[W. Russell Flint, illustrator]. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. London: Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, ... (Total: 3 Items)
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[W. Russell Flint, illustrator]. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. London: Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, 1913. One of 500 copies on handmade Riccardi Paper.More Information:
[W. Russell Flint, illustrator]. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1913. One of five hundred numbered copies printed on handmade Riccardi Paper (copy number 64).
Three quarto volumes. [2], x, 235, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank], [1, printer's device], [1, blank]; [2], x, 217, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank], [1, printer's device], [3, blank]; [2], x, 183, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank], [1, printer's device], [1, blank] pp. Thirty-six mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. The lettering of the engraved title-page designed by Miss E.M. Engall and the group of figures by W. Russell Flint. Publisher's holland-backed blue boards with printed paper cover and spine labels. Some toning, mild wear to spines, some foxing to boards. Overall, a very good set.
Ransom, Private Presses, p. 395, no. 6. Tomkinson, p. 149, no. 6.
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