[BRUCE ROGERS FOR THE RIVERSIDE PRESS]

CHAUCER, Geoffrey
The Parlement of Foules
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. for The Riverside Press, 1904.

Octavo (9-3/8 x 6-1/8 in.). No. 324 of 325 numbered copies printed at The Riverside Press. Parchment boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others uncut. Collates 35 pp.: [6], III-XXVI, 1 (justification and device), [4]. Designed and printed by Bruce Rogers, with his thistle device on the justification, in bold gothic ("black letter") type in red and black on handmade laid paper, with two decorative initials in blue and gold. Spine slightly and evenly darkened, light offsetting on pastedowns and rear endleaf, else a fine unopened copy internally; publisher's two-page bibliographical "Note" laid in. New parchment-covered slipcase with original printed label laid down. One of three books printed by Bruce Rogers at The Riverside Press, and considered by Rogers to be one of his favorite books.

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