[Rarebooks] FS: Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES Illustrated and SIGNED by Arthur Szyk

[Charles Agvent]

CHAUCER, Geoffrey. THE CANTERBURY TALES. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, (1946). Large octavo bound in original white morocco-grained 
sheepskin-backed decorated boards. Designed by George Macy with 
decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated 
with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by 
the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Bookplate 
on the front pastedown. Spine a little dry but with virtually no wear. A 
nicer copy of this title than usually found as the sheepskin is very 
prone to wear and rubbing. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a 
small area of paper loss. (#016812) $400.00

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