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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
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
18939020609London: Lawrence and Bullen 1893. Hardcover. Near fine . One of 1000 numbered copies bound in green cloth spines and covers stamped in gilt. Some rubbing to edges and extremities. Sunning to spines. Translated by John Payne illustrations throughout by Louis Chalon. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen 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
19492311217Garden City New York: International Collectors Library 1949. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Palacios Rafael. Publisher's insert laid in explaining that this binding combines elements from an 1818 edition of Shelley's Revolt of Islam and an 1802 edition of Arabian Nights. Small blemish on front board ribbon marker end faded. 1949 Hard Cover. xxiv 542 pp. Blue-green boards gilt titles and decorations top edge gilt. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. Includes beautiful two-tone illustrations by Rockwell Kent. International Collectors Library hardcover books
1930035153New York: Limited Editions Club 1930. 2 vols. xiii 382 4p. original cloth with the leather spine labels quarto format. With the original stiff board slipcase which lacks the rear panel flap. "This is copy number 1386 of an edition of fifteen hundred copies.designed and decorated by T. M. Cleland and printed at the Press of A. Colish New York for the members of the Limited Editions Club in the month of April MCMXXX." SIGNED by Cleland in the colophon. Limited Editions Club 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
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
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
1928289203Philadelphia: J. P. Horn 1928. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Finely bound copy in full burgundy morocco with decorations in and lettering in gilt; raised bands; morocco turn-ins double-ruled at the perimeters; morocco doublures with ornaments in the corners; silk moire endpapers. Volume II only of what was a gorgeous set. Very Good binding. J. P. Horn unknown books
19772310645New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1977. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Third printing. Spine lightly creased. 1977 Trade Paperback. xvi 334 pp. Selected translated and edited by Mark Musa and Peter E. Bondanella. "The stories have been chosen to represent the most notable of the author's themes and the most characteristic and influential examples of his narrative technique. All are in new translations by Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella which successfully capture Boccaccio's variations in diction and sentence structure. "Contemporary Reactions" includes Petrarch's letters to Boccaccio after completion of The Decameron and the responses of such Italian Renaissance figures as Leonardo Bruni Filippo Villani Giannozzo Manetti and Ludovico Dolce all of which have been translated for this edition. "Modern Criticism" includes interpretations by Ugo Foscolo Francesco De Sanctis Erich Auerbach Aldo D. Scaglione Wayne Booth Tzvetan Todorov Robert J. Clements and Marga Cottino-Jones. Thomas G. Bergin's important historical overview is published here for the first time while Ben Lawton's study of Pier Paolo Pasolini's filming of The Decameron and a general essay by the editors were written specially for this volume. W. W. Norton & Company paperback books
1827009683Firenze: Il Magheri 1827. Marbled boards/Leather Spines. Very Good. 1827-8. 5 volumes in 3 books. Leather spines with pressed gilt titles marbleized paper-backed boards. Text in Italian. Wear to corners rubbing to cover edges and spine ends and edges remarkably clean text with only very occasional scattered foxing. Some light chipping to spine of Vol. I-II first book which has a bookplate at front pastedown. Original pink place-keeping ribbons present. The Decameron is a collection of medieval allegorical short stories written in the mid-14th century and is considered central to the Western canon influencing writers ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to George Eliot. Il Magheri unknown books
193033584New York: Limited Editions Club 1930. Limited. hardcover. very good. Cleland T.M. Decorated title pages. 2 volumes. 4to red cloth. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1930. A very good copy lacking the slipcase.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies designed and decorated by T. M. Cleland and signed by him.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown 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
1896768327534 vols. 1st edition of this extensively illustrated translation into English with an engraved title pages and 100 plates one for each tale. This is the deluxe issue number 32 of only 50 copies printed on Japan vellum and bound in publisher's full vellum. Vellum dusty else a very good set. Scarce. The regular issue on paper is always available this deluxe issue is not. Gibbings books
19799026141Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Bound in the publisher's original black composition leather spine stamped in gilt. Three raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Silk moire end papers. Translated by G. H. McWilliam. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
19791506120The Franklin Library 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound in premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Gilt title and 2 raised bands to spine with all page edges gilt. High-quality patterned paper with gilded edges grey ribbon marker and purple to pink silk moire endpapers. Limited Edition as stated on title page. Near fine book cut on front cover and spine rubbing of leather on corners dents on both raised bands and light soiling on top edges. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1985108592Oxford University Press 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine limited edition from Oxford University Press. Quarter leather bound and cloth with gilt detailing and a permanent satin ribbon book marker. Oxford University Press hardcover books
19801507124Easton Press 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Full-bound leather with gilt lettering decorations and edges. Moire endpapers. Collectors Edition. Previous owners bookplate on reverse side of front free end paper. Near fine to fine. Easton Press 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
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
192547246NY: Boni and Liveright 1925. Hardcover. Very good. #1943 of 2000cc. Foxing to prelims pages tanned boards lightly scuffed else a very good set in publisher's black cloth. <br/><br/> Boni and Liveright hardcover books
1975041562Urbana Etc.: University of Illinois Press 1975. Translated and edited by Anthony K. Cassell. xxvii 194p. b/w front. original cloth. University of Illinois Press unknown books
197433388NY: Medieval Text Association 1974. Paperback. Very Good. 344pp index. Slight spine lean page edges a bit foxed else very good in publisher's stiff brown wraps. <br/><br/> Medieval Text Association paperback books
