New Decameron Volume First Containing (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Containing a short Sayers piece in amongst other stories. Good only overall with some grubbiness and wear to binding at corners. Previous owner name, but a sound copy overall. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In this book of eleven essays, Sayers contribution comes first.  It is The Priest's Tale: The Journeyman.Tan cloth boards with paper label on the spine.  Lacking dust wrapper if there was one.Book is soiled and the paper label on the spine is chipped causing loss of several letters.  Cracked hinge after first front end paper.  Owner's name in ink inside front cover.  Good only. It is difficult to write a summary paragraph about Sayers.  She is most famous for her detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey as the detective.  Early in her career she worked for an advertising agency writing promotional material.  Later in life she did not just write detective novels, she wrote plays, essays, theology and poetry.  Late in life, after influence from Charles Williams, she translated Dante's Inferno.  She and C. S. Lewis had a fine friendship which was full of mutual respect.  It is not just the quality of her writing that makes her stand out, it is the quality of her thinking.  The Dorothy L. Sayers Society keeps alive her memory and encourages superior scholarship. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings.…