Chaucer for Children

Robert Simola Catalog Report 11-01-2021 Chaucer for Children 253 Books

This list of Chaucer’s children’s books is merely what I have in my library. It is not meant to be definitive and there are duplicates. You will also notice the listings also contain descriptions of my copies of the books so these descriptions their condition will not pertain to any other copies.

_____. La Bella Dorigen. Rio De Janeiro: La Abeja, First Edition. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. This book looks like it was published in the 1920s or 1930s. It is in Spanish with black and white illustrations. The pages are browning. 63 pp.

_____. In Golden realms” An English Reading-Book for Junior Forms. London: Edward Arnold, 1902. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Light brown cloth with black lettering and designs stamped on front cover and spine. Contains The Prologue and The Clerk’s Tale

_____. Highroads of Literature, The. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1919. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue-gray cover with dark blue lettering on front cover and spine. Corners bumped. 192 pp. Contains illustrations by Briton Riviere, Ford Madox Brown, Sir John Gilbert, T. C. Gotch, John Linnell, J. F. Lewis, J. R. Herbert, John Clacton, J. McWhirter, w. R. Symonds, James Drummond. This is Book 3 : The Morning Star of The Royal School Series. 25-69. Contains Knight’s Tale and Man of Law’s Tale.

_____. Chaucer Coloring Book. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1983. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-88388-017-2. Moderate discoloration on front cover. It looks like water damage, but the damage is not evident on the inside of the front cover.

_____. Famous Stories and Verse: Vol. 5–Home University Bookshelf, The. New York: University Society, The, 1917. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Maroon cloth with blind-stamped design on front cover and gold lettering and design on spine. Heavily illustrated. Corners bumped. Splotched areas on back cover. Full color end papers. Contains “Dorigen,” “Emelia,” and “Griselda” adapted from Chaucer by Janet Harvey Kelman. 395 pp.

_____. Boy’s Own Story-Book, The. ill. Harvey, W. London: Routledge, George, 1855. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good + / No. Faded and scuffed blue cloth with gold stamped lettering and designs on front cover and spine. Includes “Horse of Brass” from “The Squire’s Tale” and “The Clerk’s Tale.” Not paginated. Old signature of “Julia Dayton on ffep and rfep. bound by Bone and son, 76 Fleet Street, London. Rear board bent.

_____. Story of Constance the Good Queen, The. ill. Williams, R. James. London and Glasgow: Charles and Son, 1915. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Printer Wrapper. Very Good / No Jacket. Red heavy paper cover with image and lettering in black on front cover. 56 pp. Circa 1915. No copies listed in WorldCat. Partnership between Charles and Dible dissolved on July 31, 1912 so this book must have been published soon after since in the advertisement at the back of the book the publisher is listed as “formerly Charles and Dible.”

_____. Canterbury Tales, The. Cardiff, Wales: Christmas Films, 2000. DVD

_____. Chaucer Coloring Book. Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1983. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-88388-017-2. Record unplayed and still stapled into the book.

Abry, S., Trans. Clerk’s Tale or The Story of Griselda, The. ill. Irwin, G. W. Paris: Henry Didier, 1933. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. White cover with image of Griselda on front cover. 19 pp.

_____. Read if You Dare. Brookfield, Connecticut: Millbrook Press, 1997. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Contains “A Meeting with Death” adapted from “The Pardoner’s Tale.’ Adapter not identified. pp. 79-90.

Austin, William. Chanticleer: For Mixed Voices. Delaware Water Gap, PA: Harold Flammer, Incorporated, 1973. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Music by Richard Dirksen.

Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin. Stories of Great Adventures (Adapted from the Classics). ill. Burd, Clara M. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley Company, 1919. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with faded gold lettering on spine. Full color image of Robin Hood on front cover. Signature of “John R. Pascoe from Aunt Mary Jones. Xmas 1919” of ffep. Contains the stories of “Patient Griselda” and “The Rocks Removed” (Dorigen).

Barbara Cooney, Trans. Chanticleer and the Fox. ill. Cooney, Barbara. New York: Crowell, Thomas Y., 1989. Trade Paperback. Good ++ ISBN: 0-06-443087-1.

Barber, Dulan, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Fraser, Geoffrey. London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1966. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. Four of Chaucer’s Tales, “designed and written to appeal to children over seven.” No Miller’s Tale unsurprisingly but The Knight’s, The Clerk’s, The Man of Law’s and the Franklin’s. Part of the Stories Old and New series.

Bates, Katharine Lee, Trans. Story of Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims, The: Retold for Children. ill. MacDonnall, Angus. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1909. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Brown cloth with dark-brown lettering on front cover and spine. Corners bumped. 316 pp. Signed on inside front cover by Florence Voorhees. Inside front hinge starting.

Bates, Katharine Lee, Trans. Story of Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims Retold for Children, The. ill. MacDonnall, Angus. New York: Rand McNally, 1909. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Book plate of previous owner on inside front cover. Brown cloth with black stamped title and illustration on cover. 316 pages.

Bates, Katharine Lee, Trans. Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims. ill. MacDonnall, Angus and Milo Winter. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1914. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Owner signature and book plate on inside front cover. Owner signature of Harvey H. Hanson. Book plate of Manne Manninen.

Bates, Katharine Lee, Trans. Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims. ill. MacDonnall, Angus and Milo Winter. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1914. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Green library cloth. ex library. Book plate of North Adams Public Library in inside front cover. 312 pp. usual library markings.

Belgrave, M. Dorothy and Hilda Hart. Children’s Stories from the Poets. ill. Adams, Frank. London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1915. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Near Very Good / No Jacket. Cloth spine to glazed pictorial boards. 152 pp. 12 color plates + pen and ink style drawings in the text. 14 stories from well-known poems. Owner’s name on ffep. Misbound with plate facing page 10 that should be facing page 104. Boards bumped and edge rubbed. Glaze on cover pictures scratched. rfep missing. last page of advertising advertisements almost separated.

Berrill, Margaret. Chanticleer. ill. Bottomley, Jane. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree Children’s Books/Belitha Press Limited, 1986. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No. ISBN: 0-8172-2626-5. Paper covered boards. 32 pp.

Berrill, Margaret. Chanticleer. ill. Bottomley, Jane. Milwaukee, WI: Methuen Children’s Books/Belitha Press Ltd., 1986. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-416-63990-9. Paper covered boards. 32 pp.

Berrill, Margaret. The Canterbury Tales: Chanticleer Sign. ill. Bottomley, Jane. Milwaukee, WI: Methuen Children’s Books, 1986. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8172-2626-5. Paper covered boards. 32 pp. Signature of “Jessica Hilbert Fed, 5, 1988” on inside front cover.

Bodgett Readers By Grade, The: Book Four. Blodgett, Frances E. and Andrew B. Blodgett. ill. Lane, M.L.A. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1910. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. first published 1960. Contains “The Story of Chanticleer.” pp.106-112. M.L.A. Lane is credited as the adapter.

Borlenghi, Patricia. Chaucer the Cat and the Animal Pilgrims. ill. Greenfield, Giles. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First Edition. 48mo – over 3″ – 4″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-7475-4790-4.

Bronson, Bernice. Canterbury Tales: A Participation Play for Children 9 and Up Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer. Charlottesville, VA: New Plays Incorporated, 1971. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cover. Mimeographed? 53 pp.

Brooks, J. Barlow. Chaucer’s Cock and Other Fables. Cowley, Oxford: Church Army Press, 1948. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No. Privately printed. Original price Two and Sixpence. Tan paper cover with hand colored rooster on cover. 32 pp. Inscription on title page. “With Best Wishes, form J.B. and E.E. Brooks. Xmas, 1948.” Writing in ink on back cover.

