Canterbury Tales. CHAUCER (Geoffrey).

Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson. With illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould.

First UK edition thus. 8vo. [225 x 150 x 47 mm]. xvi, [1]f, 627 pp. Newly bound by Bayntun Riviere in full green morocco, the boards tooled in gilt with a single fillet border, mock strap work extending across the spine, with an alternating leafy acorn tool and triple dot tool. The spine divided into six panels by tooled raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second, third and fourth panels, the raised bands flanked by gilt fillets protruding onto the boards, culminating in a spear tip. The turn-ins tooled with a single line fillet border with acorns tooled in the corners, marbled endleaves, gilt edges.
London: W. H. Allen, 1934

First published in the US in 1930, this is a handsome first UK edition attractively illustrated with numerous dichromatic wood engraved plates by Rockwell Kent.

Stock no. 4291