Rendered into modern English by J.U. Nicolson. With illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould.
New York, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1934
Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. A beautiful edition of the most important work of Middle English vernacular literature, The Canterbury Tales, rendered into modern English by the poet J.U. Nicolson (1885-1944). With 25 full-page plates by the American illustrator Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), in a handsome gilt blue morocco binding by Asprey & Co.
De Luxe edition; 8vo (24.5 x 15 cm); 25 full-page plates by Rockwell Kent including frontispiece, vignette title and headpieces; blue morocco gilt by Asprey & Co., gilt spine in compartments, all edges gilt, spine a slightly faded, otherwise a very handsome copy; xvi, [2], 626, [2]pp.
De Luxe edition; 8vo (24.5 x 15 cm); 25 full-page plates by Rockwell Kent including frontispiece, vignette title and headpieces; blue morocco gilt by Asprey & Co., gilt spine in compartments, all edges gilt, spine a slightly faded, otherwise a very handsome copy; xvi, [2], 626, [2]pp.
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