Bullard, Arthur, Ed. An Introduction to Chaucer: With Modern Spelling and Slight Alterations, for Use in Schools, or for Adults Who Have Not Leisure to Study the Original. Norwich, England: Pack, W. J. And Co., 1925. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Spine heavily sunned. Light foxing on beginning and end pages; otherwise very good. 116 pp.

Bumgarner, Burton. Director’s Book: The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus. Englewood, CO: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 2007. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Spiral Bound. Very Good / No Jacket.

Bumgarner, Burton. Canterbury Tales or Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus, The. Englewood, CO: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 2007. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket.

Burack, A. S. Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1963. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. May, 1963 issue. ex library from Gray Library.

Calcutt, David. Death’s Trick. Oxford: Oxford U P, 2002. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0199159262. Play for children based on the Pardoner’s Tale

Caton, A. Gertrude. Stories from History and Literature: Series 3 from Chaucer to Tolstoy. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. On title page is written: “St. Gwen’s School, May 1814.” Contains “A story told from Chaucer,” a retelling of the Squire’s Tale.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tale and Its Author, A. Farmington, Maine: Knowlton, D. H., 1908. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Grey paper cover with black lettering. Number 78 of “The School World.” Editor/translator not listed. 32 pp.

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Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tale and Its Author, A. Farmington, Maine: Knowlton, D. H., 1913. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Stapled. Fine / No Jacket. Light green paper cover with dark green lettering. Number 334 of “The School World.” Editor/translator not listed. 38 pp.

Chaucer, Junior. Canterbury Tales: Compos’d for the entertainment of All Ingenious Young Men and Maids. Ecco, 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Facsimile. Good / No Jacket. Originally published by T. Norris at the Looking-glass on London bridge, London, 1720(?).

Chaundler, Christine. My Book of Stories from the Poets. ill. Michael, A. C. London: Cassell and Company, 1919. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Presentation copy: Plate on inside cover: Presented to Leah Coleman by the staff and pupils of the Willington Girls School as a mark of appreciation of her services. Christmas 1925. Later signature on ffep. “R. Coleman” Foxing on edges. Pages clean. 320 pp.

Clark, Charles Cowden, Ed. Canterbury Tales Of Chaucer to Which are Added, an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary By Thomas Tyrwhitt. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1861. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Front and back covers of each volume are blind stamped. This set is part of the Nichol’s Library Edition of The British Poets in forty-two volumes.

Clark, Charles Cowden, trans. Tales Form Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer: Selected Tales Told for Young People. ill. Szyk, Arthur. New York: Heritage Press, 1947. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Tales from Chaucer, In Prose. Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons. ill. Mott, W.H. And S. Williams. London: Charles Taylor, 1896. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. 356 pp. Green leather with gilt border around the edges of both covers. Intricate stamped design on spine. All edges marbled. Marbled end papers. Burford Grammar School insignia stamped into front cover. Prize book plate on inside front cover. “Burford Grammar School. Christmas, 1896. From IV Mid. Prize for Shorthand and Bookkeeping Awarded to Thomas George Glanville. Henry F. Riggott, M.A., Head Master.”

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Riches of Chaucer, The: In Which His Impurities Have Been Expunged; His Spelling Modernised; His Rhythm Accentuated and His Obsolete Terms Explained; Also Have Been Added a Free Explanatory notes and a New Memoir of the Poet. New York: Macmillan, 1896. Fourth Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 625 pp. Plus two pages of advertisements. Gilt top. Fore edge has been left ragged.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Tales from Chaucer, In Prose. Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons. ill. Mott, W.H. And S. Williams. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 318 pages. Corners bumped. Spine faded.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Clarke’s Tales from Chaucer. ill. Smith, R. F. London: Collins’ Clear-Type Press, First Edition. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Not dated, but circa 1900. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings, but the illustrator is not credited. This edition does not have the drawings in the margins like the leather covered copy has. The half-age drawings have the initials, “Reg F. S. -14.” (R. F. Smith) Possibly the drawings were done in 1914? 335 pages.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Clarke’s Tales from Chaucer. ill. Smith, R. F. London: Collins’ Clear-Type Press, First Edition. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Purple, soft leather cover with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Cover is designed to overhang the text block on the head, tail, and fore edge. Stamped design on front cover in gold and black. Not dated, but circa 1900. Heavily illustrated with pen and ink drawings, particularly in the margins, but the illustrator is not credited. The half-age drawings have the initials, “Reg F. S. -14.” (R. F. Smith) Possibly the drawings were done in 1914? 335 pages.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Riches of Chaucer, The: In Which His Impurities Have Been Expunged; His Spelling Modernised; His Rhythm Accentuated and His Obsolete Terms Explained; Also Have Been Added a Free Explanatory notes and a New Memoir of the Poet. New York: Macmillan, 1896. Fourth Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Inscription on ffep. “to Maude with Love and Best wisher for 6/17 from Blanche & Reub.” 625 pp. Plus two pages of advertisements.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Clarke’s Tales from Chaucer. ill. Smith, R. F. London: Collins’ Clear-Type Press, First Edition. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Fair. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Not dated, but circa 1900. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings, but the illustrator is not credited. This edition does not have the drawings in the margins like the leather covered copy has. The half-age drawings have the initials, “Reg F. S. -14.” (R. F. Smith) Possibly the drawings were done in 1914? 335 pages. Signature of “TH Hodgins” on half-title page.

Clarke, Charles Cowden, Trans. Tales from Chaucer in Prose. Designed Chiefly for The Use of Young Persons. London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1870. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with gold lettering and design on spine. Image of Chaucer and the Canterbury pilgrims stamped on spine. Blind stamped design on back cover. Unicorn head stamped on front cover. 356 pp. +16 pp of advertisements. “Illustrated with fourteen Wood Engravings.”

Clarke, Erskine, Ed. Chatterbox. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Brown cloth with full size color illustration pasted onto front cover. Large series of 6″ x 7″ wood engravings of the Canterbury pilgrims. 414 pp.

Clarke, Erskine, Ed. Chatterbox. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Red cloth with color medallion pasted onto front cover. Stamped in black and gold on front cover and spine. Blind stamped on back. All edges gilt. Large series of 6″ x 7″ wood engravings of the Canterbury pilgrims. 414 pp.

Cohen, Barbara, Trans. Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. ill. Schart-Hyman, Trina. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, 1988. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-688-06201-6. ex library from Boca Raton Public Library in library binding w/ the usual markings. 88 pp.

Cohen, Barbara, Trans. Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. ill. Schart-Hyman, Trina. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, 1988. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0-688-06201-6. Third issue.

Cohen, Barbara, Trans. Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. ill. Schart-Hyman, Trina. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books, 1988. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0-688-06201-6. Price clipped dust jacket. Else fine

Cooney, Barbara, Trans. Chanticleer and the Fox. ill. Cooney, Barbara. New York: Crowell, Thomas and Co., 1958. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Spine in need of repair. Water spots on front cover. Not paginated.

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Cooney, Barbara, Trans. Chanticleer and the Fox. ill. Cooney, Barbara. New York: Crowell, T. Y. And Co., 1989. First Thus. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No. ISBN: 0-06-443087-1. Paperback. First Harper Trophy edition. A Troll book club. Appears unread. not paginated.

Cooney, Barbara, Trans. Chanticleer and the Fox. ill. Cooney, Barbara. New York: Crowell, Thomas and Co., 1958. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Red cover with Black rooster and oak leaf design on front cover. Not paginated.

Corson, Hiram, Ed. Selections from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (Ellesmere Text). New York: Macmillan, 1904. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. First published 1897. Minor written notes in old hand in the text. Notes on ffep. Signatures in three different hands of three different owners: R. Lawrence, Sydney University 1905; Alison Bruce, North Sydney High 1943; Mr. A. J. MacGue, University of Sydney 1966.

