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1770046665Livorno: Nella Stamperia di Via Grande 1770. Softcover. Good Condition. Original drab wrappers worn spine torn notes to endpaper scattered foxing generally bright and very good internally. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 046665. Nella Stamperia di Via Grande unknown books
1954MM319-055Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Fritz Kredel. LIMITED EDITION of 200 hand-numbered copies; this is copy 58 printed from handset Caslon type on hand-made Fabriano paper. 12mo. 7 5/16 x 4 1/8 inches. vi 48 2 pp. Half-title title page in red black and blue inks decorative initials throughout some in color 6 woodcut illustrations throughout including the woodcut on the colophon also laid-in is a woodcut illustration on a small French-fold sheet which is a proof of the original illustration Fritz Kredel cut for page 4 but ultimately replaced with the illustration on page 4 that Kredel liked better; text clean unmarked. Quarter parchment spine decorated patterned paper in red and green over boards spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight light toning to extremities of covers. Red dot label on front free end-paper with penciled price book seller notations in pencil on front end-papers. MM319-055. Very Good. The text of this volume is a "story of roguery in the fourteenth-century" excerpted from Boccaccio's Decameron. It features lovely woodcut illustrations in late-medieval style by Fritz Kredel 1900-1973 a German-American artist and graphic designer; Kredel created the presidential seal for John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Joseph Graves the proprietor of the Gravesend Press was a clothing merchant vice-president and treasurer of Graves Cox & Co. who was also a book collector with an interest in printing and book illustration before he began his printing efforts. In 1948 Graves taught a course on the history of printing and book illustration at Transylvania University. It was about this time that the Gravesend Press was founded. The Gravesend press mark on the colophon of this book shows Patience the Graves' pet donkey and the "Sleeping Pressman" cut by Fritz Kredel the first use of this press mark. The pressmark contains the motto in Spanish âQue hermosa es no hacer nada y luego descansar." "Fortunate is he who can rest after having done nothing." REFERENCE: H. Richard Archer "Joseph Graves and The Press of Gravesend" The Kentucky Review Vol. 7 No. 1 Spring 1987. Gravesend Press hardcover books
1971128190Beverly Hills CA: Produzioni Europee Associati PEA / United Artists 1971. Collection of 17 vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film all issued by the film's first distributor United Artists. Includes 6 black-and-white stills from the Japanese release between 1971-1973 though the actual date is not listed in IMDB 7 black-and-white stills from the US release December 1971 and 4 color stills from the US release. <br/><br/>The first film in Pasolini's Trilogy of life followed by "Canterbury Tales" 1972 and "Arabian Nights" 1974 a light and sumptuous adaptation of Boccaccio's work "The Decameron" replete with nudity sex and both slapstick and scatological humor. With a score by Ennio Morricone. The three films will be released as a set by the Criterion Collection in winter 2012. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine condition with minor use. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Produzioni Europee Associati [PEA] / United Artists unknown books
1929122483London: The Mandrake Press 1929. Softcover. VG- Covers faded and slightly worn. M. Leone. Light green paper over very thin boards; Gilt titling at spine; Gilt illustration to front cover; All edges gilt; 160 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Reprinted from the original English edition translated by Bartholomew Young 1587; Edited and with an introduction by K.H. Josling; Wonderful illustrations in vivid color; Number 281 of 550 copies in this edition. The Mandrake Press paperback books
1976235887Amsterdam: Walter Johnson 1976. hardcover. very good. Small folio red cloth. Amsterdam: Walter Johnson/ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1976. Facsimile edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Number 777 of The English Experience.<br/><br/> Walter Johnson unknown books
1949213076Garden City: Garden City Publishing Inc 1949. hardcover. very good. Kent Rockwell. Two volumes. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 562 total pages tall 8vos brick-colored cloth previous owner's bookplates pasted neatly on the front endpapers; tiny chip at the top of the spine of Volume Two. Garden City; Garden City Publishing Inc. 1949. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Signed in full by Kent on the limitation page in Volume One; No. 958 of 1500 copies.<br/><br/> Garden City Publishing Inc unknown books
