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" by geoffrey chaucer w"the canterbury tales of chaucer with an essay upon his versification, an introductory discourse, notes, and a glossary by tpickering, london - first thus uk edition - vol i-iv - 18cmx15cm - condition: good internally, owner's name to ffep, some wear to boards and spine, scattered foxing, chaucer frontispiece present read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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chaucer (literature in perspective stitle: chaucer (literature in perspective scondition: goodauthors: grose, mbinding: paperbackweight: 505 gms
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chaucer - collector's plate - wonderful condition with no chips or cracks etc read more
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Oxfam shop newquay tales from chaucer - farjeon, eleanorby flint, william russell good condition with some minor water marks on pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop beverley tales from chaucer, the canterbury tales done into prose by eleanor farjeon, the medici society see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There is a small stamp from healthy planet on the flyleaf and slight bumping at the top of the spine but otherwise this copy is 'as new'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop reading a scholarly work demonstrating how chaucer's work reflects his familiarity with the writings of boccaccio
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Oxfam shop west wickham a collection of 24 stories that runs to over lines written in middle english by geoffrey chaucer between andin see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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chaucer cherry printed tape curtains read moreone pair of curtains never used purchased from the range
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From geoffrey chaucer to h e batesover 400 pages with lots of illustrations
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"canterbury tales" by geoffrey chaucer - franklin library, ny - first thus edition - 613p, 18cmx15cm - woodcuts of william caxton - condition: very good, bookplate to front endpapercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"tales of mystery and imagination" by edgar allen poe - franklin library, ny - 304p, 18cmx15cm - illustrated by harry clarke - franklin library of mystery masterpieces - first thus edition - condition: good 3 "david copperfield" by charles dickens - franklin library, ny - first thus edition - illby paul daegen - 803p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Endpapers discolouredcream paper covered boards with black and gold text and decoration to frontthe pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they travelsee oxfam website for delivery information read morescuffs, marks and soiling to boardsthe narrator begins by telling us how it is the season in which people are getting ready to make a pilgrimage to canterburyillustrations protected with tissuebeige cloth covered spine with red textsome pages uncutoxfam bookshop newport the purpose of this prologue is to give readers a general overview of the characters that are present, why they are present there, and what they will be doingfoxing to text block
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The doucet tart, enjoyed by chaucer and the court of henry iv, with its intoxicating marriage of honey and saffron, will surprise even the most sophisticated palate, as will the rich, delicate perfection of tamasin's souffled crab tart and the ambrosial peach, vanilla and amaretti tarte tatinclassical, historical and modern tarts are all included, as are the childhood experiences of making jam tarts, eating them bubbling hot from the oven and invariably searing one's mouth in the haste to devour themoxfam bookshop cheltenham the marriage of textures and flavours, colours and aromas make tarts the most satisfying of foods to make and eatsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the most classic of tarts, the quiche lorraine and the strawberry tart, to the airy heights of a tomato and prosciutto tart on a puff pastry base, anyone can bake a tart, and everyone will enjoy cooking their way through this booktarts, tourtes, quiches, tartelettes, the myriad variants of both form and content, are celebrated in this collection of ninety tarts for all seasons and all occasions
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By arguing that maternity is featured as a position of power, gender and history in medieval english romance and chronicle adds to our understanding of women and sovereignty, and the ways gender and authority were rhetorically linked to medieval textsoxfam shop colne road this reading of canonical texts of medieval english literature - sir gawain and the green night and chaucer's man of law's tale - alongside geoffrey of monmouth's historia regum britanniae and other anglo-norman and english chronicles offers a broader context for reading the romance narratives and re-evaluates romance conventions in light of the genealogical priorities of these chroniclessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of chaucer and dante the consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal executionthis folio edition is the vbook and slipcase are in excellent conditionwatts translation, with a preface by brian kenasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenmentoxfam bookshop carlisle boethius was an eminent public figure under the gothic emperor theodoric, and an exceptional greek scholarit is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' philosophywhen he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in pavia, it was to the greek philosophers that he turned
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Oxfam bookshop thame folk music of romantic england of chaucer, shakespeare, fielding and keats see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A total of fourteen volumes (complete) from the series ‘bell's edition of the poets of great britain complete from chaucer to churchill’, with the collection title 'the poetical works ofall engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableuniformly bound in full calf leatherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispieceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinethe engravings were printed in londona marvellously preserved setthe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)all volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the textpaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)the paper of the text blocks is very freshthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spineall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the texts were in edinburgh on an apollo press
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Oxfam bookshop clifton very good condition, some shelf wear, the jacket is faded around the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With each work assigned ratings from 1 to 10 on importance, accessibility and fun, you'll discover what's really worth bothering with and what you can safely discard without guiltsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book will make the things you've read clearer, inspire you to tackle the ones you've always meant to and make you sound far cleverer than you really arethis survival kit will guide you painlessly through the western literary canon, century by century: from ancient greek drama to the modern novel, via beowulf, chaucer, shakespeare, romantic poetry, tolstoy and proustoxfam shop colne road there they sit, the great tomes of classical literature, taunting you with their length and difficulty, as you ask: which books are the most important and why - and what's actually any good? why does most writing about the classics have words like 'seminal' or 'oeuvre' in it? what does postmodernism mean? can i get away with just reading the introduction?now you can enjoy the classics without fearthere are entertaining plot summaries, unpretentious definitions of literary movements and fresh insights into authors' lives
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some wear/fading to dust-jacket commensurate with age (published )original price sticker on back cover of dust-jacketdust-jacket price-clipped and previous owners name blacked-out on front end pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Authors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketalthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesdocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architectureoxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culture
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In 'the canterbury tales' (), an adaptation of chaucer's medieval poem, eight tales are told concerning a disparate group of pilgrims making their way to canterburyoxfam bookshop wanstead new and sealedon his travels nur meets many other travellers who share their own stories of romance and heartbreak with him see oxfam website for delivery information read moretriple collection of dramas from italian film-maker pier paolo pasolinimeanwhile, zumurrud disguises herself as a man and manages to flee from her captors, arriving in a kingdom where she is randomly selected as the new leaderthe tales are: 'the merchant's tale', 'the friar's tale', 'the cook's tale', 'the miller's tale', 'the wife of bath's prologue', 'the reeve's tale', 'the pardoner's tale' and 'the summoner's tale'in 'the decameron' (), based on the stories of giovanni boccaccio, nine separate parts make up the drama, beginning with a young painter who comes to naples to paint a mural and also featuring tales of young lovers, betrayed husbands and immoral nunsfinally, in 'arabian nights' (), based on the ancient arabic folk tales, naïve young man nur-e-din (franco merli) becomes enamoured with a slave named zumurrud (ines pellegrini), however, through his own failings she is kidnapped and he sets off on a journey to try and rescue her
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60cm x 60cm £1 each or £35 for all collection from catherington read more
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