CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (AUTHOR); KENT, ROCKWELL (ILLUSTRATIONS) — Canterbury Tales

Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library, [c.1960s-70s]. Hardcover. The "Canterbury Tales" are a collection of 14th-century poetic tales set against the backdrop of a pilgrimage to Canterbury, originally written in Middle English and rendered into modern English verse in a reprint edition by J. U. Nicolson, with illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. --- This volume is made to simulate a book with leatherbound qualities, with gilt stamped decorations and titling on full blue paper-covered boards, with sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker and endpapers with Kent illustrations. Lacks a dust jacket. Volume bears 1934 date, but possibly published c.1960s-70s. --- A generally well-preserved copy: unmarked and tightly-bound, without noticeable damages. (Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, [2], 627 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .