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rif. A9780367189792Paperback / softback. New. Published in 1990: This book tells the life story of Dante the poet and his work. paperback
rif. 1025805569.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1620rif. Bv2407The First English Language Edition of Boccaccio"s masterpiece "the dirtiest great book in the Western canon." Two works in one: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the second second English edition of the first as virtually always. Quarto. Late 19th-century full dark red morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Isaac Jaggard 1625 1620. The five year delay of the second volume has summoned various uncertain explanations but by the time it was ready the first printing of the first volume had been exhausted and a new printing produced. No comparable second printing of the second volume has been recorded. The first translation into English of one of the greatest books in all literature to which countless legendary authors -- Shakespeare Chaucer Swift Keats -- are indebted. This anonymous English translation of Boccaccio often ascribed to John Florio is one of a small cluster of imprints to carry the name of Isaac Jaggard joint publisher and printer of Shakespeare's First Folio on the same presses contemporaneous with The First Folio. Described by The New Yorker as "probably the dirtiest great book in the Western canon" The Decameron relates several salacious stories "Wittily discoursed betweene seven Honorable Ladies and three Noble Gentlemen" sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death tormenting the city. The various tales of love and lust in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit practical jokes and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In 1559 when the Vatican first produced its Index of Banned Books the Decameron appeared on its first list. The author has even contributed to the Italian language where the word "boccaccesco" we might say "Boccaccio-esque" is used to describe something salacious or lewd. In the end "Boccaccio creates a human panorama of love courage cowardice wit wisdom deceit and folly. If he does not teach the art of living virtuously he does the 'art of living well" Boorstin 266-70. Small ink annotation to front free endpaper pencil bibliographic annotations to first leaf and recto of rear free endpaper the latter signed "Mr. B. Quaritch Ltd". Text generally clean and fresh with only a few spots of light foxing a tiny bit of light marginal dampstaining to a few leaves front inner hinge expertly reinforced. Occasional tiny hole to leaves affecting letters but not sense of text. An excellent copy handsomely bound. Book #Bv2407. $50000. We specialize in Rare Signed and Manuscript Ayn Rand and other Legends and Landmarks. Isaac Jaggard hardcover
1931rif. 2606055hb no d/w 133pp illus. Illustrated Editions Co hardcover
rif. 1161471375.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1419174614.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1169225020.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1931rif. 73789New York: Hartsdale House 1931. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Edgewear and a few tears to jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Hartsdale House hardcover
1931rif. BK-00584Three Sirens Press 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Please review all photos for complete condition details. Three Sirens Press hardcover
1931rif. 243708New York: Hartsdale 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated. Very good/Hardcover no dust jacket Light browning name on end paper. Cover rubbed and browning with some staining. Hartsdale hardcover books
1931rif. 172179New York: Hartsdale House 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Clean text in cloth covers with mild soil and wear dust jacket s chipped 1" on top edge slightly soiled and worn. Hartsdale House hardcover books
1931133 p. Full page illustrations by Alexander King. 205mm. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Original dust jacket very worn and torn. The translation of 1566 by H.G. put into modern English with an introduction by Thomas Bell. CLASSICS BX 1 / BX 3
