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Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Limited Ediitions Club, London, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 671 pp. This is a two volume set of The Canterbury Tales rendered into Modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill. Both volumes are ivory cloth with brown paper and feature a coat of arms printed on each cover. Both volumes have browning on the outer spine. The first volume has a small brown spot on the cover. The pages in both volumes are clean and bright. The second volume is signed by the printer, George W. Jones. This set is number 718 out of a limited printing of 1,500 copies. The set comes in a fair to good slipcase with peeling paper and exposed cloth at the top and bottom edges. The first volume has a frontispiece that depicts a bust of Chaucer from the Guildhall Library. A lovely edition of Chaucer's classic tales. Size: 7 3/4" x 12 1/4"
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Limited Editions Club, London, 1934.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: Two volumes, tall quarto (8" x 12-1/2") bound in half cream canvas and decorated gray boards. Illustrated with floriated initials in green and yellow with each page ruled in pale gold on pale gray paper. Copy #397 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by George W. Jones at The Sign of the Dolphin. SIGNED by the printer on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic collection of bawdy tales. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Number 1433 of 1500 signed by the Printer, George W. Jones of The Sign of the Dolphin Press. [i]-xxii, 1-330 pp.; [i-vi], 331-670 pp. [2]. Signed and numbered by the printer on colophon. 2 vols. Folio. Bound in quarter cream canvas with illustrated gray boards, black text on spines that have some toning. Double page titles in each volume, early ownership in ink on fep of both, frontispiece of Chaucer at in Volume 1, with ruled pages and colored initials at the beginning of each tale. In publisher's slipcase with illustrated titles on spine, slight bump at foot of slipcase, else a very good set [i]-xxii, 1-330 pp.; [i-vi], 331-670 pp. [2]. Signed and numbered by the printer on colophon. 2 vols. Folio Number 1433 of 1500 signed by the Printer, George W. Jones of The Sign of the Dolphin Press.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited edition #697 of 1500 copies. Folio. Printed by George W. Jones, at The Sign of the Dolphin and SIGNED by him. Two volumes: Continuous pagination 670pp. Attractive double page titles in each volume. Bound in quarter cream canvas with illustrated gray boards, Titles in black. Nice clean set with a couple lightly bumped corners. Original glassine present but only in fair condition with browning and tears. Good slipcase general wear, paper separating at bottom edge.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.