Canterbury Tales in Modern English (De Luxe Edition) by Chaucer, Geoffrey, and Nicolson, J. U. (Translated by), and Gerould, Gordon Hall (Introduction by) - 1934

New York.: Garden City Publishing Co., 1934. Verso of title page. : CL. No. 305, rear jacket flap.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. Boards very nice. Markings, small NH Library. Chips to (now protected) jacket. Spine "wiggle"; rear rnd-paper, board separating to gauze.. Kent, Rockwell (Illustrated by).. 1 Black cloth over boards; paste-on illustrated spine title box, paste-on 2x4-inch illustration, cover. Blind-stamped front titles. xvi, 626 p., 25 Illustrations, Plates. English literature, an epic tale in verse, originally in Old English. Jacket subtitle: "A gorgeous rendering of the lusty stories of England's Rabelais." Rockwell Kent illustrations in black, white and bronze. End-papers illustrated in tan and white. "Typography by Robert Josephy"--Verso of t.p. On front end paper, prior owner had inked small US Navy icon with "From JHP to JHP, Anno Trumani II."