GILL, Eric. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. ~ The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Waltham St Lawrence
printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press
1929
Edited by Walter Skeat, M.A. Illustrated by Eric Gill with numerous foliated and peopled borders, full- and half-page illustrations and initial letters. Initial letters printed in red and blue. One of 485 copies on paper of a total edition of 500. 4 volumes. Folio, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in original niger morocco-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut. Very bright and crisp, a little fading and variation in tone of spine between volumes, as often, slight bumping to corners and rubbing to very edges of boards.
The collaboration between Gill and the Gibbings is a rich one. This stands as one of the great works of the Press and of the twentieth century private press movement.
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