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1928021419J. P. Horn & Co.: 1928. This is the Certaldo Edition of The Decameron is limited to fifteen hundred and fifty sets. Volume I has 538 pages illustrated. Volume II has 549 pages illustrated. "Giovanni Boccaccio who always styled himslef Boccaccio da Certaldo wrote The Decameron nearly six hundred years ago; yet down through the ages the vitality and freshness of its fascinating stories have remained unimpaired and incomparable; and these stories more than anything else he wrote have immortalized his name." FINE HARDCOVERS blue cloth with red illustration covers and spine edges VERY GOOD DUST JACKETS jackets are a plain brown heavy paper as issued. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. P. Horn & Co.: Hardcover
1921G150London: Navarre Society 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Louis Challen. Vol1-xiii 332pp; Vol 2 - xiii 404pp. 15 Photogravures from original drawings by Louis Chalon. Title-pages dated 1921. Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. End-papers darkened otherwise a nice set tight and clean. A little light foxing to a few pages. Top edge gilt. Cream cloth a trifle dusty otherwise fine binding with no wear. Later reprints had colour prints but this the first edition had 15 photogravure plates each with a tissue guard <br/> <br/> Navarre Society hardcover
1930013866New York: Limited Editions Club 1930. Hardcover. Bookplate on each front pastedown. Bump to tops of each spine with paper split to rear hinge of the second volume. Very Good in a Fair slipcase lacking the back edge. Two small folio volumes 9" x 11-3/4" bound in burnt sienna cloth with leather spine labels. Newly translated from the Italian by Frances Winwar with an introduction by Burton Rascoe. Designed and decorated by T. M. Cleland the first book of the press featuring this master American designer's work. Copy #938 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
194084065New York The Heritage Club 1940. Heritage Club Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked floral-patterned cloth. Slight dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 536 pages; Description: xxii 536 p. 1 l. Illus. 27 cm. Subjects: Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375. New York, The Heritage Club hardcover
1930109807The Bibliophilist Society 1930. Bibliophilist Society Edition thought to be 1930. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and minor marks to the panels. Internally fine and crisp. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong; 307 pages; Physical desc.: xii 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Complete with excellent plates complete with a portrait frontispiece. Subjects: Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375 The Bibliophilist Society hardcover
1985312859New York: Franklin Library / Oxford University Press 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Jose Narro. Near Fine Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Decorated endsheets and with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints.; First Franklin Library Edition. Franklin Library / Oxford University Press hardcover
1931186675New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1931. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Blue Ribbon Books hardcover
1949188527New York: Garden City Publishing 1949. Complete Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Poor dust jacket. Small personalization on FEP. Front flap missing. Rubbing open tearing chipping along panel edges. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Garden City Publishing hardcover
1930240522ROSY005003London: G P Putnam's Sons 1930. Hardcover. Good Condition. An attractive used set in brick red buckram with ornate gilt titles. Top edges gilt others uncut. Lavish illustrations by Jean de Bosschère. Former academic library books; ink stamps to endpapers including withdrawn stamps; call numbers in white on spines. Poseidon bookplates to frontpastedowns partially removed. Clean and unmarked contents. Firm tight bindings. Very sound and presentable overall.Publisher's note: Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348 Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Fiction; Plague Europe History ; Fiction; Storytelling ; Italian literature; Boschère Jean de 1878-1953; Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375; Add. Inventory No: 240522ROSY005003. . G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
1980190980Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Easton Press Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1949318747New York: Garden City Books 1949. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tear on panel corners spine crown and heel and bottom rear flap. Small closed tears on front panel side edge. Sunning on spine. Garden City Books hardcover
19256000646Boni & Liveright 1925. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Clara Tice. Two volumes. Illustrated by Clara Tice. #179/2000cc signed by the publishers. Covers shelfworn. Hinges cracked. Boni & Liveright hardcover
1961179494Angus and Robertson 1961 The dust jacket has some wear with creases scuffs and tears on the edges. The page edges are a bit tanned. 597 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illus. by Francis Broadhurst. Angus and Robertson unknown
1921587London: Navarre Society 1921. Translated by J.M. Rigg Navarre Society unknown
19492505010006Garden City Publishing Co 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x8x7. Signed and numbered by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. No 943 of 1500 copies. 2 volume set. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Some wear to slip case extremities. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
1955955T64London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1955. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart two volume set of this classic collection of short stories from Boccaccio from the Everyman's Library. Complete in two volumes. Everyman's Library romance collection volumes 845 and 846. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrappers. Each volume contains one plate being an illustration of the view of the Villa Di Poggio Gherardo or the Villa Palmieri. A collection of one-hundred short stories originally written in the fourteenth century told by a group of seven young women and three young men as they shelter in a villa outside of Florence to escape the Black Death. The tales range from the erotic to the tragic from tales of wit to moral life lessons. This work is considered an important record of Italian life at this time. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio an Italian writer poet and Renaissance humanist who was a known correspondent of Petrarch. Translated by James Macmullen Rigg a British barrister legal scholar and translator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear and light chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1906957P48London: Henry F. Bumpus 1906. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 8". Louis Chalon. Louis Chalon's beautifully illustrated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's magnum opus. Complete in two volumes.'The Decameron' is a collection of novellas by the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio spilt into one-hundred tales. They're told from the point of view of ten young men and women hiding in a villa outside Florence trying to escape the Black Death.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates.Volume II is illustrated with four plates.Collated complete.Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer and poet who was an important figure during the Renaissance.Illustrated by the French artist Louis Chalon. Many of his illustrations were used in periodicals including 'La Vie Parisienne' 'L'Illustration' and 'Figaro Illustre'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart cloth is faded. Minor shelf wear to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities with loss to the head of the spines. Light marks and some rubbing to the cloth. Spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and spotted. Good Henry F. Bumpus hardcover
1909013719London: David Nutt 1909 Book. Good. Hardcover. 4 volume set. Vol 1 - cxxiv iv 230 2 pages. Vol 2 - xi i 243 3 pages. Vol 3 - xix i 311 3 pages. Vol 4 - xix i 247 3 pages. Pages mainly unopened in vols 3 and 4 some unopened in vol 2 all opened in vol1. Staining and browning to the end papers and the pages at the start and finish in each volume otherwise just light browning to pages throughout. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spines. The spines are faded and have some light wear. Bookplates to the front pastedowns of each volume.Part of the Tudor Translations series. A bulky set extra postage may be required to send them outside the UK. David Nutt hardcover
1920mon0000977143Chatto & Windus 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No edition remarks Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Some rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
193087291New York: The Limited Editions Club 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good slipcase. Two volume set. Quarto. 382pp. Dark red cloth black spine labels in slipcase. Translated from the Italian by Frances Winwar. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the designer T. M. Cleland of which this is copy 972. Slipcase a bit chipped and worn a the corners. Spine label of volume one is lightly chipped. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1972208716New York: Penguin Australia 1972. Classics Edition; Twenty-First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps. Penguin Australia unknown
1925113722Boni & Liveright 1925. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Clara Tice. #1750/2000cc signed by the publishers Boni and Liveright. Illustrated by Clara Tice. bCovers worn with sunned spines. Glue residue on the front flyleafs. Hinges cracked. As-Is. Boni & Liveright hardcover
192129631<p>The Decameron one of the most important literary works of the Italian Renaissance was written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century and translated into English by J.M. Rigg in this striking de luxe edition privately printed in London circa 1921. This edition is limited to 1000 copies and presented across two large quarto volumes. Boccaccio's frame narrative set during the Black Death features ten young Florentines recounting tales of love wit and survival capturing a vivid cross-section of medieval society. This English rendering is noted for its elegance and historical faithfulness and this particular printing includes full-page engravings that illustrate and punctuate the text. A cornerstone of early humanist literature The Decameron remains a pivotal cultural artifact bridging medieval narrative with modern sensibilities. Good. Text blocks are secure with minor pulling boards show wear and staining with notable loss to hinges. Hardcover volumes remain structurally intact and internally complete. Format: Quarto 4to two volume set. Collation: Vol I 332 pp; Vol II 404 pp. Illustrations: Full-page engravings throughout. Edition: Limited "de luxe" edition privately printed c. 1921. References: #29631. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Privately Printed hardcover
1921mon0000992185Navarre Society Limited 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Two Volume set Pages clean and bright Light wear to edges Dust jacket unclipped A little toning to endpapers. Navarre Society Limited hardcover
1906991F11London: Privately Printed 1906-1921. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 8.5". Louis Chalon. A beautifully illustrated Edition de Luxe of this masterpiece of early Italian literature present alongside a folder featuring eight of Louis Chalon's most erotic plates illustrating the work. Present here are the scarce 1921 privately printed 'Edition de Luxe' limited to 1000 copies of this work complete in two volumes. Present alongside is the folder with eight additional plates from the 1906 edition of this work.This folder features eight additional plates from Louis Chalon the illustrator which were deemed too erotic to initially appear in the work. Collated complete.Illustrated by the French artist Louis Chalon. Many of his illustrations were used in periodicals including 'La Vie Parisienne' 'L'Illustration' and 'Figaro Illustre'.Volume I is illustrated with nine plates by Chalon and volume II with six. Collated complete.Giovanni Boccaccio's work consists of a frame narrative containing one hundred tales told by a group sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio probably conceived of the Decameron after the plague epidemic of 1348 and completed it by 1353.Translated by J. M. Rigg. Undated; both the 1906 folder and the 1921 Edition de Luxe are dated from the British Library. In the publisher's original silk bindings with plates folder rebacked in paper retaining the original paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip heads and tails with back strips significantly age toned. Light tide marks to board tails. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean and bright. Plates loosely inserted in folder clean and bright. Very Good Privately Printed hardcover