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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 259 OF 485 COPIES ON PAPER, 1929-1931
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL
CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 259 OF 485 COPIES ON PAPER, printed in red, blue and black, wood-engraved illustrations, decorative borders, and initials by Eric Gill, original morocco-backed patterned boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g. morocco-edged cloth slipcase [Chanticleer 63; Gill 281], small folio, Waltham St Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931
Footnotes
One of the "most important Golden Cockerel editions for which Eric Gill provided the engravings" (ODNB).
Provenance: L.W. Greenwood, bookplate.

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