THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1937 RIVIERE FINE BINDING IN SLIPCASE
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[CHAUCER, GEOFFREY]. The Complete Works. London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1937.
Reprint. Leather-bound supplied in cloth-covered slipcase. Hardcover. Octavo (185 x 125 x 35 mm.). Pp. xxiv, 732, (149 - glossarial index). English text in double columns, printed on fine paper. Stunning full red crushed morocco binding, executed for Brentano's of New York by Riviere & Son, signed in a ink pallet to the bottom of the front endpaper. Five raised spine bands. Compartments and bands gilt ruled, tooled and lettered. Gilt ruled twin frames to boards with corner-pieces. Turn-ins and board edges gilt ruled. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Illustrate frontispiece with tissue-guard. Edited by Walter W. Skeat. Printed by John Johnson at the OUP. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy presented in a exquisite binding and custom slipcase, without previous ownership markings.