Quarter Leather
1939 · San Francisco, California
by Geoffrey Chaucer | [Van Wyck William]
San Francisco, California: [Black Vine Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. The first book of the Black Vine Press. It has been said that the publisher destroyed most copies (see David McGee, Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco, p. 27). Printed in black and red by Lawton R. Kennedy, Harold N. Seeger and Albert A. Spierson. In calf-backed paper-covered boards stamped in bline. Lacking the slipcase.
(Inventory #: 296217)