Title: The Canterbury Tales...With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Place: Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press Date: 1929 Description: 4 volumes. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill; initials by Gill printed in red, blue and black. (4to) original niger-backed patterned boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. 393 of 485 copies on paper, printed by Robert & Moira Gibbings. One of the premier works of the Golden Cockerel Press, masterfully decorated by Eric Gill Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. With the bookplate of the "House of Belt" in each volume. Chanticleer 63; Gill 281. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine leather a bit dry and with some staining; internally fine. Item number: 246692
Title: The Canterbury Tales...With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Place: Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press Date: 1929 Description: 4 volumes. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill; initials by Gill printed in red, blue and black. (4to) original niger-backed patterned boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. 393 of 485 copies on paper, printed by Robert & Moira Gibbings. One of the premier works of the Golden Cockerel Press, masterfully decorated by Eric Gill Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. With the bookplate of the "House of Belt" in each volume. Chanticleer 63; Gill 281. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine leather a bit dry and with some staining; internally fine. Item number: 246692
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