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The Canterbury Tales. Illustrated by Eric Gill.
DescriptionCHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Illustrated by Eric Gill. [A Facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition. Commentary by Peter Holliday]. Issued in a limited edition of 1,980 numbered copies in two volumes. The Canterbury Tales is bound in full black morocco, with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, and gilt decorative motifs to the upper board; all edges are gilt. The companion volume, The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales and Eric Gill, is bound in grey boards with a black cloth spine and a printed title label to the upper board. Both volumes are housed together in a black slip-case with gilt titling to the spine. With the original prospectus. folio. The Folio Society. 2010.
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