- TWO LEAVES FROM BOECE, CHAUCER,1532
TWO LEAVES FROM BOECE, CHAUCER,1532 Two leaves from Boece, Chaucer's translation into Middle English of The Consolation of Philosophy. These leaves come from the 1532 first edition published by William Thynne. One leaf features a fantastic woodcut with "The Dreame of Chaucer" in the center. The other side and page has a lovely font and typeface.
- ENGLISH SCHOOL: CHAUCER; JOHANNES MILTON;
ENGLISH SCHOOL: CHAUCER; JOHANNES MILTON; SHAKESPEARE; AND ED. SPENCERThe set of four oil on canvas panels with embossed leather backs.
All 69 x 23 in., 74 x 28 1/2 in. (frame).
Condition
Leather backs with tears, splits and losses. Otherwise in good condition.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
- STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF CHAUCER,
STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF CHAUCER, ENGLAND, C. 1800, England, c. 1800, polychrome enameled and gilded, the standing figure modeled holding a book, and set on a marbleized base, impressed number 155 on the base, ht. 12 in.
- 79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80
79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
- PAUL RODRIK (CANADIAN, 1915-1983) CHAUCER'S
PAUL RODRIK (CANADIAN, 1915-1983) CHAUCER'S PEOPLE (OPUS 35) OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED AND TITLED VERSO 18 x 28 in — 45.7 x 71.1 cm
- 7 ROCKWELL KENT BOOKS INC. SIGNED "A
7 ROCKWELL KENT BOOKS INC. SIGNED "A BIRTHDAY BOOK"Seven books illustrated by Rockwell Kent (New York, 1882-1971), including:
1. A Birthday Book , Rockwell Kent, Random House, Inc. (New York), Pynson Printers, 1931. First edition, signed by Kent and numbered 791 (from the edition of 1850). 10 1/4" x 7 1/4".
2. N by E , Rockwell Kent, Brewer & Warren (New York), 1930. First edition. 8 1/2" x 6 1/4".
3. Salamina , Rockwell Kent, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York), 1935. First edition. 8 3/4" x 6 1/4".
4. Wilderness , Rockwell Kent, The Modern Library (New York), 1930. Originally published in 1920, this updated edition contains "A Second Preface" by Kent. 6 3/4" x 4 1/2".
5. A Northern Christmas , Rockwell Kent, American Artists Group (New York), 1941. First edition, complete with dust jacket. 6 3/4" x 5".
6. Autumn Leaves: Reflections of an Industrial Lieutenant , P.W. Litchfield, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Corday & Gross (Cleveland), 1945. 9 1/4" x 6".
7. Canterbury Tales , Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Garden City Publishing Company, 1934. 9 3/4" x 6 1/2".
Condition
[A Birthday Book] Good condition, bumped edges, a few pulled threads to the top edge of the front silk flyleaf. [N by E] Good condition, no dust jacket, some creasing to the front papers, one small tear to one of the front papers. [Salamina] Very good, no dust jacket-- a clipping of the dust jacket is loose inside the front cover. [Wilderness] Very good, no dust jacket. [A Northern Christmas] Very good condition, slight chipping to the dust jacket at the spine. [Autumn Leaves] Good condition, no dust jacket, rubbing to the lettering on the cover and spine. [Canterbury Tales] Good condition, no dust jacket, surface wear to the cover and spine.
- 6 ROCKWELL KENT BOOKS AND PORTFOLIO
6 ROCKWELL KENT BOOKS AND PORTFOLIO WITH SIGNED LITHOOne portfolio of lithographs and six books illustrated by Rockwell Kent (New York, 1882-1971), including:
1. A 1962 portfolio of six lithographs from Greenland Journal , each sheet measuring 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". The first lithograph, entitled "On Earth Peace," is pen-signed by Kent. Also including "Little Brother," "Young Seamstress," "Helena," "Greenland Woman," and "Small Boy and Big Bird."
2. Leaves of Grass , Walt Whitman, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, the Heritage Club (New York), 1937. Complete with slip case. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2".
3. Candide , Voltaire, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Random House (New York), the Literary Guild of New York, 1929. 11" x 7 1/2".
4. Goethe's Faust, Part One , illustrated by Rockwell Kent, New Directions (Norfolk), 1941. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4".
5. A Northern Christmas , Rockwell Kent, American Artists Group (New York), 1941. First edition, complete with dust jacket. 6 3/4" x 5".
6. Autumn Leaves: Reflections of an Industrial Lieutenant , P.W. Litchfield, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Corday & Gross (Cleveland), 1945. Complete with dust jacket. 9 1/4" x 6".
7. Canterbury Tales , Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Covici-Friede (New York), 1934. Complete with dust jacket. 9 3/4" x 6 1/2".
Condition
[Greenland Journal litho portfolio] Very good, good impressions on very clean sheets, the book that this portfolio was originally included with is not present. [Leaves of Grass] The book is in very good condition. The slipcover is in poor condition with two fully torn edges. [Candide] Fair, no dust jacket, wear and fading to the cloth cover and spine, loose hinges. [Faust] Very good, no dust jacket. [A Northern Christmas] Good, browning to the edges of the dust jacket, very mild spots scattered in the front papers and text block. [Autumn Leaves] Good, tears to the top of the dust jacket, one creased leaf near the end of the text block. [Canterbury Tales] Very good, creasing and chipping to the dust jacket.
- (LOT OF 18) ONE SHELF OF FRANKLIN LIBRARY
(LOT OF 18) ONE SHELF OF FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND CLASSICS (lot of 18) One shelf of Franklin Library leather bound classics by various authors including Ambrose Pierce, Geoffrey Chaucer and Herman Melville
- LG ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER LOVING CUP,
LG ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER LOVING CUP, GEOFFREY CHAUCER...Geoffrey Chaucer D7029. 3 mounted ridders double handled.
Ltd. Ed. 735 of 1500. Doulton backstamp.
Artist: Robert Tabbenor
Issued: 1995
Dimensions: 7.5"H
Edition Number: 735 Edition Size: 1500
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - LARGE - ROYAL
GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTE...Two-handled jug with three mounted riders on either side. Limited edition of 1,500.
Artist: Robert Tabbenor
Issued: 1996
Dimensions: 7.5"H
Edition Number: 745 Edition Size: 1500
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - ROYAL DOULTON
GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUGManufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - LARGE - ROYAL
GEOFFREY CHAUCER D7029 - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTE...Brown colorway. Three mounted riders on both handles.
Limited edition number 541 of 1,500. Series: Two- handled jugs. Royal Doulton backstamp. Signed.
Artist: Robert I. Tabbenor
Issued: 1996
Dimensions: 7.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Condition:
Good.