CHAUCER, Geoffrey (illus. Eric Gill; commentary Peter Holliday). The Canterbury Tales. London: The Folio Society, 2010. 2 vols.

Large thick Quarto (310 × 185 mm). Vol. I: full black Nigerian goatskin, bound by G. Lachenmaier, blocked in 24-carat gold with a design incorporating Eric Gill's engravings around a blind-blocked frame. Gilt titling to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Black satin ribbon marker. Merida Forest endpapers. 764, [3] pp. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations, initials, and head- and tail-pieces by Eric Gill throughout. Vol. II: commentary essay The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill: Decoration and the Mise en Page by Peter Holliday, quarter-bound in buckram with paper boards, title label to upper board. 48 pp., illustrated. Both volumes housed together in a black cloth solander case, gilt-titled to spine. Facsimile deluxe limited edition. Limited to 1,980 numbered copies, this being number 703. Facsimile of the original Golden Cockerel Press edition, Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929–31, edited from the text of Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

Near fine. Some faint spotting to gilt edges; some mild shelf markings to solander case. Otherwise fine throughout, clean and bright.

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Catalogue Number: HH000656