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Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose

Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose

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Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose

by Geoffrey Chaucer; Eleanor Farjeon

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London: The Medici Society, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6". W. Russell Flint. The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition thus of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper with pictorial onlay to front wrap.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven colour plates by W. Russell Flint. Collated, complete.Eleanor Farjeon presents a prose translation in modern English of Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus, a collection of twenty-four tales told in Middle English, and largely presented in verse. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip, and somewhat age toned to head of front wrap. Tide marks to back strip. Light edgewear to back strip tail, and small closed tears to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
887F27
Title
Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose
Author
Geoffrey Chaucer; Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator
W. Russell Flint
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Medici Society
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1930
Size
9" by 6"
Keywords
canturbury tales wife of bath chaucer Eleanor Farjeon wife of bath

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