Books

CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER TOGETHER WITH A VERSION IN MODERN ENGLISH VERSE, Covici Friede, 1930, first edition thus, 2 volumes, light tanning and wear to the spines, else a near fine set bound in full leather in slip-case with accompanying suite of plates laid in. 1/75 copies SIGNED by the artist who supplies no less that 25 full page duo colored illustrations with text modernized by Van Wyck printed side by side with the original of Chaucer. Among his most desirable publications. Issued at a price of $250.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.