The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - with new illustrations specially made for this edition
by Boccaccio, Giovanni; translated bny John Payne; illus by Steele Savage
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good unmarked, VeryGood contents, sunned spine.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1931). Hardback in pale grren cloth boards, no jacket.. Good unmarked, VeryGood contents, sunned spine.. Wherein are contained an hundred stories in ten days told by seven ladies and three young men. The boards are fading in color but this copy is tighly bound, unmarked, and with excellent contents and outstanding illustrations.
5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 529 pp, b/w illus (numerous full-page),blue illus endpapersa, top edge tinted, deckled fore-edge.
5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 529 pp, b/w illus (numerous full-page),blue illus endpapersa, top edge tinted, deckled fore-edge.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39535
- Title
- The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - with new illustrations specially made for this edition
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni; translated bny John Payne; illus by Steele Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in pale grren cloth boards, no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good unmarked, VeryGood contents, sunned spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1931)
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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