1934 Canterbury Tales Geoff. Chaucer, Rockwell Kent Plates 1st De Luxe Edition

Description: Geoffrey Chaucer. Canterbury Tales. Rendered into Modern ENglish by J. U. Nicolson. With Illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an Introduction by Gordon hall Gerould. De Luxe Edition. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. 1934. First Edition. Original dust jacket. 627 p., 9.75 x 6”, 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: chipping exhibited an all edges especially head and tail of spine; Soiling to rear cover; Hinges worn (both spine and flap hinges); flap corners trimmed. Dust jacket is overall intact, and illustration on front cover remains presentable. Tan cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Title label on spine lightly toned. Illustrated plate on front board also lightly toned. Light toning to edges of boards. Previous ownership signature, in pencil, found on top edges of front end-page and fly-leaf. Front gutter split at head of front fly-leaf, binding mesh exposed. Text-block lightly toned, mostly at edges of leaves. Binding intact. Please see photos. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer, and voyager. A transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson, Kent found inspiration in the austerity and stark beauty of wilderness. He lived for extended periods of time in Winona, Minnesota, Newfoundland, Alaska, Vermont, Tierra del Fuego, Ireland, and Greenland. "I don't want petty self-expression," Kent wrote, "I want the elemental, infinite thing; I want to paint the rhythm of eternity. First De Luxe Edition. Clean with all plates. Gift quality. RAREA1934ABGB 09/24 - HK2103

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