signed Hardcover
1939 · London
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey
London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed by George W. Jones who has provided a brilliant two-page title composition using vintage historiated initial letters printed in three colors on a deeply toned English rag paper. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number (truncated)