Courtauld, Sarah and Susanna Davidson. Usborne Illustrated Canterbury Tales. ill. Surducan, Maria and Ian McNee. London: Usborne Publishing, 2015. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. New / No. ISBN: 978-1-4095-9831.

Courtauld, Sarah, Abigail Wheatley and Susanna Davidson. Canterbury Tales: From the Story By Geoffrey Chaucer, The. ill. McNee, Ian. London: Usborne Publishing, 2008. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Soft Cover. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-7460-9930-8. 158 pp.

Cowden Clarke, Charles. Child’s Book of Chaucer, A. London: James Brodie, Ltd., 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No. Dark orange cover with black lettering and design on front cover and spine. 64 pp. Stamp of Wallasey Education Committee: Boys’ Central School on ffep and inside back cover. Printed name of Peter Byrom 2A on inside front cover and ffep. Date circa 1910.

Cowden Clarke, Charles. Child’s Book of Chaucer, A. London: James Brodie, Ltd., 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Orange cover with black lettering and design on front cover and spine. 64 pp. Date circa 1910.

Cowden Clarke, Charles. Child’s Book of Chaucer, A. London: James Brodie, Ltd., 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Dark orange cover with black lettering and design on front cover and spine. 64 pp. Picture by Reginald L. Knowles on inside covers and fly leaf. Date circa 1910.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer and Others. ill. Kirk, M. L. Philadelphia: Lippincott, J. B., Co., 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Ex library with usual markings. Grey cloth with green library tape on spine. n.d. Looks to be printed in the 1940’s or 1950’s. Illustrations copyrighted 1914.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims: Retold from Chaucer and Others, The. ill. Kirk, M. L. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims. ill. Kirk, M. L. New York: Stokes, Frederick A., 1914. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Fore edge ragged. Pictures tipped in. 310 pp.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims, The. ill. Kirk, M. L. New York: Stokes, Frederick A., 1914. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Minor nicks and scratches to the pictorial cover. Black cover with gilt lettering on spine still clear. Book plate of Mrs. F.H. Fay on the inside front cover. 310 pages.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Pilgrims’ Tales from “Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims”. ill. Thomson, Hugh. New York: Dodge Publishing Co., 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No. Red pictorial cover with black lettering and design on spine and around the central picture on front cover. Spine faded. Front hinge completely broken. Text block very good.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Tales of The Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer and Others. ill. Thomson, Hugh. London: Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., 1931. . 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Red cloth with gold lettering and black stamped design on front cover and spine. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Inside hinges broken. First printed August, 1904. Reprinted October, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1914, 1920, 1925, q929, 1931. 365 pp. +22 pages of advertisements. Includes an introduction by F.J. Furnival, John Lydgate’s tale, “The Destruction of Thebes,” “A Good tale needs a Good Will,” “The Merchant’s Second Tale”–The tale of Beryn, and “The Last of the Pilgrims.”

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Master-Rogue and Cambuscan Bold, The: Adapted from Chaucer and Other Writers. ill. Thomson, Hugh and Mabel R. Peacock. London: Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., 1910. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Red cloth cover with black lettering on front cover and spine. Spine faded. 110 pp. Published circa 1910. Hugh Thomson died in 1920 and Mabel Peacock retired in 1918. Contains a retelling of the Tale of Beryn. On ffep.: “Mount Charles Girls’ School. Frances Lobb. For full attendance during year. 22.3.1932.”

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer and Others. Philadelphia: Lippincott, J. B., Co., 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. n.d. Looks to be printed in the 1940’s or 1950’s.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims. ill. Kirk, M. L. New York: Stokes, Frederick A., 1914. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with black lettering and design on spine and front cover. Pictures tipped in. 310 pp.

Darton, F. J. Harvey, Trans. Tales of The Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer and Others. ill. Thomson, Hugh. London: Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., 1904. Second. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Includes an introduction by F.J. Furnival, John Lydgate’s tale, “The Destruction of Thebes,” “A Good tale needs a Good Will,” “The Merchant’s Second Tale”–The tale of Beryn, and “The Last of the Pilgrims.”

Darton, F.J. Harvey. Pilgrims’ Tales from “Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims”. ill. Thomson, Hugh. London and New York: Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., 1908. First Edition. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Old signature on ffep. 120 pages.

Davies, W. J. And Myfanwy G. Davies, Trans. Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, The: Rendered Into Modern English Prose. London and Bath: James Brodie, Ltd., 2nd. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Grey paper cover. 22 pp. n.d.

Davies, W. J. And Myfanwy G. Davies, Trans. Pardoner’s Tale, The:. Rendered Into Modern English Prose. London and Bath: James Brodie, Ltd., 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Grey pap cover. 19pp. n.d.

Davies, W. J. And Myfanwy G. Davies, Trans. Clerk of Oxford’s Tale, The. Rendered Into Modern English Prose. Bath, Somerset, England: James Brodie, Ltd., . 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Grey paper cover. 30pp. n.d.

Eadie, Robert, Ed. Tales of Romance and Reality. London: Grant Educational Co., Ltd., 1948. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Spine loose but present. Text block good. Contains “The Cock and the Fox” starting on p. 15. Illustrator not listed.

Falstein, Mark. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Harden, Laurie. Parsippany, NJ: Globe Fearon, 1999. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-835-93591-4. 76 pp.

Farjeon, Eleanor, Trans. Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose. ill. Flint, W. Russell. London: Medici Society, 1934. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Fair. Green cover with paper label on spine. 245 pp. Dust cover is complete but has two inch tear on bottom of spine and smaller tears on top of spine and fore edge.

Farjeon, Eleanor, Trans. Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose. ill. Flint, W. Russell. London: Medici Society, 1948. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red maroon cover. Also printed in 1933 and 1936. Dedication on ffep.

Farjeon, Eleanor, Trans. Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done Into Prose. ill. Flint, W. Russell. London: Medici Society, 1930. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red maroon cover with four water streaks on front cover. Front cover has a two inch circular blind-stamped medallion of the Knight, the Man of Law and the Prioress that have been adapted from Flint’s illustrations. Eighth inch tears in the top and bottom of spine.

Farjeon, Eleanor, Trans. Tales from Chaucer. ill. Walters, Marjorie. London: Oxford U P, 1959. First Thus. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. Dedication on ffep. “To Sheila, We hope you get better soon. From Mr. Morgan and grades 5, 6 and 7. Priory School 1960-61.” 240 pp. Grey-green cloth.

Field, Frederica and Ralph Rockafellow. Golden Book Magazine. New York: Review of Reviews Corporation, 1930. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No. April 1930 issue. Contains the Frank Ernest Hill translation pf Chanticleer and Pertelote from The Wife of Bath’s Tale starting on p.84.

Freeman, Michael Lacey. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. ill. Massoni, Simone. Recanati, Italy: ELI Teen Readers, 2014. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. 79 pages. Comes with CD. Trade paperback. The book is meant for students learning English. The publisher indicated that it is one of their lowest-level readers with 600 headwords.

Gardiner, Alfonzo. Stories from the Canterbury Tales. Leeds, England: Arnold, E. J. And Son, Limited, 1908. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Green stapled cover with black lettering and design on front cover. Advertisement on the back cover. 100 pp. Part of the A.L. bright story readers, no. 43.

Glover, W. J., Ed. Tales from the Poets. ill. Tawse, Sybil. London: Black, A. And C., 1915. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. White cover with stamped design in green, brown, and black on front cover and spine. Corners bumped. Foxing to fore edge, head and tail. Includes “The Knight’s Quest,” a retelling of the Wife of Bath’s tale. 280 pp.

