Title: The Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Place: Waltham St.Lawrence Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press Date: 1929-31 Description: 4 volumes. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill; initials by Gill printed in red, blue and black. 12¼x7½, quarter niger & patterned boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. No. 94 of 485 copies on paper, printed by Robert & Moira Gibbings. One of the premier works of the Golden Cockerel Press. With the bookplate of Brian Baumfield in Vol. I. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines with usual slight fading (Vol. III less so than the others), corners gently rubbed or showing; near fine set. Item number: 198989
Title: The Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Place: Waltham St.Lawrence Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press Date: 1929-31 Description: 4 volumes. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill; initials by Gill printed in red, blue and black. 12¼x7½, quarter niger & patterned boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. No. 94 of 485 copies on paper, printed by Robert & Moira Gibbings. One of the premier works of the Golden Cockerel Press. With the bookplate of Brian Baumfield in Vol. I. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines with usual slight fading (Vol. III less so than the others), corners gently rubbed or showing; near fine set. Item number: 198989
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