THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
[Edited by A. E. Pollard and others]. In eight volumes, totalling over 1,800 pages, printed in red, blue & black, with numerous illustrations, mostly hand-coloured; impl. 8vo; linen backed blue boards with printed paper title labels on spines (and spare label each volume), the labels browned, spines slightly discoloured and with a few small damp stains, boards a trifle soiled; uncut and largely unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, hinges occasionally tender, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1928-9. Edition limited to 375 copies (350 for sale, plus a further 11 copies on vellum). Ransom, Selective Check Lists, 60. *With the publisher's slip attributing the illustrations to the Canterbury Tales ('freely drawn by Hugh Chesterman from those in the Ellesmere Ms') loosely inserted in Volume I. Edited by A. W. Pollard and others. Other illustrations are by Lynton H. Lamb, and the lettering for the title pages and headings was designed by Joscelyne V. Gaskin. Item #179197
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