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Description:
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343-1400)Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-Upon-Avon for Basil Blackwell, 1928. Six works in eight octavo volumes in blue paper linen backed boards, number 215 of 375 copies printed, with original 1932 Messrs. Hatchard Booksellers customs valuation slip, (spines with water staining, fraying and cracking in spine),11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Estimate $200-300
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Basil, Geoffrey, Avon, OxfordJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
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