195471083Lexington Kentucky: Gravesend Press 1954. quarter paper-covered boards with decorated paper-covered covers. Gravesend Press. 12mo. quarter paper-covered boards with decorated paper-covered covers. vi 48 2 pages. First edition of 200 hand-numbered copies. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. This copy also includes an extra illustration loosely inserted into the text. This woodcut was the first block cut produced for the tale. The artist later became dissatisfied with the image and replaced it with the woodcut that now appears on page four. A "story of roguery" from the fourteenth century. Loosely inserted is a handwritten note from Joe Graves to the printer and proprietor of Katydid Press John Lehman. Fine copy. Gravesend Press unknown books
198550394Marlborough: Libanus Press 1985. quarter leather paper-covered boards. Libanus Press. tall 4to. quarter leather paper-covered boards. 24 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies of which this copy is one of 50 bound in quarter leather. A Dryden translation or paraphrase of Boccaccio probably from Dryden's Fables 1700. Five woodcuts by Carol Walklin accompany the text four printed in black and one in green and red. One of these is also printed in green as a title page decoration. Green leather with patterned paper on boards. Libanus Press unknown books
1879015765Paris: Isidore Liseux 1879. Limited Edition. 12mo. Limited to a thousand copies plus twenty-five copies on china paper six volumes translated by Antoine Le Macon illustrated bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards raised bands spine lettering and top edge gilt marbled endpapers original red printed front covers bound in. A handsome and fine set with just a sprinkling of foxing to fore-edges. Isidore Liseux unknown books
000317Paris: Gibert Jeune Librarie D'Amateurs. Half Leather. Very Good. Brunelleschi Umberto. 4to. No. 1752 of 2500 Limited edition. 2 volumes 16 full page color plates by Umberto Brunelleschi many of which are erotic all of which are beautifully rendered 70 black and white drawings/vignettes. Half leather over marbled boards with original wraps bound in. Green leather sunned into brown on spine. One leather label on spine loose --easy repair. Binding tight. Pages clean. VG Plus <br/><br/> Gibert Jeune, Librarie D'Amateurs hardcover books
1900214775Philadelphia: George Barrie 1900. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne. 2 volumes illustrations in 2 states by Leopold Flameng tissue guards. 8vo blue cloth paper spine labels. Philadelphia: George Barrie N.d. ca. 1900. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Number 68 of 100 numbered copies printed on Japan Vellum.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
312091London: Privately Printed for Members of the English Bibliophilists nd. #20 of 100 copies. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Half green morocco faded to brown. Very Good. #20 of 100 copies. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Privately Printed for Members of the English Bibliophilists unknown books
1949WRCLIT52974Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co. 1949. Two volumes. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Tinted plates and illustrations. Small ink transliteration of Roman numerals on one title otherwise a very good or better set in worn slipcase. First printing in this format. One of fifteen hundred numbered sets signed by Rockwell Kent. The translation is Richard Aldington's. STANLEY GROLIER 54. Garden City Publishing Co. hardcover books
1922267779San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1922. hardcover. near fine. Translated from the Italian by Philip Henry Wicksteed. Text in red and black. 53pp. Slim folio marbled boards; San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash 1922. Near fine.<br/><br/> One of 250 numbered copies. Printed in Inkunabula an adaptation of the type used by Erhard Ratdolt in his Kalendarium of 1476. Ransom p. 360.<br/><br/> John Henry Nash unknown books
17786056Londra but Paris: Gian Claudio Molini 1778. Very Good/Boccaccio wrote this pastoral tale in the mid 1340s just as he began work on the Decameron where it would not have been out of place. A young shepherd unseen spies a group of naked nymphs bathing at the pool and falls in love with one of them. The plot includes a series of missed opportunities mistaken identities appeals to Venus goddess of love and plenty of nude bathing scenes. The text is based on the edition published in Florence 1568 with corrections. . iv 160 pages and engraved title page after Marillier. In mottled calf rebacked in the twentieth century with original spine. Gilt triple fillets on both boards; remains of gilt decoration on spine. Gilt turn-ins endleaves marbled in spirals. Gilt edges. Nice edition. Gamba 227 Gian Claudio Molini hardcover books