1684rif. 52221London: Awnsham Churchill. Good. 1684. Hardcover. Full contemporary calf rebacked worn. Engraved frontis portrait. Lacks a piece from the bottom of the title page affecting the last three numerals in the publication date and part of the imprint. Also lacks a small piece from the margin of A2. Repair to the final leaf. Pp. 16 1-208 221-483. One rear blank. Few tears scattered foxing toned pages. Ample margins. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Awnsham Churchill hardcover
1960rif. 301620New York Columbia University Press 1960. 1960. First edition thus so stated. 8vo. Translated by Daniel J. Donno. Illustrations by Angela Conner. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 149 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Columbia University Press, 1960. hardcover books
rif. 34861VERONA OFFICINAE BODONI 1952. LIMITED TO 225 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 24. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS BY BARTOLOMEO DI GIOVANNI RECUT BY FRITZ KREDEL PRINTED IN GRIFFO TYPE ON HAND-MADE FABRIANO PAPER. QUARTER VELLUM OVER PATTERNED CLOTH. A FINE COPY IN A DAMAGED SLIPCASE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT ELWELL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. VERONA, OFFICINAE BODONI, 1952 hardcover
1952rif. AQ24646Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni 1952. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper of which this is copy number 160. xi 1 127pp 3. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards lettered in gilt T.E.G. others uncut. Lightly rubbed corners bumped. Internally immaculate. A remarkably handsome edition of Boccaccio's greatest poem and unquestionably the best of his minor works. This edition unites the Elizabethan English translation with the woodcuts created for a lost fifteenth-century Italian edition . Quarto. Editiones Officinae Bodoni hardcover
rif. 1057820Officina Bodoni. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good ; Officina Bodoni 1952. Limited Edition this is copy #54 of 225 produced. Quarter vellum with gilt ruling and vellum corner tips. Top edge gilt. Board edges rubbed. With 23 woodcuts on handmade Fabriano paper. Clean covers and pages along with a tight square binding. Slipcase poor. Photos upon request. Officina Bodoni hardcover
1952rif. 698244 xii128 pages 23 woodcuts 1 facsimile title page limited edition no.188 of 225 copies handmade paper tipped in bookplate for John Ryder Published by Editones Officinae Bodoni hardcover
1952rif. 8592Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. 1952. Bound in half gilt ruled Vellum and paper covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. 4to. 7.5" x 11.5 This Edition has been pinted in Griffo type on the hand-press in 225 numbered copies on hand-made Fabrino paper of which this is number 93. Illustrated with Woodcuts by Bartolommeo Di Giovanni for a lost Quattrocentro Edition which were used to illustrate various later texts and now been reesembled and recut by Fritz Kredel. Very mild usual foxing to fore-edge. Very slight foxing to front and rear pastedowns. A Very Fine crisp copy. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. hardcover
1952rif. 002184Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarter vellum over patterned paper-covered boards; vellum ruled in gilt with gilt lettering at spine. Top edge trimmed and gilt other edges untrimmed. Housed in cream paper-covered slipcase. Special edition printed by hand-press in Griffo type on hand-made Fabriano paper limited to 225 numbered copies of which this is 106. Octavo. xi 1 blank 127 1 colophon pages. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. One full-page facsimile from the English version printed in 1597. Slightest toning and shelf wear to binding and slipcase. About fine. . Editiones Officinae Bodoni Hardcover
1952rif. 8592Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. 1952. Bound in half gilt ruled Vellum and paper covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. 4to. 7.5" x 11.5 This Edition has been pinted in Griffo type on the hand-press in 225 numbered copies on hand-made Fabrino paper of which this is number 93. Illustrated with Woodcuts by Bartolommeo Di Giovanni for a lost Quattrocentro Edition which were used to illustrate various later texts and now been reesembled and recut by Fritz Kredel. Very mild usual foxing to fore-edge. Very slight foxing to front and rear pastedowns. A Very Fine crisp copy. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. hardcover books
1993cm. 17 x 24, 286 pp. con 18 ill. f.t. Biblioteca di ?Lettere italiane? - Studi e testi Inglese 595 gr. 286 p.
