$861
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1343-1400) Nine Volumes. A Leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer , New York: Duschnes, 1941, with a monograph by Carl Purington Rollins, limited edition, copy number 42 of 150, leaf 247 (r4) from The Romaunt of the Rose , with large woodcut rose border on the verso, and a half-page woodcut surrounded by a smaller frame decorated with a grapevine motif, in publisher's folder, with ties, 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. overall; [with] The Canterbury Tales , London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, Riccardi Press, 1913, full-color illustrations after drawings by W. Russell Flint, limited edition copy number 481 of 500, in three large quarto volumes, publisher's half cloth and blue paper boards, t.e.g., with the original jackets, browned and chipped, spine of the jacket from volume one missing, edges slightly yellowed, contents good, bindings dusty, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. [and] The Canterbury Tales , London: Pickering, 1822, five octavo volumes, full tan calf, gilt by Riviere, a.e.g., very good, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (9)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