Hastings, Selina. Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer, A Selection, The. ill. Cartwright, Reg. New York: Henry Holt, 1998. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8050-0904-3.

Hastings, Selina. Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer, A Selection, The. ill. Cartwright, Reg. New York: Henry Holt, 1988. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0-8050-0904-3. First American Edition

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key. Illustrated with Eight Coloured Pictures and Numerous Woodcuts By the Author. ill. Haweis, Mrs. H. R. London: Chatto and Windus, 1907. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No. Green cover with blind stamped designs on front cover and spine. 112 pp.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Tales from Chaucer. ill. Haweis, Hugh Reginald, Editor. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Dirty green cover with lack, stamped design and lettering on front cover.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key. ill. Haweis, Mrs. H. R. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No. Green decorative cloth cover with black and red stamped design on cover and black and gold stamped design on spine. Corners bumped and top and bottom of spine are scuffed. Front and back interior hinge broken. Water spots on cover.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key. ill. Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Piccadilly, England: Chatto and Windus, 1877. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Brown decorative cloth with black and gilt stamped designs on front cover and spine. Spine and covers faded. Corners bumped. Tow two inches of spine mostly missing. Interior very good. 112 pp.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key. ill. Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Piccadilly, England: Chatto and Windus, 1877. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Schools. London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Brown cloth. On the cover it says, “National Home Reading Union” and contains a green medallion with a gilt border and an open book in the center.

Haweis, Mrs. H. R. Chaucer for Schools with the Story of His Times and His Work. London: Chatto and Windus, 1925. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good + / No Jacket. Sixth Impression, Cover cloth is soiled. 188 pages.

Hieatt, A, Kent and Constance Hieatt, Eds. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, The. Chicago: Great Books Foundation, 1967. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Book also includes The Jungle Books and Fables by Tolstoy.

Hieatt, A, Kent and Constance Hieatt, Eds. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, The. ill. Tenggren, Gustaf. New York: Golden Press, 1961. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: LC 61-9183. Corners bumped. Interior fine.

Hieatt, A. Kent and Constance Hieatt, Eds. And Trans. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, The. ill. Gerhard, Mae. Chicago: Science Research Associates, Inc., 1976. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-574-44317-7. 32pp.

Hill Readers, The: Book Four. Hill, Daniel Harvey and Frank Lincoln Stevens, Charles William Burkett. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1906. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Faded green cover with torn section on spine and “bleached” splotches on front cover. Signature of “Malcolm Wheeler, Navasota, Texas” on ffep. Contains “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” pp. 48-50.

Hill, Frank Ernest, Ed. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Syzk, Arthur. Norwalk, CN: Easton Press, 1978. First Thus. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Full-Leather. Near Fine / No Jacket. Back top corner slightly bumped. Previous owner’s bookplate on ffep. Otherwise, fine.

Hill, Frank Ernest, Ed. Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer; Done Into Modern English Verse and Newly Revised for This Edition; with a Frontispiece By Arthur Szyk. ill. Szyk, Arthur. Avon, Connecticut: Heritage Press, 1947. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Half Cloth. Near Fine / No Jacket. In near very good mustard colored slip-case.

Hill, Frank Ernest, Trans. Canterbury Tales Done Into Modern English Verse. Norwalk, CN: Heritage Press, 1974. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket.

Hill, Frank Ernest, Trans. Canterbury Tales: The Prologue and Four Tales with The Book of the Duchess and Six Lyrics. ill. Rosse, Hermann. London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1931. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Dark green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. 227 pp.

Hill, Frank Ernest, Trans. Canterbury Tales Done Into Modern English Verse. Norwalk, CN: Heritage Press, 1974. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cloth in a red box.

Hill, Robert. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. ill. Balbusso, Anna and Elena Balbusso. Black Cat Publishing, 2014. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 9788853014177. Contains unopened CD. Heavily illustrated in full color.

Hitchins, H. L. Canterbury Tales: Chaucer for Present-day Readers. ill. Tayler, Laurie. London: John Murray, 1946. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Yellow cloth with red horse and rider on front cover. Red lettering on spine. Spine faded and dirty. Corners bumped. Signature on inside front cover, “FHA Williams, 26th June, 1946. Liverpool.”

Hitchins, H. L. Canterbury Tales: Chaucer for Present-day Readers. ill. Tayler, Laurie. London: John Murray, 1946. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good.

Hodges, Margaret. Kitchen Knight, The: A Tale of King Arthur. ill. Schart-Hyman, Trina. New York: Holiday House, 1990. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8234-1063-3.

Hope, Ascott R. Stories of Old Renown: Tales of Knights and Heroes. ill. Browne, Gordon. London: Gresham Publishing C. Ltd., 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No. N.D. circa 1900. Half-title page torn two-thirds along its length. 244 pp. Light foxing on end papers and on top, bottom, and fore edge. Red cloth. Intricately blind stamped on cover. Gilt lettering on spine.

Horton, Edith and Annie Carey. Horton-Carey Readers: Book Four. ill. Wireman, Eugenie. New York: Heath, D. C. And Company, 1929. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Fair / No Jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Black and pink designs on front cover. Inside hinges broken. Corners bumped. Top and bottom of spine ragged. Signature on ffep. “A. Timms.” 247 pp. Grade four textbook. Eight lines from Chaucer’s “Knight’s Tale” on page 75.

Hurst, Keith. Canterbury Tales. Cheltenham, UK: Nelson Thornes, Ltd., 2001. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Soft Cover. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-7487-5694-9. 21 pp. Contains in play form, “The Pardoner’s Tale,” :The Friar’s Tale,” The Miller’s Tale,” “The Reeve’s Tale,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.”

James, Richard. Three Canterbury Tales. Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. 18 pages with a 20pound paper cover.

Jeffries, Jim and Jane. Loathsome Lady: An Arthurian Tale Retold, The. Denver, Colorado: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. Stapled green paper cover with black lettering on front cover and advertisement for theater shirts on back.

Johnson, R. Brimley. Story of Chanticleer: Re-told from Chaucer, the. ill. Orr, Stewart. London: Gowans and Gray Ltd., 1906. First Edition. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Printer Wrapper. Fair / No Jacket. Cover dirty. Children’s Bookshelf No. 4.

Johnson, R. Brimley, Trans. Tales from Chaucer. London: Gowans and Gray, 1909. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Spine sunned and faded. Signature of “Mary Hanford, 1944” on ffep. No illustrations in the book.

Johnson, R. Brimley, Trans. Tales from Chaucer. London: Gowans and Gray, 1909. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Faded green leather with gold lettering on spine. Spine sunned and faded. No illustrations in the book.

Johnstone, Edith, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. Templeton, CA: William and Geoffrey Press, 2019. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Full-Leather. Facsimile. Good / No Jacket. Red leather cover. Undated, circa 1885. 58 pp.

Johnstone, Edith, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. London: Stead’s Publishing House, 1885. Second Edition. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Orange cover. Undated, circa 1895. 58 pp.

Junior Classics, The: Volume Four: Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry. Patten, William, Ed. New York: P.F. Collier and Son, 1918. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Blue cloth with black and gold design on front cover and black design on spine with gold lettering. Contains Chaucer’s “The Old Woman and the Knight,” “Death and the Three Revelers,” and “Patient Griselda.” All by F.J. H. Darton.

Kelman, Janet Harvey. Stories from Chaucer, Told to the Children. ill. Robinson, W. Heath. London: Nelson and Sons, Thomas, 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. One of the Told to the Children Series edited by Louey Chisholm. Green cloth with tan spine. 114 pp.

Kelman, Janet Harvey. Stories from Chaucer Told to Children. ill. Kelman, Janet Harvey. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good / No Jacket. ffep loose but present. 1905 (?)

