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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 24 OF 485 COPIES, Waltham St Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931 image 1
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL
CHAUCER. The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., 485 COPIES, 1929-1931

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL

CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 24 OF 485 COPIES, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, printed in red, blue and black, bookplate of James Harold Leighton, institutional labels on first free endpaper, morocco-backed patterned-paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g. others untrimmed, spines worn and a little soiled (heavier on volume 4), light wear, small folio (315 x 195mm.), Waltham St Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931

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