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CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, The Works of . .. Edited by A.W. Pollard and others.
Stratford-upon-Avon: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1928-1929. (SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS) No. 25 of 375 copies printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott Paper. the type is Caslon Old Face. 8 vols., Tall 8vo. Headings and initials drawn in color by Jocelyn V. Gaskin; hand-colored marginal drawings by Hugh Chesterman from the 14th-century Ellesmere manuscript. Paragraph marks in red and blue, first initial in gold, other initials and sections headings printed in blue after designs by Gaskin, some shoulder notes printed in blue, occasional text printed in red and blue. Designed by typographer Bernard Newdigate. Blue paper boards, linen spines with printed paper labels, edges uncut. Bookplate of C.H. Waterman Mander. With Prospectus laid in fine. Ransom 60; Colin Franklin, pp. 150, 235.
Offered for US$ 2500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 52226