Nicolson J U Translator (15 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket price clipped. Gift inscription on inner page, otherwise pages are clean: no dogears, notes or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. No additional standard domestic shipping on this heavy book. Lightest wear to the book, blacked out initials to the 2nd blank page, else clean and unmarked; in a protected dust jacket that shows edge wear, rubbing and small chips. "A gorgeous rendering of the lusty stories of England's Rabelais." Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility. Rockwell Kent (illustrator).…

leather_bound. Condition: As New. A beautiful copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Revised Edition. Signed By the Translator.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Endpapers are Moirà fabric with silk ribbon marker, fading to edges. Gilded page edges, clean and unmarked. All pages are intact and binding is sound. Small scrape t back board. Bound In full leather with hubbed spine. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Octavo (8vo); xxxi, 316pp. Hardcover in full brown cloth with buff-blue printed paper dust-jacket. The dust-jacket is wrinkled and edge-worn with some loss at crown corners and bottom board fold, text block slightly foxed, especially at untrimmed fore-edge, contents else very good, clean and unmarked. This English only edition follows the first translation by J. U. (John Urban) Nicolson, a two-volume work which included English and French text side-by-side. Scarce in dust-jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. The famed first modern rendition of the work that inspired Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE. Book is fine, clean and unmarked. The rare dust jacket is very good, wit very small chips to spine edges not affecting title, and a few small amber stain spots to bottom corner not affecting artwork. Scarce in any condition. Archival Mylar cover provided, making this a solid, very attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No dustwrapper. First Edition Thus. First Revised Edition. Originally published in 1928 in a two-volume edition, this is the Revised Edition of 1931, with an Introduction by Lewis Galantiere. A Fine copy in dark brown smooth cloth stamped in black, brown topstain, fore-edge untrimmed, lacking the dustwrapper. (Slight spotting to top edge.) 316pp. English only. This copy is INSCRIBED by Nicolson on the free front endpaper to a relative (no date). Nicolson was something of a versatile writer, publishing poetry, genre fiction, as well as important editions of Chaucer and other classic authors. Q17167. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Reprint. 8vo, heavy light brown buckram over boards, with front and spine blind stamps. Decorative gilt stamp to front and spine outlining illustrated paste on labels, illustrated endpapers. The text block of the book has sagged so there is slight wear to the bottom edge. Out of an abundance of modesty, I am grading this book merely VG+. Jacket presents well, with slight chipping and wear to the spine ends and flap fold edges. There is also minor soiling to the jacket, which overall if VG.This gorgeous deluxe reprint edition of the Covici Friede Canterbury Tales is both beautifully bound and illustrated. Don't let the copyright page confuse things - this is published by Garden City. Although not the true first, after reviewing online photos of the original, I greatly prefer the binding choices for this Garden City edition. This is a really beautiful book and it's hard to convey its aesthetic impact with words and pictures.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Books have been nicely repaired; dark red hardcovers with gilt titling and decoration, #477 of 960 copies, signed by the translator; illustrations by Alexander King. French and English on facing pages; deckled edges, some pages still uncut; TEG. Covers very lightly frayed at edges, otherwise a clean and sound copy of this set; no writing, highlighting, odors, stains, tears or folds. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. This is not an ex-library set.…

leather_bound. Condition: As New. Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Times. Like new in all respects. Leather bound. Gilt decorative design hot stamped design on front board, back board, and spine. Gilt edges on text block. Four raised bands on spine. Silk moire endpapers. Satin bookmark. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library. …

Full red cloth boards. Upper lettered in blind with mounted illustration in gilt border. Spine with paper title label. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. No dust jacket. , Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s ? 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature" and was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets? Corner in Westminster Abbey. Rockwell Kent (1882 ? 1971) was a prominent American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. , Size : Quarto.(235 x 155 mm), Very good example of this De Luxe Edition of Chaucer?s famous work, illustrated with many plates by noted American illustrator Rockwell Kent. , 627 pp. Light toning, shelfwear, occasional pencil notations.…

First Edition. [Illustrated Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION THUS, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xviii; 627 [5]. with numerous dichromatic wood engraved plates by Kent, including a frontispiece. Recently rebound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin black labels on the spine, and matching cloth over boards. Gentle toning and some marks to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy, in an attractive new leather binding. A quality edition, with large print, good typography, and illustrations by one of the greatest American illustrators of the twentieth century. First published in the US in 1930, the same year as his most famous work 'Moby Dick'.…