Kelman, Janet Harvey, Trans. Stories from Chaucer Told to the Children. ill. Robinson, W. Heath. London: T. C. And E. C. Jack/ E. P. Dutton, 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Good + / No Jacket. n.d. Told to the Children Series edited by Louey Chisholm. Stamp on the title page “Property of Board of Education, City of new York” dated 1919. Inside front hinge in need of repair. Illustration facing the title page loose but present.

Kelman, Janet Harvey, Trans. Stories from Chaucer Told to the Children. ill. Robinson, W. Heath. London: T. C. And E. C. Jack/ E. P. Dutton, 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cover with black lettering and images on front cover and spine. Dust jacket good +. n.d. Told to the Children Series edited by Louey Chisholm. Message on ffep “To Elaine. Xmas 1930. Love F. Grose.”

Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude. Tales of Olden Days: Book Five. Lincoln, Chicago, New York, Dallas: The University Publishing Company, 1936. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Blue-grey cloth. Contains “The King and the Brazen Horse.” Retold by Kinscella. pp. 193-202.

Kraus, Joanna Halpert. Seven Sound and Motion Stories and The Tale of Oniroku. New York: New Plays for Children, 1971. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. Type written. Not paginated. Contains “Chauntecler: based on a Chaucer tale” Three pages.

Lorenz, Lee. Pinchpenny John. ill. Lorenz, Lee. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-13-676254-9.

Lorenz, Lee. Scornful Simkin: Adapted from Chaucer’s The Reeve’s Tale. ill. Lorenz, Lee. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-13-796664-4.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright and Daniel Edwin Wheller, Eds. Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories. ill. Robinson, W. Heath and Others. New York: University Society, The, 1909. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Light brown decorative cloth with stamped image in green and black on front cover and spine. Black lettering on front cover and spine with additional white lettering on spine. This is volume three of Young Folks’ Treasure in 12 Volumes. Corners bumped. 484 pp. C contains stories of Dorigen, Emelia, and Griselda. 171-202.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright Ed. Al. Boys’ and Girls’ Bookshelf: Little Folks’ Section. New York: University Society, 1915. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Loden green cover with black and gold designs on front cover and spine. “Book plate with the name “Conner” glued to inside front cover. Name on ffep “Mary Jane Conner” “Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales 209-14.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, et. Al. . Boy’s and Girls’ Bookshelf, Volume 10. New York: University Society, 1915. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with yellow and black design on front cover and spine. Corners bumped Signature of “Mary Jane Conner” on ffep. Label in red and white with the hand written name, “Conner” in center. Pages 209-214 contain prose retellings of The Canterbury Tales: the Clerk’s Tale, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, The Lawyer’s Tale, The Pardoner’s Tale, The Knight’s Tale, The Wife of Bath’s Tale, and The Prioresses Tale.

Macaulay, Margaret C. Ed. Stories from Chaucer: Re-Told from The Canterbury Tales. London: Cambridge U P, 1914. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Paper Covered Boards. Good + / No Jacket.

Macaulay, Margaret C., Ed. Stories from Chaucer Re-told from The Canterbury Tales with Introduction and Notes. Cambridge, England: Cambridge U P, 1920. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket.

Mackay, David. A Flock of Words: An Anthology of Poetry for Children and Others. New Y: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1969. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / Fair. Dual language with facing page translation. Translation by Neville Coghill. pp. 16-33.

Mackaye, Percy, Trans. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Modern Rendering Into prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales. ill. Clark, Walter Appleton. New York: Fox, Duffield and Company, 1904. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Book plate of William L. Smith, jr. on inside front cover. Signature and inscription on ffep. Greenish-brown covers. Corners bumped. Hinges bumped. Text very good. 235 pp.

Mackaye, Percy, Trans. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, The: A Modern Rendering Into Prose of the Prologue and Nine Tales. ill. Clark, Walter Appleton. New York: Avenel Books, 1987. First Thus. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-517-63206-3. 235 pp. Dark green cloth. Second copy.

Mackaye, Percy, Trans. Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Modern Rendering Into Prose of the Prologue and Nine Tales. ill. Clark, Walter Appleton. New York: Avenel Books, 1987. First Thus. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-517-63206-3. Originally published as The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer. Simulated green leather with gilt lettering on spine. 235 pages.

Malcolmson, Anne. Taste of Chaucer, A: Selections from The Canterbury Tales. ill. Arno, Enrico. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1964. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: LC 64-11493.

Malcolmson, Anne, Ed. Taste of Chaucer, A: Selections from the Canterbury Tales. Littleton, CO: Sonlight Curriculum, 1997. First Thus. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Fine / No. Text copyright 1964 by Anne Burnett Storch. 168 pp.

Manning-Sanders, Ruth. Cock and The Fox, The: Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale Retold. ill. Williams, Jenny. London: Angus and Robertson, 1978. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-207-95750-9. Glazed picture boards a little bumped on corners and spine tips. 26 pp. unpaginated. Small damp stain on corner of ffep and title page. Stamp on ffep, “Choir School of Our Lady and St. John.” Otherwise no indication that this is ex library. Text appears unread.

Marks, Jeannette. Children in the Wood Stories, The. ill. Burd, Clara M. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley Company, 1919. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Contains “The Cock and the Fox” 103-28.

McCaughrean, Geraldine, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Ambrus, Victor G. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1985. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-528-82673-5. Light wrinkling to pages from water.

McCaughrean, Geraldine, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. London: Puffin, 1996. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-14-038053-1.

McCaughrean, Geraldine, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Ambrus, Victor G. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1985. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0-528-82673-5. Small 1/4″ tear on top rear cover and another 1/4″ tear on front cover.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1917. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Half-Leather. Good / No. Second copy. 240 pp. Stamped decorative binding. Brown quarter leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Green cloth with white lettering and decoration. Black and white photo on frontis, full page and inset illustrations. Pages untrimmed.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1917. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Full-Leather. Very Good / No. Third copy. 240 pp. Stamped decorative binding. Black leather with gilt lettering design on spine and blind stamped design on front cover. Black and white photo on frontis, full page and inset illustrations. Top edge gilt. Book plate on inside front cover. “London County Council Malmsebury Road School Awarded to Leah Pinkus for Conduct Progress and Attendance by E. M. Bellsham, Head Teacher. March, 1921.”

McSpadden, J. Walker. Canterbury Pilgrims, The: Retold from Chaucer. ill. Kirk, M. L. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1907. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Good / No Jacket. Illustrator not listed. Book plate on inside front cover: Girls’ Collegiate School, Pietermaritzburg. Form Class 4. Prize Second. Awarded to Edna Holliday. E. M. Columbine, Lady Principal.” School logo stamped in gold on front cover. 224 pp. Light foxing on end papers, fore edge, and tail. Fore edge and tail untrimmed. Greenish-brown cover. On this copy, the picture on the front cover has the interior of the picture only. It does not have the “frame” of the picture that other copies have.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer. London: George G. Harrap, 1907. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Half-Leather. Very Good Illustrations: The Ballantyne Press, London. Light to moderate foxing. Some damage to top of leather spine. Front cover has intricate gold design.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1930. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Third copy. 240 pp. Stamped decorative binding. Brown simulated leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Black and white photo on frontis, full page and inset illustrations. 240 pp. Inscription on ffep: “Ro The Alexes Brown Murray. hi–Alex”

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer. London: George G. Harrap, 1911. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Hard Cover. Very Good

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer. ill. Prout, Victor. New York: Crowell, T. Y. And Co., 1907. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Grey-green cloth with red, white, and black image and lettering on front cover and gold lettering and design on spine. Bookplate of Nelson Lee Smith on inside front cover. Black and white Prout pictures. 234 pp.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Tales from Chaucer. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1909. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 159 pages.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1930. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Third copy. 240 pp. Stamped decorative binding. Brown simulated leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Black and white photo on frontis, full page and inset illustrations. 240 pp.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer. London: George G. Harrap, 1949. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Hard Cover. Good Light blue with faded spine. “Mary Phillips” on ffep. “John Davies W5 Conway Rd. Penleur, Swansea” on inside front cover.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Chaucer. London: George G. Harrap, 1909. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Red cloth with gold flowers and vines all around the border of front cover. Gold lettering on spine.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Tales from Chaucer. ill. Prout, Victor. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1910. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red with elaborate vines in gold on front cover and spine. 240 pages.

