Search Results: the novellino of masuccio 2 volumes by waters w g

Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Complete 2 volume set. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 1st English Translation. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. E. R. Hughes. Vol. I: pp 294; spine, binding and cover all fine, top and bottom edges of spine worn, inside guttering on front cover exposed but binding is fine. Contents clean, no inscription, though endpapers foxing and outer edges softening. Vol. II: pp 352; spine, binding and cover all fine, top and bottom edges of spine very mildly worn; no exposed guttering. Similar to Vol I, contents clean, no inscription, though endpapers mildly foxing and outer edges softening. Gilt titles on spines and small gilt design on front covers.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes, complete. Limited edition (ours is number 98 of 210 hand-numbered copies printed), 1895. Vellum-backed boards, 294 + 352 pp., clean unmarked text, Good books, a bit of soiling or age-toning to the pages, some soiling to the covers, wear to the edges of the books including some splitting or loss, no dust jackets.

London: Privately Printed for Members of The Aldus Society, 1903. Edition de Grand Luxe, number 166 of 250 numbered copies of this limited edition, 1903. Two volume set in three quarter red morocco leather over marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers, tissue protected frontis illustrations in sepia tones plus other tissue protected plates, books about 9.25 inches tall. Spines sun-darkened, some edgewear, chip to spine head of first volume, internally very good with firm bindings, clean pages with a couple of very minor instances of light finger soil to margins, very short outer margin closed tear in volume I, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 2 Vols - 294pp/illus and 352pp/illus. #313 of 1,000. "The novellino is a collection of fifty stories, each one told by the writer separately, without any striving after continuity. Masuccio does not trouble himself like certain others of the Novellieri, to construct a setting for his work, and to feign that the tales are told in turn by the work, and to feign that the tales are told in turn by the various members of a gentle company brought together by hazard. He tells us that all his novels are true, and that in many cases he is only setting down what he has learnt by the evidence of his senses.." . First Edition. Vellum. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Numbered Copy.