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World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since April 6, 2009
402 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Seller Inventory # 1717664919ADA
Title: The Pentameron of Giambattista Basile
Publisher: Spring Books
Publication Date: 1111
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
New edition. Undated - probably 1950s. Translated by Richard Burton, with an introduction by E.R. Vincent & drawings by Michael Ayrton; plum cloth with gilt. Text clean; binding tight; dust jacket worn at edges, with faded spine Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS310996I
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). Undated reprint, circa 1950. Prior owner's name and date with inked with flourish on both front endpapers. Full maroon cloth binding. 402pp. Translated by Sir Richard Burton. Introduction by E. R. Vincent. Unclipped jacket is rubbed and toned, now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Seller Inventory # 066536
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Jacket intact though torn in places. Dark red boards. Binding good and pages clean. Some staining at bottom b=oif front inside pages. B/W illustrations. 402 pages. Translated by Sir Richard Burton. Photograph available on request. Seller Inventory # mon0001606433
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; G+/G-; pp 400; lavender/beige pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket has modest toning to exterior; minor chips to edges; cloth shows light wear to exterior; mild edge wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have modest toning; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated. 1335902. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1335902
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton (illustrator). First Edition (?). Minor wear and soil to cover; 8.30 X 5.80 X 1.40 inches; 402 pages. Seller Inventory # 98467
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Cream Petal Goods, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE PENTAMERON OF GIAMBATTISTA BASILE. Introduction by E. R. Vincent. William Kimber, London, 1952. Interior free of marks. 1st Edition. Cloth. 400 pages. IN ENGLISH. Translated from the Italian by SIR RICHARD BURTON. Drawings by Michael Ayrton. UNEXPURGATED. NEAR FINE+ IN VERY GOOD MINUS JACKET WITH SOME TANNING. Seller Inventory # 011149
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ is chipped to edges and price clipped. Serious foxing to page edges. Previous owners bookplate otherwise internally clean. Good condition. Seller Inventory # S01A070039
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ is chipped to edges and price clipped. Serious foxing to page edges. Previous owners bookplate otherwise internally clean. Good condition. Seller Inventory # S01A070037
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 400 pages. Illustrated jacket over red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Prices in pencil to front endpaper. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Several minor dents to board edges. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is dulled and worn. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears, mild chips, and creasing. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall. Jacket is in a rather ragged transparent sleeve. Seller Inventory # 1736424052ADA
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. . hardcover. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KMO0001693
Quantity: 1 available