{"product_id":"1456900-1930-geoffrey-chaucer","title":"1456900 1930 Geoffrey Chaucer.  The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose.  Eleanor Farjeon.","description":"9979.\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChaucer, Geoffrey.  The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose.  Eleanor Farjeon.  Illustrated by Flint.  1930.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChaucer, Geoffrey; Farjeon, Eleanor; Flint, W. Russell (illustrator).  Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose.  Item Description: The Medici Society, London, 1930. First edition of Eleanor Farjeon's abridged prose translation of The Canterbury Tales, aimed at young readers: \"The one excuse for presenting Chaucer in any words but his own, is that he may be read, and a taste for him be got by people (especially young people) who would never try to read the foreign language of his English, and so would miss for ever something of the fun, the beauty, the wisdom, the humanity, and the romance, in which he stands among our poets second only to Shakespeare.\" All of Chaucer's pilgrims are represented, their tales accompanied by twelve full-color plates by W. Russell Flint. First printing, with the date in Roman numerals on the title page, and Farjeon's preface dated \"June 1930.\" A fine bright copy, in an exceptional jacket. Octavo, original pictorial red cloth lettered in gilt, blindstamped with a vignette of the Canterbury pilgrims; original unclipped dust jacket with color pictorial pastedown. Printed on laid paper, title page printed in blue and black. Illustrated with twelve full-page color plates. Lightest edgewear to jacket.\u003c\/div\u003e\nAbout Fine","brand":"1930","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033791701165,"sku":"9979","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/9979.jpg?v=1636225020","url":"https:\/\/www.nrarities.com\/products\/1456900-1930-geoffrey-chaucer","provider":"The Gillespie Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}