1902186410Chicago: R.F. Seymour 1902. Hardcover. VG heavy wear to boards. Pages are very clean and clear. Brown paper over boards with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover light gray spine; 38 unnumbered pages bw illustrated title page several bw illustrations. "Limited to 240 copies"- Colophon. "A translation by Leigh Hunt from Canto V the Inferno of Dante Alighieri in the triple rhyme of the original ; with the Italian from the edition of G. Barbèra and a literal translation newly made for this edition by Katherine Reed ; together with a commentary from the writings of Leigh Hunt & Boccaccio. R.F. Seymour hardcover books
1816008127Milano : Per Giovanni Silvestri 1816. xxxii 293 3 398 2 319 1 287 1 pp. Engraving of the author frontis Vol. I. Very Good in contemporary quarter calf over faux wood grain paper covered boards ribbon markers contemporary bookplate with peacock sitting atop crown and 4 initials. Vols. III and IV with calf chipped at spineboards rubbed at corners internally quite clean and bright. Text in Italian. An uncommon edition in quite nice condition. Boccaccio's 1353 classic set in Italy during the Black Death. Later Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Per Giovanni Silvestri Hardcover books
1820004515London: Printed by J. F. Dove for R. Priestley and W. Clarke 1820. Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. Extra-illustrated copy with 10 engravings of Stothard in addition to the engraved frontis portrait of Boccaccio. 8vo. 579 pp. Contemporary straight-grained dark brown/burgundy morocco binding with gilt border decoration blindstamped bands etc. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing along joints. Binding remains very handsome. Clean and tight within. <br /><br /> Printed by J. F. Dove, for R. Priestley and W. Clarke books
1900307467Philadelphia: Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie 1900. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco spines gilt. Light rubbing to joints fine. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie unknown books
1804272422London: J. Wright 1804. hardcover. very good. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos full tan calf ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels gilt stamped dentelles marbled endpapers Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of pages. Still a very handsome looking set. London: J. Wright 1804. A very good set.<br/><br/> J. Wright unknown books
16381331558In Venetia: appresso Pietro Maria Bertano 1638. Hardcover. Quarto 16 472 i.e. 480 pages; G; bound in full contemporary vellum some darkening and soiling; <br /> title page and last leaf backed with paper; ink notations on ffep last leaf title page; stamp to verso of title page; rear gutter visible; mild age-toning; shelved case 3. Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico records 9 copies in Italy Worldcat with 1 copy at USB Köln.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Revised Edition by the Florentinian Leonardo Salviati.; pages 169-176 duplicate pagination.;. 1331558. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. appresso Pietro Maria Bertano hardcover books
16651331575Amsterdamo: Elzevir 1665. First Edition Later Issue. Hardcover. 12mo. 744 pages; VG-; bound in contemporary full vellum ink titling to spine some soiling and wear creasing to spine; first two endpapers clipped at the upper fore corner; bookplate to front pastedown; writing to the ffep; mild foxing throughout; shelved case 3. Willems Les Elzevier 1349; Willems notes two states of the Preface this copy with the latter that of "Gl'amatori della lingua Toscana." 1331575. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [Elzevir] hardcover books
1895007639London: Privately Printed 1895. #205 of 304 copies printed this one of 238 copies on Van Gelder Holland paper the Florentine Edition. With tissue-guarded illustrations after the designs of Louis Chalon Jacques Wagrez C. D. J. Eisen and Leopold Flameng. Three volumes bound in cloth titles and front cover devices stamped in gilt top edges gilt. Near Fine gilt tops dulled scattered light foxing throughout. Each volume protected by clear mylar cover. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1886007747London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation 1886. #622 of an unknown number published for subscriber's only. Near Fine in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards with matching marbled end pages five raised bands with gilt lettering and tail date back gilt top edges. Light rubbing at corners else Fine. A quite lovely set. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Hardcover books
2007298854Westminster: Folio Society 2007. Limited. hardcover. fine. Buckland-Wright. Translated by Richard Aldington and illustrated with aquatints by Buckland-Wright. 710 pages. Thick tall 8vo handsomely bound in publisher's full red leather with gilt and black-stamped pictorial designs t.e.g. Westminster: Folio Society 2007. Limited edition -- one of 1750 numbered copies.<br/><br/> A fine copy preserved in a green cloth clamshell case along with a slim pamphlet "The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron".<br/><br/> Folio Society unknown books
