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New Canterbury Tales.

HEWLETT, Maurice (1861-1923).

Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1901. [Historical Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320 [16]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, and a red, white and gilt Tudor Rose stamped to upper. All edges untrimmed. Toning to endpapers, with some spotting to edges and preliminaries. Light general wear to cloth. Very good. A pastiche of Chaucer's 'Canterubury Tales, considering the perspectives of pilgrims from different times and professions. Item #62178

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