1954rif. 9407Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. 18mo. 10 48 4 pp. illus. Limited edition number 9 of 200 copies. As issued in vellum-backed patterned-paper over boards. Lacking the slipcase. A handsome copy with only light toning to the perimeters of the boards; contents clean. This copy with 4-page prospectus. This work was the first book issued by the Gravesend Press that was actually printed using the Graves' press in their stable by Graves and Jacob Hammer. Kredel's charming engraved pressmark of a sleeping pressman graces the final page. Graves writes about this in his Bibliographical Confession the donkey in the window was their family pet Patience. Graves operated the press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of the Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses." Press historian Roderick Cave notes that this was "probably the most successful Gravesend book" p. 263. Cave The Private Press 2nd edition; Graves The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession p. 11-13. Gravesend Press unknown
1554rif. ST19091London: Iohn Wayland at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium 1554 or 1555. Third or Fourth Edition of the First English Translation of "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/4 x 8 3/4". 9 p.l. clxiii xxxvi xxxv-xxxvii 1 leaves complete including "A Memorial of such Princes" leaf often lacking at the end; collates as ESTC. Translated from the French version of Laurent de Premierfait by John Lydgate. Attractive 19th century honey-brown morocco by Francis Bedford stamp-signed on front turn-in covers gilt with French fillet frame oblique bouquets at corners raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron framed by geometrical compartments filled with floral tooling gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Title page and Gg4 recto title page of a suppressed supplement dealing with English notables with woodcut title border the top compartment with the Royal Arms termini at sides the pedestal at base with a tablet showing one boy waking another with the motto "Arise for it is day" McKerrow & Ferguson 76a A4 recto with woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve flanked by terminal side-pieces woodcut historiated and floral initials throughout. Printed in black letter. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Christopher William Beaumont Pease; rear pastedown with bookplates of John William Pease and Lord Wardington. Chrzanowski 1555b; Pforzheimer 73; Luborsky & Ingram 3178; STC 3178; ESTC S107087. Spine somewhat sunned and dulled extremities very lightly rubbed boards with a couple of faint scratches but the once very handsome binding still attractive. Title leaf and final leaf extended at foot first few and last couple of leaves excluding title and final leaf with small minor repair at upper corner probably pressed and perhaps lightly washed at the time of binding isolated trivial stains but the text still surprisingly fresh remarkably clean and entirely smooth. This is a desirable copy of an important 16th century translation of Boccaccio's study of the vicissitudes of fortune prepared by John Lydgate a poet much influenced by Chaucer. Educated in the Benedictine monastery where he eventually served as prior Lydgate ca. 1370 - 1449/50 was a respected poet whose works DNB tells us "bear the mark of a pious and learned mind." And an indication of his importance is reflected in Chrzanowski's statement that "well into the 16th century the premier poets of England were considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower and Lydgate." Undertaken ca. 1431 at the request of the duke of Gloucester the 36365 lines here divided into nine books required a massive effort that took until 1438 or 1439 to complete. In the text a parade of notable historical figures pass before "Bochas" Boccaccio telling of the turns of fate that brought their careers and reputations crashing down from a pinnacle. According to DNB Lydgate's interpretation of the work "urges the traditional doctrines of moderation the avoidance of pride and the pursuit of virtue and demonstrates the horror of discord and strife between kinsfolk. This advice though couched in general terms was highly relevant to contemporary princes." This relevance led to popularity: more than 30 manuscripts of the work survive and it was printed previously in 1494 and in 1527. The final leaf here Gg4 contains the title page for "A Memorial of Such Princes as since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England" intended for issue with "Fall of Princes" but suppressed by Queen Mary. It was finally published as the famous "Mirrour for the Magistrates" in 1559 after Elizabeth I had ascended the throne. The binding here is by the eminent West End bindery of Francis Bedford d. 1883 and was owned by three generations of the Wardington family who created one of the finest private libraries in England. It contains the bookplates of Northumberland banker John William Beaumont Pease 1869-1950 who began the collection; a grandson Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease 2nd Baron Wardington 1924-2005 who was successively Chairman Vice-President and then President of the Friends of the British Library; and a great-grandson the Hon. Christopher William Beaumont Pease b. 1970. The Wardington sales at Sotheby's in London were major bibliophilic events in 2005 and 2006. The very expert extension at the bottoms of the title leaf and the rare final leaf would seem to suggest that these come from another copy the leaves are not facsimiles. In any case every recent copy sold at auction according to RBH lacked one or both of these leaves or had other leaves supplied. This fact plus the fine state of preservation of our copy and its distinguished provenance surely are more than enough to compensate for the volume's one appreciable shortcoming. Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium unknown
