CANTERBURY TALES. Rendered Into Modern English bu J. U. Nicolson. With Illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould.
Garden City, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #662941
ISBN: B00BGZSXXO
A very nice copy of the De Luxe Trade Edition in the scarce jacket. 6.375 x 9.75 in. xvi + 627pp., with 25 duotone portrait plates throughout including frontispiece portrait of Sir Thopas, all are uncaptioned; and several b/w vignettes. In the original tan cloth with mounted labels on spine and front boards, with titles stamped in blind; jacket has all four corners uniformly clipped. The cloth boards, labels, and gilt ruling are in Fine condition (the binding has no wear) the interior has a touch of tanning along the margins; jacket has shallow wear in places, else is a nice example better than Very Good. // First published in 1930 by Covici Friede in a large format limited edition, with this trade edition following in 1934.
Price: $150.00