to the gilt. Interior is clean, crisp, and tightly bound. Comes in the original slipcase, which is fully intact and sturdy. 2008 reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer, with highly detailed woodcuts and decorative borders. Measures approx. 17.25" x 12.5" in the slipcase.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Geoffrey Chaucer. Kelmscott Chaucer [in hardcover]: Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer. Folio Society, 2008.
Price: US$525.05 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This elephant folio is a faithful reproduction of William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer with the famous eighty-seven wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. A useful essay on the Kelmscott Chaucer at the back of the book by William S. Peterson. Text in red and black throughout, with numerous fine illustrations and borders in the text; Bound in brown buckram, elaborately blocked with a design by William Morris. Paper specially commissioned from James Cropper, a small mill in the Lake District, England. Gilded top edge, ribbon silk marker. measured by 12" x 17" . Loc.@storage
Seller: Fine Binding Books, Barker, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Dark rust buckram, covers elaborately decorated and lettered in gold foil, with silk book mark bound in, slipcased. Facsimile of the famous edition by William Morris, printed by Cambridge University Press on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper, made at the James Cropper Mill (Burneside, Cumbria), with binding design by David Pearson and binding executed by Sigloch Buchbinderei (Blaufelden, Germany). 559 pp. Elephant folio, a massive 16 3/4" x 12' format. Absolutely as issued. Slipcase shows minor shelf wear, as expected, thus Near Fine to Fine. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Folio, brownish-red cloth, extra gilt cover, in fine publisher's slipcase A handsome facsimile of the famed masterwork of The Kelmscott Press, created by William Morris, with illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. Appended to this is an Afterword essay on the Kelmscott Chaucer by William S. Peterson, the bibliographer of The Kelmscott Press. He states that, of numerous facsimiles, the 1975 edition by The Basilisk Press is "heads and shoulders above the rest . it is an astonishing recreation." This Folio Society edition used the personal copy of the proprietor of The Basilisk Press to create this reproduction. Even the thick paper - to imitate the original - was specially commissioned from the James Cropper Paper Mill.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. The Folio Society, 2008.
Price: US$554.16 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: unlimited edition, Nachdruck der limitierten Ausgabe (über 1000) von 2002; Goldschnitt oben, Lesebändchen, Golddruck Einband Buchdeckel und Buchrücken; Schuber wie neu. Gewicht: 6,5 kg
Seller: Rosemarie Spannbauer, Neureichenau, Germany
CHAUCER G.. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Facsimile Edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer.. , 2008.
Price: US$631.22 + shipping
Description: London: Folio Society 2008. Folio. Orig. gilt dec. brown cloth. In orig. gilt slip case. Top edge gilt. 2 iv 560pp. Beautifully printed on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper specially made at the James Cropper Mill in Cumbria. With num. fine illust. borders by Edward Burne-Jones. Text in red and black with decorated capitals. Mint. NOTE: Chaucer's text was edited by William Morris whose "aim was to recapture without direct copying the simplicity and vitality of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century editions of Chaucer that were closer in time and spirit to Chaucer's own age" From The Kelmscott Chaucer: An Afterword by William S. Peterson.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
. The Works of geoffrey chaucer. The Folio Society, 2008.
Price: US$636.02 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In Slip case. In red leather with gilt decoration. Facsimilie edition
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A faithful reproduction of William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer with the famous eighty-seven wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. 559 pages, including an afterword essay on the Kelmscott Chaucer by William S. Peterson. Handsomely printed throughout in red & black on special heavy paper, commissioned from the James Cropper Mill; uncut edges, top edge gilt. Elephant folio, burgundy cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs by William Morris, protected in a printed board slipcase. London: Folio Society, [2008]. A fine copy, as new. William Morris's masterpiece: The Kelmscott Chaucer. "The most beautiful of all printed books" -- W.B. Yeats
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.