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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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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chaucer (literature in perspective stitle: chaucer (literature in perspective sauthors: grose, mbinding: paperbackweight: 505 gmscondition: good
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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 boccaccio 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 more
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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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteby paul daegen - 803p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"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 - ill
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Beige cloth covered spine with red textcream paper covered boards with black and gold text and decoration to frontfoxing to text blocksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe narrator begins by telling us how it is the season in which people are getting ready to make a pilgrimage to canterburyillustrations protected with tissuethe pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they travelendpapers discolouredoxfam 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 boardssome pages uncut
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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 tatinfrom 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 booksee 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 eattarts, 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 them
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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 dantesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in pavia, it was to the greek philosophers that he turnedthis folio edition is the vwatts translation, with a preface by brian kena 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' philosophyoxfam bookshop carlisle boethius was an eminent public figure under the gothic emperor theodoric, and an exceptional greek scholarbook and slipcase are in excellent condition
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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 madeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressthe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)uniformly bound in full calf leatherpaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)all volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the texta marvellously preserved setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispiecethe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationthe engravings were printed in londonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)the paper of the text blocks is very freshthe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spinemost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1
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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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This 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 proustwith 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 guiltoxfam 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 fearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere 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 are
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Dust-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 )see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginal price sticker on back cover of dust-jacket
50 €
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Authors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to traveldocumenting 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 civilisationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough 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 timesfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culturethe 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 architectureit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionoxfam 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 productionthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of education
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Oxfam bookshop wanstead new and sealedfinally, 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 herin 'the canterbury tales' (), an adaptation of chaucer's medieval poem, eight tales are told concerning a disparate group of pilgrims making their way to canterburymeanwhile, 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'on 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 morein '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 nunstriple collection of dramas from italian film-maker pier paolo pasolini
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60cm x 60cm £1 each or £35 for all collection from catherington read more
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