McSpadden, J. Walker. Tales from Chaucer, Retold. ill. Prout, Victor. London: George G. Harrap, 1923. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No. Blue-gray cloth with stamped design on front cover and spine. First printed 1909. Reprinted 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1923. Images in this edition are in black and white taken from pen and ink sketches. “‘Tales from Chaucer’ is taken from Mr. McSpadden’s larger collection, ‘Stories from Chaucer,’ in the Told Through the Ages series.”

McSpadden, J. Walker. Tales from Chaucer, Retold. ill. Prout, Victor. London: George G. Harrap, 1930. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No. Faded maroon cloth with stamped design in black on front cover and spine. Book plate on ffep: “County Borough of Northampton. Education Committee. S Matthew’s School Prize for History and Geography Awarded to John MacKay, Class 4 for School Year 1932-`933.” First printed 1909. Reprinted 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930. Images in this edition are in black and white taken from pen and ink sketches. “‘Tales from Chaucer’ is taken from Mr. McSpadden’s larger collection, ‘Stories from Chaucer,’ in the Told Through the Ages series.”

McSpadden, J. Walker, Trans. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1910. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No. Dark green decorative cloth with elaborate stamped design in gold on front cover and spine. Corners bumped and top and bottom of spine slightly torn. Light foxing on initial pages. Otherwise, near fine. This copy has two title pages. the first is dated 1909 while the second is dated 1910. 239 pp.

McSpadden, J. Walker, Trans. Canterbury Pilgrims, The. ill. Kirk, M. L. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1914. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. This book was published the same year as the Frederick Stokes published book, _The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims. It makes use of the same images by M.L. Kirk, but the reproduction of the images is not as good. Brown cover with pictorial image on front cover. 224 pages.

McSpadden, J. Walker, Trans. Stories from Chaucer: Retold from the Canterbury Tales. London: Harrap, George G. And Co. Ltd., 1930. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Brown cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Writing on ffep. 240 pp.

Miller, Margaret J. Knights Beasts and Wonders: Tales and Legends from Mediaeval Britain. ill. Keeping, Charles. New York: David White, 1969. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: LC 69-13470. Contains “The Franklin’s Tale.” ex library The Agnes Irwin School.

Mills, Ruth. Merchant’s Tale and the Shipman’s Tale, The. Houndmills Basingstoke Hampshire: Macmillan Education Limited, 1985. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-333-38383-4.

Nicolson, J.U., Trans. Canterbury Tales: An Abridged Version of Chaucer’s Original on the Left and a Modern rendering on the Right. Smyrna, DE: Prestwick House, 2004. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 1-58049-520-6.

Northcroft, Dorothy M. Canterbury Tales. ill. Crocker, Vera. Vienna, London, New York: Sesame Publishing Co., 1926. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good / No Jacket. World Library for Children No. 14. Blue illustrated paper cover. 24mo.

O’Dell, Edith, Frederica Field Et. al. Golden Book Magazine. New York: Review of Reviews Corporation, 1934. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No. Nov. 1934 issue. Contains the Frank Ernest Hill translation pf Chanticleer and Pertelote from The Wife of Bath’s Tale starting on p.536.

O’Mara, Lesley. Classic Animal Stories. ill. Dominguez, Angel. New York: Arcade Publishing, 1991. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 1-55970-143-9. Dark brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Contains the story of Chauntecleer and the Fox. 159 pp.

Olfson, Lewy. Dramatized Classics for Radio-Style Reading. Volume 1. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1964. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / Good. “Canterbury Tales.” pp. 163-183. A mixture of The Knight’s Tale, Wife of Bath, Chanticleer, and The Pardoner’s Tale to be read “radio-style.”

Oreska, Krystyna. Illustrated Poems for Children: A Special Collection. ill. Oreska, Krystyna. Northbrook, Ill: Hubbard Press, 1973. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Good. ISBN: 0-8331-0019-X.

Patten, William, Ed. Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry. New York: Grant Educational Co., Ltd., 1918. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Contains three selections from the edition by F. J. H. Darton. pp. 201-27 Part of Collier and Son’s Junior Classics.

Pattern, William. Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry: Volume Four of The Junior Classics. New York: Collier and Son, P. F., 1912. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Three-Quarter Leather. Good / No Jacket. Brown cloth with brown leather spine and corners. Spine split. Corners bumped. Contains stories for children including three from Chaucer. 514 pp.

Pickering, Kenneth and Michael Herzog. Troilus and Criseyde Adapted from Chaucer. Colwall, Worcs, Great Britain: J. Garnet Miller, 1997. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0853436134.

Price, Lindsay. Canterbury Tales, The. Toronto, Canada: Theatrefolk, 2002. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 1-894870-34-4. Orange cover. Script is designed for high school productions. 77 pp.

Roberts, Fulton, Trans. Chanticleer and The Fox: A Chaucerian Tale Retold. ill. Davis, Marc. New York: Disney Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ Tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 1-56282-022-2.

Robinette, Joseph. Chanticleer and the Fox. Woodstock, Illinois: Dramatic Publishing Company, The, 2009. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1-58342-226-9. “A play in one act for family audiences.” is what it says on the title page.

Robinette, Joseph. Chanticleer and the Fox. Woodstock, Illinois: Dramatic Publishing Company, The, 2009. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” Tall. Stapled. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1-58342-226-9. “A play in one act for family audiences.” is what it says on the title page.

Robinson, Oliver William. Chauntecleer or Chickens Come Home to Roost: A Children’s Operetta in One Act. Chicago: H. T. Fitzsimons Company, 1933. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. Yellow-gold paper cover with black lettering on front cover. Images of children dressed in chicken suits on front cover. Blue sticker on “The Art Craft Drama Co., 14329 Faust Avenue. Detroit-Michigan. Plays–Operettas–Entertainment” on front cover. 28 pp.

Ryan, Margaret. Canterbury Tales: The Little Sister’s Tale. ill. Reynolds, Adrian. London: Hodder Children’s’ Books, 2003. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fine / No. ISBN: 0-340-71452-2. Children’s book based on the idea of the Canterbury Tales. 64 pp.

San Souci, Robert D. More Short and Shivery: Thirty Terrifying Tales. New York: Bantam, 1994. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Good / No Jacket. Contains San Souci’s retelling of The Pardoner’s Tale. pp. 75-77.

Scates, E. P. The Canterbury Tales: A Play. Privately Printed, 2005. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. First performed in 2007. 37 pages.

Scott, Dorothy and Diana Scott. Junior Form-Room Plays, Second Series. London: Dent, J. M. And Sons, 1939. First Edition. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Purple cloth with gold lettering and design on spine. Signature of “E. L. Moore. May 1939” on inside front cover. ffep stamped “Specimen.” Contains “The Pardoner’s Tale of the Three Men Who Wished to Kill Death.” from Chaucer. 192 pp.

Sellen, Derek, Ed. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Manna, Giovanni. Genoa, Italy: Black Cat Publishing, 2007. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 978-88-530-0638. This is a children’s version for school children who are learning English. Book comes with questions after each story and a CD.

