The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer | Arthur Szyk (Illustrator) - 1946

E-210: Limited Editions Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Limited Editions Club, New York. 1946. Xx, 550 pgs. Illustrated with 24 full-page plates plus a double-page plate of Arthur Szyk's brilliantly colored portraits-in-miniature. #1417 of 1500. Signed by Arthur Szyk on the limitation page. Slipcased in decorated illustated paper covered boards. Slipcase lightly rubbed and worn. Bound in patterned paper covered cloth board with paper label titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When a group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury Cathedral meet on the road, they agree to tell stories to pass the time. Each story reflects a different segment of society, from the pious to the bawdy, and has given countless readers a look into fourteenth-century English life. E-210; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .