Author: Geoffrey Chaucer; Thomas R. Lounsbury
Title: Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume first edition of this detailed study on the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, from American literary historian Thomas Lounsbury. Complete in three volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed and comprehensive study of the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, author, and civil servant who has been called the "father of English literature", or the "father of English poetry". Volume one explores the life, legend, and texts of Chaucer. Volume two explores The Romance of the Rose, the learning of Chaucer, and the relations of Chaucer to the English language and the religion of his time. Volume three comments on Chaucer in literary history and as a literary artist. Written by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, an American literary historian and critic. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Splits in the cloth to the joints and the board edges resulting in light fraying. Minor loss to the heads and tails of the spines with fading to the cloth. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd small spot. A Small closed tear to page 181/182 of volume one with further closed tears to page 191/192, and 245/246. Minor loss to pages 227/228 and 531/532 of volume two. With minor loss to the odd page edge of each volume. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Studies Chaucer Life Writings Chaucer None
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Title: Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume first edition of this detailed study on the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, from American literary historian Thomas Lounsbury. Complete in three volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed and comprehensive study of the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, author, and civil servant who has been called the "father of English literature", or the "father of English poetry". Volume one explores the life, legend, and texts of Chaucer. Volume two explores The Romance of the Rose, the learning of Chaucer, and the relations of Chaucer to the English language and the religion of his time. Volume three comments on Chaucer in literary history and as a literary artist. Written by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, an American literary historian and critic. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Splits in the cloth to the joints and the board edges resulting in light fraying. Minor loss to the heads and tails of the spines with fading to the cloth. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd small spot. A Small closed tear to page 181/182 of volume one with further closed tears to page 191/192, and 245/246. Minor loss to pages 227/228 and 531/532 of volume two. With minor loss to the odd page edge of each volume. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Studies Chaucer Life Writings Chaucer None
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 932T32
- Book number: 932T32
See more books from our catalog: Literary Criticism