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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 moreare 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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chaucer (literature in perspective stitle: chaucer (literature in perspective sauthors: grose, mcondition: goodbinding: 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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Oxfam bookshop reading a scholarly work demonstrating how chaucer's work reflects his familiarity with the writings of boccacciosee oxfam website for delivery information read more 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'
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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 endpaperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiby 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"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 - illcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The narrator begins by telling us how it is the season in which people are getting ready to make a pilgrimage to canterburybeige cloth covered spine with red textendpapers discolouredillustrations protected with tissuesome pages uncutfoxing to text blockcream paper covered boards with black and gold text and decoration to frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they traveloxfam 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 doingscuffs, marks and soiling to boards
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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 tatintarts, tourtes, quiches, tartelettes, the myriad variants of both form and content, are celebrated in this collection of ninety tarts for all seasons and all occasionsclassical, 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 themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the marriage of textures and flavours, colours and aromas make tarts the most satisfying of foods to make and eatfrom 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 book
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Oxfam 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 chroniclesby 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 textssee 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 dantebook and slipcase are in excellent conditionwhen he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in pavia, it was to the greek philosophers that he turnedthis folio edition is the v the consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal executionher instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenmentit is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' philosophysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle boethius was an eminent public figure under the gothic emperor theodoric, and an exceptional greek scholarwatts translation, with a preface by brian kena
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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 ofare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)the bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)all authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the book blocks are firmly affixed to the spineuniformly bound in full calf leatherall engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madetake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispiecea marvellously preserved setthe paper of the text blocks is very freshplease 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 storethe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)the engravings were printed in londonmost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinethe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationall volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the textcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 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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Oxfam 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' livesthis 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 arewith 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 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 proust
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Original price sticker on back cover of dust-jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust-jacket price-clipped and previous owners name blacked-out on front end pageoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some wear/fading to dust-jacket commensurate with age (published )
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Authors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to traveloxfam 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 cultureit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionthe 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 architecturealthough 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 timesfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredocumenting 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 civilisationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacket
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Finally, 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 hermeanwhile, 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 leaderin '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 nunson his travels nur meets many other travellers who share their own stories of romance and heartbreak with himthe 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' see oxfam website for delivery information read moretriple collection of dramas from italian film-maker pier paolo pasoliniin '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 sealed
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60cm x 60cm £1 each or £35 for all collection from catherington read more
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