Decameron Boccaccio by John Payne, First Edition (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrations By Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). First Thus. Two volumes in blue cloth, 4to, 538 & 549pp. The Certaldo Edition. (minor light dulling to extremities). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Volume II ONLY, First edition thus, hardcover bound in quarter vellum with gilt to top edge, limited no. 178 of Holland Paper Edition and features nice plates, has previous owner's plate to front pastedown, very slight lean to binding which is lightly shaken with a few pulls in text block, light bumps to spine ends, very slight shelfwear to board edges and corners, faint rubbing, and slight sunning to spine as well as top and bottom edges of boards, otherwise a solid, bright Near VG copy in Good+ dust jacket which has bumps with shallow chips and slight fraying to spine ends and corners, sunning to spine and top edge of panels, and slight rubbing with a few small smudges.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Teyssonnieres after Jacques Wagrez (illustrator). First Edition Thus; Limited edtion. Intaglio lithographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1087 pages; J. P. Horn & Co. Two volume set in original dust jackets and slipcase. Limited edition of 1550 sets, not numbered. Well preserved set; bright snug and neat. Top edges gilt; pther edges untrimmed. In original blue paper dust jackets with decorative orange borders and titles replicating the designs to the cloth bindings. Illustrated with tissue guarded, intaglio lithograph plates by Teyssonnieres after Jacques Wagrez. Light/moderate sunfading to jackets at spines. Original slipcase has paper title label to the closed box end' mild nicks and chip to paper over box at open edges and a partial split along the lower closed edge of one side. Books are nearly Fine and dust jackets VG or better. In a worn but presentable slipcase. Handsome edition. Hardcover 2 volumes in slipcase.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 352pp/illus. vellum boards; first limited edition. Scarce. From subscription ed. Clean. Limited Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 330pp/illus. vellum boards; first limited edition. Scarce. #172 of subscription ed. Clean. Limited Numbered Copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODJ, 1931, STATED 1st Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, GOOD CONDITION NOJACKET, Condition: Very Good ,Moderate rubbing wear to heel of spine, light rubbing to corners and head of spine WITH FADE to Spine cvr & 1 1/2 in split top left edge of spine cvr,Sun fading to spine, age toning to block edges, few foxing spots and mild soiling to block edge,Title page slightly separated at the gutter, hinge is still strong, binding is tight, Toledano Style 6 binding, Rust Red balloon cloth over flexible boards, Title in gilt to spine light wear,Kent torchbearer in gilt to front cover, Kent end papers,830 pages + ADS End with Nana , 6 5/8 x 4 1/42 inches,Text is clean,No markings or book plates,Relatively nice condition for 81 years old! TOPSTAIN matches book color, rub 7 wear extremities cvr, FOXING SMALL SPOTS outer pgs edge.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original paper-labelled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 210 pages; Description: xii, 310 p. 1l. Vii, 307 p. Front. (port. ) plates. 20 cm. Subjects: Fourteenth Century Italian Literature - The Decameron. 1 Kg.

HardBack. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. 1st and Limited Edition, Number 904 of 1000, Lawrence and Bullen. Two Volume Complete Set. Thick Royal 4to. Illustrated From Original Drawings by Louis Chalon with 9 full page tissueguarded plate illustrations to Volume I, and 6 full page tissueguarded plate illustrations to Volume II, also 4 of 5 Additional full page tissueguarded plate illustrations, lacking Enchanted Peartree, all else collated and present in excellent order, together with decorated initial letters and illustrated chapter headpieces. Translated by John Payne. Printed on thick creamy paper with wide margins, edges attractively untrimmed. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind, well held in joints and hinges. Very good in gilt lettered and illustrated green moire silk cloth, gently rubbed to spine and edges, light fraying to corners vol II, light bump to upper leading edge vol I, and featuring publishers gilt embossed vignette of goddess and garlanded bull to upper. Attractively bound complete set of this infamous work.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original paper-labelled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 210 pages; Description: xii, 310 p. 1l. Vii, 307 p. Front. (port. ) plates. 20 cm. Subjects: Fourteenth Century Italian Literature - The Decameron. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First and limited edition, number 181 of 1000, 2 volumes, 325pp + 383pp, translated by John Payne, illustrated by Louis Chalon, 9 plates with tissue guards to Volume I and 6 to Volume II, 5 additional plates (and index) loosely inserted, green silk boards, gilt decoration to the front, gilt titles to the spine. Volume I is in very good condition, with scattered foxing, and a little dulling to the spine. Volume II is also in very good condition, with scattered foxing, a little dulling and wear to the spine, and a scratch to the front board. Each carries 'Ex Libris' stickers of J & M M Hepworth and Peter West, we assume the latter is the BBC presenter and sports commentator. Uncommon with all the additional plates. UK shipping will be by UPS or equivalent for the ABE default rate. Overseas shipping will be higher than the ABE default rate and additional charges will be requested.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Leopold Flameng (illustrator). First edition. A scarce Limited Edition English translation of this masterpiece of early Italian literature. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work from Giovanni Boccaccio to be translated into English by poet John Payne, these three volumes are Subscription Copy No. 153 of 750 copies printed on Holland Paper. These volumes are a scarce and unrecorded variant, stating 'Printed by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only' to the publication line, rather than being identified as printed 'for the Villon Society'. Payne founded the Villon Society in 1878, doing so to publish his first complete translation of French poet Francois Villon's works.Giovanni Boccaccio's work consists of a frame narrative containing one hundred tales told by a group sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio probably conceived of the Decameron after the plague epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353.These volumes each feature illustrated plates French engraver and painter Leopold Flameng, including a frontispiece to each volume. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum binding, with cloth covered boards. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine heads and tails. Areas of fading to the cloth of the boards. Front and rear hinge of volume I, and front hinge of volume II tender, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with spotting most prominent to volume II. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. Flemeng, Leopold (illustrator). Limited Edition. Very good two volume set, printed on Japanese Vellum, limited edition 41/ 1000 printed for the Subscribers of the Bibliophilist's Library, translated by John Payne with etchings by Leopold Flemeng. Two Book Set.