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Lot 161
Sale 4605 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jun 20, 2019
6:00AM ET
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$344
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Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] [Kent, Rockwell] Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. In two volumes. First and limited edition, #366/924 (of 999) numbered copies. Folio. Signed and numbered by Kent on the limitation page in the second volume. With plates, head and tail pieces. Original tan linen, lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed; in tan cloth slipcases. Covers slightly dusty; pp. 5-6 with horizontal tear through center of text, but no paper loss, text and plates otherwise clean and bright.