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Assembling at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, twenty-nine pilgrims begin their journey to Canterbury Cathedral. To entertain themselves on their long road, their host suggests that they regale each other with stories, with the teller of the best tale set to earn a free supper. The pilgrims correspond to all sections of medieval society, from the crusading knight to the drunken cook, and their tales span a range of genres, including the comic ribaldry and deception of `The Miller's Tale' and the story of chivalry and courtly romance told by the Franklin. Unfinished at the time of his death, The Canterbury Tales are here presented in their original Middle-English. This edition contains a wealth of material and over 3,000 notes which will help all students of Chaucer's masterpiece.

HIGHEST DEGREE OF QUALITY THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LUXURIOUS LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION exclusively for subscriber to "The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers ". Excellent Condition with Collectors Notes ! " Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Frederick Schneider,1978. Book size is 8.8 x 5.12 x 1.9 inches & there are 532 pages.Never-opened, brand new copy in absolute mint condition. HARDCOVER & original SLIPCASE. Cover is a GORGEOUS premium hand-cut full leather, boards adorned with ornate embossing.The spine is dubbed with raised horizontal bands formed in the leather. GENUINE leather binding is tight & square, 22 karat gold lettering and art on the front and back covers as well as guilt pages, thread SMYTH SEWN PAGES--not merely glue, raised bands on the spine that add a visual interest and an antique look, and a silk page-marker sewn into the binding for durability which is concealed by muslin joints. Flawless gold gilded page ends on all 3 sides to protect against dust & moisture. Lovely deep silk moiré fabric end papers & a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker. The book is printed on acid-neutral archival paper, for permanence & durability to last generations without discoloring. The paper quality--texture and thickness. These books aren't going to fall apart, unless you try to take them apart, so this book will accommodate a lifetime of being read over & over again without showing signs of wear or deterioration.Perfectly crisp corners.Pages are clean and unmarked, unused/unread , excellent condition overall.Slipcase exterior box has bumped up on corners due to moving boxes over time. The bumping is very modest but still should be noted. Book is perfect. This is a well-stored, never-opened brand new copy in absolute mint condition. See photos for exact details.

A splendid Del Prado miniature of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (volume III of III). This is a scarce title from the expertly-bound Miniature Classics Library by Del Prado. There are 101 volumes in the complete set. Books are 332 to 640 pages in length, and nearly 55,000 pages in the set. All books feature professionally Smyth-sewn bindings and measure approximately 2" x 2.5" each. Most measure 1" or thicker. Text blocks are printed in black with red page numbers and highlights. Other titles include: Beowulf, Aesop's Fables, Divine Comedy (in 3 volumes), Adventures of Peter Pan, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Canterbury Tales (in 3 volumes), Silas Marner (in 2 volumes), Taras Bulba, Scarlet Letter (in 2 volumes), Homer's Odyssey (in 2 volumes), Irving's Alhambra (in 2 volumes), Kafka's Metamorphosis, Endymion (in 2 volumes), Jungle Book, Utopia, Ovid's Heroides, Pascal's Thoughts (in 2 volumes), Petrarch's Canzoniere (in 2 volumes), Poe's House of Usher, Scott's Bride of Lammermoor (in 2 volumes), Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Pigmalion, Frankenstein (in 2 volumes), Oedipus Rex, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels, Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilych, Prince & the Pauper (in 2 volumes), Verne's Round the Moon, Virgil's Bucolics, Voltaire's Candide, William Tell, Wells' Time Machine, Leaves of Grass (in 2 volumes), Importance of Being Earnest, and more. Books of poetry include those by Coleridge, Dickenson, Donne, Rossetti, Rilke, and Wordsworth.