THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, Together With A Version In Modern English Verse by William Van Wyck
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Overall sound with some darkening to covers, evidence of bookplate removal, the lower covers with series of circular ring marks,
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. No. 23 of 75 copies on Crane's Olde Book Signed by Rockwell Kent. Overall sound with some darkening to covers, evidence of bookplate removal, the lower covers with series of circular ring marks, gentle joint rubbing - hence the lower price. No. 23 of 75 copies on Crane's Olde Book Signed by Rockwell Kent. Two volumes. Folio .(x), 250p, (x), 251-530p. Colophon. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent with head- and tail-pieces and 25 duotone full-page plates. Bound in full pigskin, t.e.g., spine titles embossed in brown, the upper covers with titles also embossed in brown.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23651
- Title
- THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, Together With A Version In Modern English Verse by William Van Wyck
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used - Overall sound with some darkening to covers, evidence of bookplate removal, the lower covers with series of circular ring marks,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No. 23 of 75 copies on Crane's Olde Book Signed by Rockwell Kent
- Publisher
- Covici-Friede
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Bookplate
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- Colophon
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- Folio
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....