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The Canterbury tales and Faerie Queene : with other poems by Geoffrey Chaucer; David Laing Purves; Edmund Spenser. Published by Wm. W. Swayne, New York. 1st American Edition, 1st Year Published in London. Illustrated. Publishers original green cloth embossed hardback with gold gilt to spine. Gold gilt to page tops. Overall good condition. Has wear to corners and spine ends. Separation toward top of spine about 3 1/2" on front cover edge. Foxing on first few pages with age toning throughout. 624 pgs and 24 pgs of ads in the back of the book. 9 6/8" by 6 3/4"
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