1554rif. ST19091London: Iohn Wayland at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium 1554 or 1555. Third or Fourth Edition of the First English Translation of "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/4 x 8 3/4". 9 p.l. clxiii xxxvi xxxv-xxxvii 1 leaves complete including "A Memorial of such Princes" leaf often lacking at the end; collates as ESTC. Translated from the French version of Laurent de Premierfait by John Lydgate. Attractive 19th century honey-brown morocco by Francis Bedford stamp-signed on front turn-in covers gilt with French fillet frame oblique bouquets at corners raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron framed by geometrical compartments filled with floral tooling gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Title page and Gg4 recto title page of a suppressed supplement dealing with English notables with woodcut title border the top compartment with the Royal Arms termini at sides the pedestal at base with a tablet showing one boy waking another with the motto "Arise for it is day" McKerrow & Ferguson 76a A4 recto with woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve flanked by terminal side-pieces woodcut historiated and floral initials throughout. Printed in black letter. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Christopher William Beaumont Pease; rear pastedown with bookplates of John William Pease and Lord Wardington. Chrzanowski 1555b; Pforzheimer 73; Luborsky & Ingram 3178; STC 3178; ESTC S107087. Spine somewhat sunned and dulled extremities very lightly rubbed boards with a couple of faint scratches but the once very handsome binding still attractive. Title leaf and final leaf extended at foot first few and last couple of leaves excluding title and final leaf with small minor repair at upper corner probably pressed and perhaps lightly washed at the time of binding isolated trivial stains but the text still surprisingly fresh remarkably clean and entirely smooth. This is a desirable copy of an important 16th century translation of Boccaccio's study of the vicissitudes of fortune prepared by John Lydgate a poet much influenced by Chaucer. Educated in the Benedictine monastery where he eventually served as prior Lydgate ca. 1370 - 1449/50 was a respected poet whose works DNB tells us "bear the mark of a pious and learned mind." And an indication of his importance is reflected in Chrzanowski's statement that "well into the 16th century the premier poets of England were considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower and Lydgate." Undertaken ca. 1431 at the request of the duke of Gloucester the 36365 lines here divided into nine books required a massive effort that took until 1438 or 1439 to complete. In the text a parade of notable historical figures pass before "Bochas" Boccaccio telling of the turns of fate that brought their careers and reputations crashing down from a pinnacle. According to DNB Lydgate's interpretation of the work "urges the traditional doctrines of moderation the avoidance of pride and the pursuit of virtue and demonstrates the horror of discord and strife between kinsfolk. This advice though couched in general terms was highly relevant to contemporary princes." This relevance led to popularity: more than 30 manuscripts of the work survive and it was printed previously in 1494 and in 1527. The final leaf here Gg4 contains the title page for "A Memorial of Such Princes as since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England" intended for issue with "Fall of Princes" but suppressed by Queen Mary. It was finally published as the famous "Mirrour for the Magistrates" in 1559 after Elizabeth I had ascended the throne. The binding here is by the eminent West End bindery of Francis Bedford d. 1883 and was owned by three generations of the Wardington family who created one of the finest private libraries in England. It contains the bookplates of Northumberland banker John William Beaumont Pease 1869-1950 who began the collection; a grandson Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease 2nd Baron Wardington 1924-2005 who was successively Chairman Vice-President and then President of the Friends of the British Library; and a great-grandson the Hon. Christopher William Beaumont Pease b. 1970. The Wardington sales at Sotheby's in London were major bibliophilic events in 2005 and 2006. The very expert extension at the bottoms of the title leaf and the rare final leaf would seem to suggest that these come from another copy the leaves are not facsimiles. In any case every recent copy sold at auction according to RBH lacked one or both of these leaves or had other leaves supplied. This fact plus the fine state of preservation of our copy and its distinguished provenance surely are more than enough to compensate for the volume's one appreciable shortcoming. Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium unknown books