Sellen, Derek, Ed. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Manna, Giovanni. Hong Kong: Black Cat Publishing, 2003. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 7-5617-3602-9/H. This is a children’s version for Chinese school children who are learning English. Book comes with questions after each story and a CD.

Serraillier, Ian. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Franklin’s Tale. ill. Gough, Philip. London and New York: Kaye and Ward Ltd. And Frederick Warne and Co, 1972. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-7232-6092-3. This is the American First Edition.

Serraillier, Ian. Road to Canterbury: Tales from Chaucer. ill. Lawrence, Jahn. Harmodsworth, Middlesex, England: Kestrel Books, 1979. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-7226-5331-2.

Serraillier, Ian, Trans. Road to Canterbury: Tales from Chaucer, The. ill. Lawrence, John. Harmodsworth, Middlesex, England: Kestrel Books, 1979. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-7226-5531-2.

Serraillier, Ian, Trans. Road to Canterbury: Tales from Chaucer, The. ill. Lawrence, John. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1979. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No. ISBN: 0-4358-12259-2. Plasticized cover with illustrations on front and back. Corners bumped. Owner’s signature on ffep., “Rebecca Hallowell, Yr. 8.” 144 pp. Illustrations are black and white wood cuts.

Seymour, Mary. Worterbuch Zu Chaucer Stories. Leipzig: Rengersche Buchhandlung, 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Unbound. Fair / No Jacket.

Seymour, Mary. Worterbuch Zu Chaucer Stories. Leipzig: Rengersche Buchhandlung, 1930. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket.

Seymour, Mary, Trans. Chaucer’s Stories Simply Told. ill. Scannell, E. M. Edinburgh: Nelson. T. and Sons, Pasternoster Row, 1888. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cloth. Decorated on front cover and spine in gold and brown stamping. Corners bumped. Top and bottom of spine worn. Inside hinges starting.

Seymour, Mary, Trans. Chaucer’s Stories Simply Told. ill. Scannell, E. M. Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, T., 1884. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No. Blue-green decorative cloth with gilt lettering and design on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Corners bumped and edges rubbed. Front endpaper torn where a bookplate was removed. Picture facing the title page torn with the top fourth missing. Water mark to the fore edge of the title page. Water stains around the edges of each of the pictures in the book but not to the text pages themselves. Book appears unread.

Shoppell, Robert W. Children’s Portion, The. New York: Christian Herald, The, 1895. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Contains “Pious Constance,” an adaption of the Man of Law’s Tale; and “A Knight’s Dilemma,” an adaptation of the Wife of Bath’s tale. Red cover with gold stamped designs of front cover and spine. 303 pp.

Simons, Sarah E. And Clem Irwin Orr. Dramatization: Selections from English Classics Adapted in Dramatic Form. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1918. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Green cover with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Picture in gold on front cover. Contains dramatized Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

Simpson, Fiona. Canterbury Tales. ill. Tormey, Carlotta A. Parsippany, NJ: Globe Fearon, 1995. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Fine / No. ISBN: 0-8359-0869-0. New from Barnes and Noble. Greyscale images.

Simpson, Fiona. Canterbury Tales. ill. Tormey, Carlotta A. Parsippany, NJ: Globe Fearon, 1995. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Fair / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8359-0869-0. New from Barnes and Noble. Greyscale images.

Skeat, Walter W., Ed. Story of Patient Griselda, The: From The Clerk’s Tale of Geoffrey Chaucer. ill. James, Gilbert. London: George Routledge and Sons, 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Half Cloth. Very Good / Good. Half blue cloth over grey paper covered boards. Gold lettering on spine.95 pp.

Smith, Evelyn. Form-Room Plays–Junior Book. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1933. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Classic stories rewritten as short plays designed to be performed in classrooms. Part of the Kings Treasures of Literature series. General editor Sir A. T. Quiller Couch. 256 pp. Contains “The Cock and the Fox.”

Smith, Evelyn, Ed. Form-Room Plays–Junior Book. London: Dent, J. M., 1957. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Classic stories rewritten as short plays designed to be performed in classrooms. First published in 1920. General editor Sir A. T. Quiller Couch. 256 pp. Contains “The Cock and the Fox” and “The Parliament of Foules.” Signature of “Jackie Atkins” on front and back inside covers.

Sodaro, Craig. Canterbury Tales: Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Poem, A. Tallahassee, FL: Eldridge Publishing Company, 1999. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. New / No Jacket. Blue stapled cover

Sodaro, Craig. Canterbury Tales, The: Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Poem. Tallahassee, FL: Eldridge Publishing Co., 1999. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. Preview copy.

Stead, W. T., Ed. Stories from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. ill. Ewen, Edith. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1908. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket.

Stead, W. T., Ed. Stories from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. ill. Ewen, Edith. London: Stead’s Publishing House, First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. Tan cover. 60 pp. + 4pp advertisements. Original price: sixpence. Part of Stead’s Masterpiece Library for Boys and Girls. No. 33 of the series. 1899?

Stead, W. T., Ed. Some Fairy Tales of the Ancient Greeks. ill. Ewen, Edith. London: Stead’s Publishing House, 1905. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue cover. 58 pp. + 6pp advertisements. Original price: sixpence. Part of Stead’s Masterpiece Library for Boys and Girls. Books for the Bairns” series No. 99 of the series. circa 1905. This series started in 1896 with the intention of publishing one book a month.

Stead, W. T., Ed. Stories from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. ill. Ewen, Edith. London: Stead’s Publishing House, . First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Tan cover. 60 pp. + 4pp advertisements. Original price: sixpence. Part of Stead’s Masterpiece Library for Boys and Girls. No. 33 of the series. 1899?

Stead, W. T., Ed. Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer, The: Stead’s Poets–14. London: Stead’s Publishing House, 1916. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Stapled. Fair / No Jacket. In writing on the front cover in ink: “Kathleen I. Cruickshank, Class 4”

Stewart Anna Bird. Belles of Canterbury, The. Filiquarian Publishing, 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Stapled. Facsimile. Very Good / No Jacket. Facsimile of the 1912 book published by Samuel French, London.

Stewart, Diana, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Hubrich, Dan. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree, 1981. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8172-1666-9. 45 pp.

Stewart, Diana, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Hubrich, Dan. Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn / Raintree, 1991. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No. ISBN: 0-8172-1666-9. This edition appears to be the same as the 1981 Raintree edition except it is printed on glossier stock with the result that the pictures actually look better than those of the first edition. 45 pp.

Stewart, Diana, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Hubrich, Dan. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree, 1981. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Good ++ / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8172-1666-9. 45 pp.

Stobbs, William. Chanticleer: Chaucer’s Story Retold and Illustrated By. ill. Stobbs, William. London: Bodley Head, The, 1979. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-370-30195-1. Interior fine. Unpaginated. (28 pages)

Storr, Francis and Hawes Turner, Eds. Canterbury Chimes or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1894. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Red with yellow lettering on spine. Black, red, yellow, and white image of a man and woman reading on front cover.

Storr, Francis and Hawes Turner, Eds. Canterbury Chimes or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., 1895. Fourth Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Near Very Good / No Jacket.

Storr, Francis and Hawes Turner, Eds. Canterbury Chimes or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Maroon cover with black lettering and black and gold design on front cover and spine. Spine faded and top and bottom edges ragged. Corners bumped. Inside hinges broken. ffep lose but present with inscription: “Gloria O’Brien to Phil Wilson 7/15/66. Take me out of your attic and dust me off once in a while.” 256 pp. Woodcuts adapted from the Ellesmere.

Storr, Francis and Hawes Turner, Eds. Canterbury Chimes or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., 1879. Second. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cover with black lettering and black and gold design on front cover and spine. Spine faded. Some foxing on preliminary pages. Beveled boards. 198 pp. +35 pages of advertisements. Woodcuts adapted from the Ellesmere.

