The Text Of The Canterbury Tales, Volume V Part I by John M. Manly Edith Rickert
1940. First Edition. 553 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Book constitutes a corpus of variants denoting changes between manuscripts, differences, etymology and phonetics. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Brown staining present.