Canterbury Tales: Rendered into Modern English by J.U. Nicolson

New York: Covici Friede, (1934).

Price: $50.00

Hardcover. First trade edition, preceded by a limited edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Gutter cracked, small dampstain on bottom page and board corners, cloth soiled with spine and edges age-toned, good only lacking the scarce dust jacket.

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Geoffrey Chaucer
birth name: Geoffrey Chaucer
died: 10/25/1400

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Biography

The outstanding English poet before William Shakespeare whose The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Born circa 1345.more