The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (7 Volumes - Complete)
by Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited from numerous manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Black cloth boards with copper particulars to front board and spine. Cream paper dust jacket with text and design. All 7 dust jackets protected in mylar. Volumes contents are as follows: Vol. 1: Romaunt of the Rose and Minor Poems; 2: Boethius, Troilus; 3: House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Astrolabe, and Sources of Canterbury Tales; 4: The Canterbury Tales (Text); 5: The Canterbury Tales (Notes); 6: Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes; 7: Chaucerian and Other Pieces. Small liquid stain to bottom of the front of volume 1 dj; abrasion with mark to bottom of back of volume 3 dj; very light stain to front of volume 4 dj. Light wear to dust jackets with light bumping to head and tail of spines (see images). 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a large set.
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- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7047
- Title
- The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (7 Volumes - Complete)
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Edited from numerous manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Literature; Poetry; European Literature; Volumes; England;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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