Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905 Book. Illus. by Catherine Weed Barnes Ward. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. ix, 321 pp, list of illustrations, introduction, I. Thomas of London; II. Whom the King Delighteth of Honour; III. The Contest in the Kingdom: Church versus Crown; IV. The Martydom; V. Miracles and Canonisation; VI. The Cult of St Thomas: Pilgrims and Pilgraimages; VII. Geoffrey Chaucer and His Works; VIII. Chaucer's Pilgrims: Men of the World; IX. Chaucer's Pilgrims: Men of the Church; X. Tales of the First Day - To Dartford; XI. Tales of the Second Day - Dartford to Rochester; XII. Tales of the Third Day - Rochester to Ospringe; XIII. Tales of the Fourth Day; XIV. The Fall of the Cult of St Thomas; XV. The Pilgrims Ways: To-Day; index with 50 b&w full-page illustrations & photographs by Catherine Weed Barnes Ward, many wood-cuts in the text and fold-out maps at back. First American Edition, 1905. Inked name on ffep. Foxing to endpapers and bottom and fore- text block edges with few lightly foxed pages, and minor edge wear to boards. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green Cloth with gilt motif on front board, gilt top text block edge, and gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001221
Title: The Canterbury Pilgrimages
Author: Ward, H. Snowden
Illustrator: Catherine Weed Barnes Ward
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1905
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM ENGLISH LITERATURE CANTERBURY TALES PILGRIMAGES CHAUCER GEOFFREY 1343-1400
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;
Size: 8vo

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