Canterbury Tales. De Luxe Edition.
New York: Garden City Publishing Company. 1934. Binding: Full red cloth boards. Upper lettered in blind with mounted illustration in gilt border. Spine with paper title label. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. No dust jacket.
, Notes: Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature" and was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971) was a prominent American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.
, Size: Quarto.(235 x 155 mm), Illustration: Very good example of this De Luxe Edition of Chaucer’s famous work, illustrated with many plates by noted American illustrator Rockwell Kent. , Pages: 627 pp., Category: Book Literature;. Light toning, shelfwear, occasional pencil notations. Item #B6997
Price: $125.00