This volume features The Poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, compiled from numerous historical manuscripts by the renowned English scholar Professor Walter William Skeat. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) is widely celebrated as the "Father of English literature" and the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, with this authoritative collection including a biography of the author, grammatical guides, and a glossarial index alongside major works like his minor poems and The Canterbury Tales. The book is a 1962 reprint of the edition first published in 1912 by Oxford University Press. It features a protective dust jacket adorned with a distinctive cover engraving by artist Roy Morgan. The volume remains in good vintage condition, showing light edge wear to the dust jacket, minor toning to the pages, and a faint stain on the inner flap of the jacket, while the internal pages remain clean, tightly bound, and perfectly legible.