Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Heritage Press, New York, 1946.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, full pictorial cloth, "done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill and newly revised for this edition." Richly illustrated in color by Arthur Szyk with a two page spread and individual portraits for each tale, reproduced from the Limited Editions Club volume of the same year. Fine in lightly sunned slipcase.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. New York, NY. : The Heritage Press, 1946., 1946.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quatro, hardcover, fine in slipcase. Giftable. Clean and unmarked. Looks like limited editions copy; gorgeous binding in orange, blue, green geometrc pictorial cloth and double page frontis is bright and vivid on high quality paper. 550 pages w/full color illustration miniatures by Arthur Szyk. A wonderful addition to any quality collection. Sandglass is laid in. Almost new condition.
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copy No. 5 of limited edition of 1,500; signed by Arthur Szyk. xx, 550, [2] pp. With color plate illustrations for each character and a double sided illustration for the entire group in the front, all done by Szyk in his highly original, ornate, appealingly lurid, Durer-esque manner. Clean and tight. With paper decoration of a Medieval-style diaper featuring a quattrofoil and cameo within. Some wear to leather, more pronounced at tips, and somewhat gouped up at lower rear gutter where a clumsy restoration might have been attempted. Still attractive overall. Some edgewear to the slipcase, which as a box retains functional integrity and remains handsome, with similar diaper pattern to boards but a bit darkened. Quarter Leather over Decorated Paper on Boards; with slipcase Signed Limited Edition; First Edition Thus.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 1361 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Szyk. Near fine with slight wear to leather spine ends. Book has a supplied clear mylar cover. Clean and bright with no markings. Slipcase has wear and chipping at front openings, top strip has been repaired. See photos.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Limited Editions Club (1946), New York, 1946.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo bound in original white morocco-grained sheepskin-backed decorated boards. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Some loss of leather at spine tips and along spine edges. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase with short split along top edge
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. The Limited Editions Club 1946, New York, 1946.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed limited edition. This is copy no. 1037 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Szyk. xx, 550 pp. Leather spine over patterned boards. In matching slipcase. Spine slightly nicked & chipped, especially at head and foot. In modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill. With vibrant full-colour illustrations by Arthur Szyk. VG condition. Large 8vo. Signed Limited Edition
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Limited Editions Club, 1946.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in near fine slipcase (light edge wear). Limited to 1500 copies and signed by Arthur Szyk.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Geoffrey Chaucer | Arthur Szyk (Illustrator). The Canterbury Tales. Limited Editions Club, EB, 1946.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1946.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 550 pp. Quarter white leather over brightly colored patterned boards with matching patterned slipcase. Gilt lettering on spine. #724 of 1500 copies. 24 full-page plates plus a double-page plate of Arthur Szyk's brilliantly colored portraits-in-miniature. The color illustrations are vivid and striking. Done in modern verse by Frank Ernest Hill. Several very small spots on spine where white has flaked off and spine head is lightly sun-toned; otherwise, near fine. Clean square and tight throughout. Slipcase has some wear on top and bottom sides. Size: Tall 8vo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Limited Editions Club (1946), New York, 1946.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo bound in original white morocco-grained sheepskin-backed decorated boards. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk. Copy #1249 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. A few small rubbed spots on the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Nicer than usually found due to the fragile nature of the sheepskin spine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Chaucer, Geoffrey & Szyk, Arthur. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Limited Editions Club, 1946.
Price: US$406.00 + shipping
Description: THE CANTERBURY TALES, Limited Editions Club, 1946, first edition thus, slight wear (flaking off of the white coloring) to the spine edges, modest crease to the head of the spine, else just about fine in white 1/4 leather with full color pictorial boards in like matching color pictorial slip-case. 1/1,500 copies SIGNED by Arthur Szyk with 24 full color illustrations (including the double page frontis/title page).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very good to fine in a near fine slipcase. Signed by the illustrator on limitation page. Leather spine tips are rubbed with two 1/8 inch tears at top of spine. Slipcase has a one inch crease in board paper covering near bottom of spine.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$569.47 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xx, 550, [1 leaf]colophon. headings & plate titles in blue, initials in red. 23 colour plates (1 double-page). original white quarter morocco-grained sheepskin, coloured paper sides designed by Szyk (spine discoloured & extremities bit rubbed, internally fine). without the slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by the Illustrator Szyk. Designed by George Macy, with decorated initials & headings by Charles E.Skaggs, printed on Worthy special paper by E.L.Hildreth & Co., VT, set in intertype Waverley, bound by Russell-Rutter Company,.NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 175.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Illustr by Arthur Szyk, 10.25 x 6.75, white leather backed pict boards, 550 pp, extremities a bit worn, spine browned a bit, hinges loose, contents nice, in lightly extremity-worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY ARTIST ARTHUR SZYK.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Description: 618 pages. 26 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 360 of 1500 signed by Arthur Szyk in ink with numerous color engraved plates by Pioneer-Moss designed by him. NEWMAN & WICHE 175. Letter press printed by Aldus Printers with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs. Orig. half white sheepskin gold stamped with full color paper sides patterned by Szyk. Fine in fine matching slipcase
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.