A wonder book of old romance

"It appears that (one) page may have been cut from the book but I cannot be certain - it may be the edge of the bound page showing. The introduction, in my copy starts on page vii as follows: "DOGGEREL RHYME" and "drasty [worthless] speech" were the terms applied by a critic of great common-sense to the tale which Chaucer, with singular artistic perception, put into his own mouth on the way to Canterbury. The Host of the Tabard Inn heard the story of "Sir Topaz" with infinite impatience. He imagined, perhaps, that he was listening to one of those "romances of price," ..."