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Author Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, author.

Title The Canterbury tales / by Geoffrey Chaucer ; done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill, and newly revised for this edition ; with miniatures by Arthur Szyk.

Publication Info. New York : Limited Editions Club, [1946]
©1946.

Call No.PR1866 .H54 1946 Rare Books Collection Ask librarian for access.
LocationMoore Special Collections

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Special Collections  PR1866 .H54 1946    Available  ---
Description xx, 550 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note "Fifteen hundred copies ... The edition has been planned by George Macy and printed by E.L. Hildreth & Co. ... Signed by the illustrator"--Colophon.
Issued in slipcase.
Indexed In: Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 175
Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, no. 175
Summary A group of pilgrims take part in a story-telling contest as they travel together from London to Canterbury.
Provenance Library's copy is part of its Rare Books Collection.
Subject Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Subject Storytelling -- Poetry.
Storytelling.
Tales, Medieval.
Tales, Medieval.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Added Author Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969, translator.
Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951, illustrator.
Macy, George, book designer.
E.L. Hildreth & Company, printer.
Limited Editions Club DLC, former owner.
Limited Editions Club Collection (Library of Congress) DLC