Storr, Francis and Hawes Turner, Eds. Canterbury Chimes or Chaucer Tales Retold for Children. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue cover with black lettering and black and gold design on front cover and spine. Inscription on ffep “Addie. from Hattie Brown Christmas 1885.” 256 pp. Woodcuts adapted from the Ellesmere.

Strange, Joanna. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Ambrus, Victor. Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2008. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Trade Paperback. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781405862325.

Strange, Joanna. Canterbury Tales, The. ill. Ambrus, Victor. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2000. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-582-421144. 1/4″ tear at the bottom of spine. 56 pp.

Strum, Alec. Sputhfield Stories: A Contemporary Take on the Canterbury Tales, The. Englewood Co: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 2007. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket.

Sturt, M. And E. C. Oakden, Trans. Canterbury Pilgrims: Being Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Retold for Children, The. London: J. M. Dent and E. P. Dutton, 1928. 24mo – over 5″ – 5¾” tall. CD. Good + / No Jacket. Illustrations taken from the Ellesmere.

Sturt, M. And E. C. Oakden, Trans. Canterbury Pilgrims: Being Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Retold for Children, The. New York: Dutton, E.P. /J M Dent and Sons, 1927. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Originally published 1923. Republished 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933. Blue cover with gold letters on spine. Signature on inside front cover, “To Basil with best wishes for a happy Christmas. M. J. Frick.” 160 pp. Contains black and white copies of the miniatures from the Ellesmere manuscript.

Sturt, M. And E. C. Oakden, Trans. Canterbury Pilgrims: Being Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Retold for Children, The. New York: Dutton, E.P. /J M Dent and Sons, 1933. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No. Originally published 1923. Republished 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933. Blue cover with gold letters on spine. Signature on inside front cover, “T. Wright.” 160 pp.

Tappan, Eva March. Chaucer Story Book, The. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket.

Tappan, Eva March. Chaucer Story Book, The. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No. Blue-green cloth with stamped Ellesmere figures in black on front cover. Lettering in gold foil on front cover and spine. Corners bumped. Spine soiled. Book plate of Edward Williams Garfield on inside front cover. 215 pp.

Thomas, Eberle and Barbara Redmond. Six Canterbury Tales. New Orleans: Anchorage Press, 1982. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. New / No Jacket. Orange card stock for cover.

Thomas, Michael. Jankyn’s Gold: A Play Based on some of the Tales of Chaucer. Colchester, Essex, UK: SchoolPlay Productions Ltd., 1997. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Spiral Bound. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1902472055. 20 pages. Green cover with white spiral binding.

Thomson, Christine Campbell. Stories from the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Herbert Joseph Ltd., 32mo – over 4″ – 5″ tall. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good / No Jacket. Orange cover with black lettering on front cover and spine. 61 pp. Colored print of the pilgrims leaving the Tabard Inn on frontispiece. n.d. circa 1935

Thomson, Clara L., Trans. Tales from Chaucer. ill. Thomson, Marion. London: Horace Marshall and Son, 1903. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. n.d. circa 1890-1900. Fading to the spine and front and back covers.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Gateway to Chaucer, The. ill. Anderson, Anne. London: Nelson and Sons, T., 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No. Red cloth covers with gold stamped designs on front cover and spine. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Minor water damage to front cover. Major water damage to back cover. Text block very good. 269 pp.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Approach to Chaucer, The. London: Nelson and Sons, Thomas, 1929. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No. Red cloth. Faded spine. 190 pp. First published in this series May 1925; modified from the volume formerly known as “The Gateway to Chaucer.” Reprinted march 1926, October 1929.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Approach to Chaucer, The. London: Nelson and Sons, Thomas, 1938. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Cloth. Good / No. Red cloth. Faded spine. 190 pp. First published in this series May 1925; modified from the volume formerly known as “The Gateway to Chaucer.” Reprinted march 1926, October 1929, September 1931, December 1934, July 1936, March 1938.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Gateway to Chaucer, The. ill. Anderson, Anne. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Near Very Good / No Jacket. n.d. Approximately 1910. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt stamped front cover and spine. Corners bumped. Fading to spine. Top gilt. 269 pp.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Stories from Chaucer. ill. Anderson, Anne. London: Nelson and Sons, Thomas, 1913. 16mo – over 5¾” – 6¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No. Blue cover with lithographed picture glued to front cover. Orange lettering and design on front cover and spine. Some foxing on preliminary pages. 157 pp. + two pages of advertisements.

Underdown, Emily, Trans. Gateway to Chaucer, The. ill. Anderson, Anne. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Cloth. Near Very Good / No Jacket. n.d. Approximately 1910. Green cloth with elaborate gilt stamped front cover and spine. Corners bumped. Fading to spine. Top gilt. Front and spine heavily gilt.

Untermeyer, Bryna and Louis. Golden Treasure Chest: Animal Stories, the. ill. Lewis, Ted. et al. New York: Golden Press, 1968. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. White cover with green and black lettering on front cover and spine. Colored images of animals on front cover. Cover could use some cleaning. Contains “Chanticleer and His Dream” illustrated by Ted Lewis. Each story in the book has a different illustrator.256 pp.

Van Schuyver, Susan A. Five Tales from Chaucer. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Contemporary Drama Service, 1988. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. A collection of five playlets: The Tale of Chanticleer, The Test, The Miller, The Loathly Lady, The Three Young Men and Death.

Van Schuyver, Susan A. Five Tales from Chaucer. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Contemporary Drama Service, 1988. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Good / No Jacket. A collection of five playlets: The Tale of Chanticleer, The Test, The Miller, The Loathly Lady, The Three Young Men and Death.

Waldo, Helen and John Martin. John Martin’s Book: The Child’s Magazine. New York: John Martin’s House, 1929. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Original Wraps. Very Good / No Jacket. Contains “The Priest’s Tale” rewritten by Elven Waldo.

Ward, Helen. Rooster and the Fox. ill. Ward, Helen. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2003. 48mo – over 3″ – 4″ tall. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0-7613-1846-1. Green paper covered boards. Not paginated.

West, Michael, Trans. Canterbury Tales, The: Geoffrey Chaucer. ill. Ambrus, Victor. Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex, England: Longman, 1987. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-582-54150-6. Hannah Wilmington bookplate on inside front cover.

Westmore, Peter. Chanticleer and the Fox: A Musical Play for Children. ill. Hughes, Edward, Music. London: Oxford U P, 1966. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Stapled. Very Good / No Jacket. Orange cover with illustrations of Chanticleer and the Fox on the front cover. 30 pp.

Williams, Marcia. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. ill. Williams, Marcia. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall. Pictorial Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-7636-3197-0. 45pp.

Wilson, Calvin Dill. Old Tales Retold for Young Readers: Canterbury Tales: Prologue and Selection. ill. Seymour, Ralph Fletcher. Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1906. First Edition. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Light green cover with stained glass design on front cover in black, red, and green. Signature of “Rose Wiesemde” on ffep. Heavily illustrated. 176 pp.

Wright, Thomas, Ed. Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. A New Text, with Illustrative Notes. ill. Corbould, Edward. New York: Lovell, John Wurtele, 1880. 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall. Decorative Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Heavily decorated blue cloth cover, stamped with black and gold designs. Gilt all three sides. Red border on all pages. Interior hinges split. Dedication on ffep. “Harry to Harry Xmas 1884” 631 pp.

Yates, Irene. Pardoner’s Tale and Other Plays, The. ill. Swain, Holly and Anna C. Leplar, and Linda Clark. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1999. First Edition. 8vo – over 7¾” – 9¾” tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0-435-11602-9. Contains “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Scottish Play,” and “The Curse of the Baskervilles.” 70 pp.

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