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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
Shakespeare Head Press. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) The Works.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1928-1929.
Limited edition, 8 quarto volumes; number 14 of 375 copies; text printed in red, blue and black; illustrated with headings and initials by Jocelyn V. Gaskin and hand-colored marginal illustrations by Hugh Chesterman; bound in original holland-backed blue boards with printed paper spine labels, with extra copies of printed spine labels inserted in each volume (minor toning to spines, a few superficial scuffs and blemishes); 11 1/4 x 8 in.
Ransom 60.
Provenance: American journalist and bibliophile Barton Currie (1877-1962) with his bookplate; and the bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell.
