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THE CANTERBURY TALES, TOGETHER WITH A VERSION IN MODERN ENGLISH BY WILLIAM VAN WYCK
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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- Signed
- Condition
- Quite fine, beautiful copies
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About This Item
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. Limited to 924 copies signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 130. Quite fine, beautiful copies. Limited to 924 copies signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 130. Two volumes. Folio. (viii), 250p; (viii), 251-530p, colophon. The text in Olde and modern English side-by-side. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent with head- and tail-pieces and 25 duotone full-page plates not figured in the pagination. Bound in quarter medium brown morocco over tan linen boards, t.e.g., the spine with brown morocco labels gilt.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23765
- Title
- THE CANTERBURY TALES, TOGETHER WITH A VERSION IN MODERN ENGLISH BY WILLIAM VAN WYCK
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used - Quite fine, beautiful copies
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 924 copies signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 130
- 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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- Folio
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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