THE MANUSCRIPTS OF CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES: A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CONTENTS
Hardcover
1933
by McCormick, William, with the assistance of Janet E. Heseltine
Clarendon Press - Oxford University Press, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Blue cloth. xxxii, 561 pp. Most leaves still uncut. Light wear to head, heel, edges, and corners. Backstrip lightly dampstained at head, heel, and rear joint. Bookplate to front pastedown. Half title and title page poorly cut, resulting in a tear to top of half title (about three inches across, and 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch deep), with the excess bit still attached to title page. Dampstaining to gutter, particularly to head and heel, but not affecting text. Light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket, with faults as noted. (Inventory #: 425150)