The Canterbury Tales; of Geoffrey Chaucer. Togehter with a Version in Modern English Verse by William Van Wyck. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent
by [Kent, Rockwell] Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spines and edges of cloth covers slightly toned, few marks, very good copies in specially made card slipcases.
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About This Item
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. First edition thus. Spines and edges of cloth covers slightly toned, few marks, very good copies in specially made card slipcases.. Kent, Rockwell. Two volumes, large 4tos, 529pp; original natural linen stamped in gilt, t.e.g. One of 924 numbered copies on Worthy (there were another 75 on Crane's Olde Book paper), designed and printed by Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs at the Stratford Press and signed at the colophon by the illustrator Kent. Among the more ambitious works in Kent's long career, including 25 full-page two color woodcuts, reproduced by the Knudsen process of halftone lithography, along with dozens of decorative head- and tailpieces.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204126
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales; of Geoffrey Chaucer. Togehter with a Version in Modern English Verse by William Van Wyck. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent
- Author
- [Kent, Rockwell] Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Book Condition
- Used - Spines and edges of cloth covers slightly toned, few marks, very good copies in specially made card slipcases.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Covici-Friede
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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