Sorting these covers by decade
The Canterbury Tales by decade
Geoffrey Chaucer and 5 others
119 covers from 136 printings with a known year, 2010s back to 1740s
2010s
9 covers · 5 of 9 printings say paperback · 6 publishers, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and Createspace Independent Publishing Platform among them
2000s
21 covers · 9 of 22 printings say paperback · 21 publishers, Barnes & Noble Classics and Penguin USA, Inc. among them · 2 languages
1990s
19 covers · 3 of 21 printings say paperback · 19 publishers, Oxford University Press, USA and B N I Publications Incorporated among them
1980s
13 covers · 2 of 15 printings say paperback · 13 publishers, Bantam Books and Oxford University Press among them
1970s
7 covers · 7 publishers, Holmes & Meier and New American Library among them · 2 languages
1960s
8 covers · 12 publishers, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press among them
1950s
2 covers · 3 publishers, John Murray and Harrap among them
1940s
1 cover · 1 publisher, Barron's Educational Series
1930s
1 cover · 1 publisher, Printed for the Limited Editions Club
1920s
2 covers · 2 publishers, Macmillan and University Press among them
1910s
3 covers · 3 publishers, Duffield and C. Winter among them
1900s
7 covers · 5 publishers, Macmillan and University of Oklahoma Press among them
1890s
7 covers · 5 publishers, Clarendon Press and J.M. Dent among them
1880s
5 covers · 2 publishers, Clarendon Press and Ginn among them
1870s
2 covers · 3 publishers, D. Appleton & company and Clarendon press among them
1860s
2 covers · 2 publishers, J. Nichol and Clarendon Press among them
1850s
5 covers · 4 publishers, G. Routledge and D. Appleton among them
1840s
1 cover · 1 publisher, Printed for the Percy Society by T. Richards
1820s
1 cover · 1 publisher, W. Pickering
1770s
2 covers · 2 of 2 printings say ebook · 1 publisher, printed for T. Payne
1740s
1 cover · 2 publishers, The National masonic research society and Printed for J. and R. Tonson among them
Covers from Open Library, each in the decade of the earliest printing that carries it. What the catalogues never scanned is missing here too. See the whole wall.
