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Author: chaucer geoffrey bruce Title: parlement of foules
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  • Publisher: Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1904
  • Format: Hardcover
6 in. x 9 ¼ in. Parchment over boards. Printed in red and black, with initials in blue and gold. No. 27 of an edition limited to 325 copies, printed after a design by Bruce Rogers. 27 pp. Gilt titling on the spine, which has darkened. Foxing to the end-papers. The top-edge of some pages are unopened. Some foxing to the fore-edge and to some pages toward the end. Small bump to top edge of spine. Warde *44.
peterkeisogloffrarebooks-225.00-2ec683c2362b1c21725ada8449009c78
$225.00
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Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc. (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: For Houghton Mifflin Co. By The Riverside Press, (Boston and New York
  • Date published: 1904
  • Format: Hardcover
8vo. full vellum, spine lettering gilt. xxvii, (1) pages. First edition, limited to 325 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 44). Spine slightly age-darkened, else a fine copy of this scarce title. Bruce Rogers' device appears below the colophon, printed in red and black with two illuminated initials of blue and gilt applied by hand. A single two-page printed "Note" from the author about Chaucer and this work laid in. Rogers considered this book one of his favorites. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived" full vellum, spine lettering gilt
oakknollbooksa-270.00-675b341ed59de27914fb1c3933307187
$270.00
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Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB (U.S.A.)
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