The New Decameron: Volume the First, Containing the Prologue & the First Day

Published by Robert M. McBride & Co., New York, 1919

About this Item

First U.S. edition, 2nd printing (August 1919) hardcover, bound in tan cloth, with paste-on title label on spine (as published), is in Fair+ condition, having some wear (rubbing/scuffing) to covers and spine (especially noticed at bottom of front cover); slight sway to covers; age-toning to endpapers and to all pages generally; former owner has penciled the title of one of the stories in the book ("The Beast with Five Fingers") on the first free endpaper; book has deckled edges, and looks to have been originally published with uncut pages (some pages may still be uncut). The only illustrations are in the endpaper sections (front and back), and are anonymous. In form this is a gentle parody of the famous Decameron, with an anonymously written prologue featuring some imaginary early 20th Century English travelers. What follows are eleven compositions by actual authors, two poems, nine short stories, by authors ranging from Dorothy L. Sayers, W. F. Harvey, and D. E. A. Wallace. For contents, see our photo section. Scarce. Literature. Fiction. Poetry. Anthologies.

Seller Inventory # 1525

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Decameron: Volume the First, Containing the Prologue & the First Day
• Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket