The Canterbury Tales.
by [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; CHAUCER, Geoffrey; GILL, Eric (illustrator)
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- Hardcover
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. . Limited edition, number 439 of 485 copies on paper, from a total edition of 500; 4 vols, small folio (31.8 x 20 cm); wood engravings by Eric Gill, including one full-page, 29 half-page, tailpieces, initials and decorative borders, initials printed in red, blue and black; original Niger morocco-backed patterned boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt lettering to spines, top edges gilt, others uncut, light rubbing to extremities, slight toning and soiling to boards, some spotting and fading to spines (as always); an attractive set.
One of the major titles of the Golden Cockerel Press and an extraordinary collaboration between the press director and book designer Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) and artist Eric Gill (1882-1940).
Printing the Canterbury Tales dominated work at the press for two and a half years, and relatively few other books were printed during that period. However, despite some critics deeming Gill's illustrations risqué and inappropriate, the book was a considerable critical and financial success and grossed £14,000.
Chanticleer 63; Evan Gill 281.
One of the major titles of the Golden Cockerel Press and an extraordinary collaboration between the press director and book designer Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) and artist Eric Gill (1882-1940).
Printing the Canterbury Tales dominated work at the press for two and a half years, and relatively few other books were printed during that period. However, despite some critics deeming Gill's illustrations risqué and inappropriate, the book was a considerable critical and financial success and grossed £14,000.
Chanticleer 63; Evan Gill 281.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109542
- Title
- The Canterbury Tales.
- Author
- [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; CHAUCER, Geoffrey; GILL, Eric (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...