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1921réf. mon0000992185Navarre 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
1906réf. 991F11London: 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
1939réf. 0855040New York: Limited Editions Club 1939. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes bound in brick red cloth with black leather spine labels stamped in gilt 4to 382pp in two books. #477 of an edition of 1500 copies designed and decorated by T. M. Cleland and printed at the press of A. Colish New York. Signed by Designer T.M. Cleland on colophon page vol. 2. Limited Editions Club hardcover
réf. 0265587530.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1979réf. mon0003763972Franklin Library 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.0000 9.6000 6.1000. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration raised bands on the spine silk moire endpapers satin ribbon bookmark. Shows minimal wear. Franklin Library hardcover
1920réf. mon0000977143Chatto & 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
réf. 010347London UK: Navarre Society Unlimited Book. Illus. by Louis Chalon. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes no date. Translated into English by J. M. Rigg. Green cloth with gilt cover and spine embossed letters and decoration. Volume 1: 332 pages. Volume 2: 404 pages. No marks. The of the spine in volume 1 has a 1 inch tear in the cloth of the spine. Still a very nice set of an Italian classic. Sold as a set of 2 volumes. Navarre Society Unlimited Hardcover
réf. ria9789355171207_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Decameron c.1351 is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to esc paperback
réf. ria9798890968159_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A complete edition of the hilarious bawdy irreverent masterpiece of medieval Italy-and an inspiration for the Netflix dark comedy The Decameron-in an acclaimed translation In the summer of 1348 as the Black Death ravages their city hardcover
réf. ria9783849523848_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book hardcover is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is inte hardcover
1925réf. 6000646Boni & 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
réf. B9781020379055Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. B9781015594845Hardback. New. hardcover
1961réf. 179494Angus 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
réf. B9798890968159Hardback. New. hardcover
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1921réf. 587London: Navarre Society 1921. Translated by J.M. Rigg Navarre Society unknown
1949réf. 2505010006Garden 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
1955réf. 955T64London: 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
2003réf. 202540New York: Penguin 2003. Second Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Penguin unknown
1898réf. 103341privately printed 1898 Translated into English prose and verse by John Payne author of The Masque of Shadows translator of Francis Villon from the French and The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night from the Arabic. Printed by private subscription and for private circulation only. Quarter calf over marbled paper. Gilt top edge; other sides of text block deckled. Sewn bindings. Rubbing to edges of leather. Frontispiece portrait of Boccace Baccaccio in French Uncommon as a privately bound complete single volume. Clean text block. Quarter calf over marlbed paper. Rubbing at all edges. Gilt title intact. vi 617 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. privately printed hardcover
1906réf. 957P48London: 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
1909réf. 013719London: 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
1949réf. 188527New 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
1977réf. 1-0393091325W W Norton & Co Inc 1977. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 352 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. W W Norton & Co Inc paperback
