Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works,

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Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works,

edited by Alfred w Pollard, et al. Macmillan, 1910. Beautiful full leather binding inlaid with black, brown, green, grey and blue, covering both boards and the spine. The foredge painting is a view of Canterbury, with the Cathedral in the background.

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From the library of Michael Kuczynski

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Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works,

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