Lot 29
Shakespeare Head Press
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1928-1929. First edition, one of 375 sets, 8 volumes, 4to, original quarter linen, paper labels to spines, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, some pages unopened, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, half-title and title-pages printed in red and black, headings and initials in blue, each volume with duplicate title label (loose), volume 1 with historic price in pencil to free endpaper, volume 6 with dampstain to front board, volume 5 with small dampstain to spine, remaining volumes with occasional small scuffs to front and back boards (8)
Footnote
The contents comprise: Canterbury Tales, 3 volumes; The Parson's Tale, Earlier Minor Poems; Boecii de Consalacione Philosophie; Troilus and Criseyde; The Hous of Fame, Minor Poems; The Romaunt of the Rose.