Golden Cockerel Press Edition of The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer. THE CANTERBURY TALES. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. 4 volumes. No. 3 of 485 paper copies (500 total). Hardcover. Quarter bound with patterned boards, raised bands and gilt lettering on spines, top edges gilt. 4to; 152pp.; 190pp.; 198pp.; 220pp. Wood engravings by Eric Gill.

7 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Light spotting and marks to spines, with titles and volume numbers still clear, general edgewear with rubbed corners, Vol. I with small amount of rubbing/loss of paper to back board; light toning to page edges, top corners darkened, small amount of darkening from binder's glue on endpapers. A very good, beautifully printed set.