The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Volume III: The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press , London, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 1921. No Edition Remarks. 595 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed binding. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean.

London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1855. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 248 pages. Marbled endpapers, cover, and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover; front cover partially detached. Contents of the Third Volume: the following Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer from The Canterbury Tales: The Secounde Nunnes Tale, The Prologe of the Chanounes Yeman, The Chanounes Yemannes Tale, The Doctoures Prologe, The Tale of the Doctor of Phisik, The Prologe of the Pardoner, The Pardoneres Tale, The Schipmannes Prologe, The Schipmannes Tale, The Prioresses Prologe, The Prioresses Tale, Prologe to Sire Thopas, The Tale of Sir Thopas, Prologe to Melibeus, The Tale of Melibeus, The Prologe of the Monkes Tale, The Monkes Tale, The Prologe of the Nonne Prestes Tale, The Nonne Prest His Tale, The Prologe of the Maunciples Tale, The Maunciples Tale. (Spelling taken directly from the book) Some edgewear, and top page edges are darkened..

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press , London, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. Reprinted. 632 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Volume III. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is noticeably loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.