Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$93.18 + shipping
Description: XLIX, 160 (3) S., zahlr. Farbtafeln u. Vignetten von M. Leone. Limitierte Auflage von 550 Ex., hier Nr. 426. - - Der lichtempfindliche grüne Pergamenteinband vorne etw. (wasser)fl., hinten etw. verkratzt, am Rücken, dem oberen u. am Längsrand gelblich verfärbt, Ecken, Kanten u. Rückenenden gering bestoßen, Unterkanten m. leichten Quetschfalten. Vorsätze etw. angestaubt / stockfl. Bräunliches Papier. Innen sauber und gut erhalten. Die schönen Tafeln in Art Déco-Manier in kräftigen Farben. A/D5 - Please ask for detailed information in English / Demandez des détails en francais s.v.p. - Bitte beachten: die Bearbeitung von Bestellungen ist erst ab dem 24.04. 2024 wieder möglich. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1250 4°; Orig. Pergament m. goldgepr. RT u. Deckelvignette, Längskanten überlappend, Rundum-Goldschnitt.
Seller: Antiquariat libretto Verena Wiesehöfer, Ahlen, NRW, Germany
Giovanni Boccaccio. Amorous Fiammetta. The Mandrake Press, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1929; Illustrated green flexible covers; wear and discoloration around edges; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; gold edges; Interior is clean and unmarked; 155 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Amorous Fiammetta. The Mandrake Press, London, 1929.
Price: US$104.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pale green dyed vellum faded gilt edges, 4to., xliv, 160, pages, color plates and vignettes by M. Leone. Reprinted from the original English edition, translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Number 469 of 550 numbered copies printed at the Westminster Press. A lightly soiled very good copy, the spine and rear margins of the back cover are faded. No inscriptions. See photos
Seller: Trinity Books, Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland
Price: US$147.30 + shipping
Description: First thus edition in publisher's original green tinged limp yapped vellum covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, three naked gilt maidens to the front cover, all page edges gilt. 4to 11½'' x 8¾''. Number 17 of 550 Limited Edition numbered copies. Contains (xlix), 161 printed pages of text with 30 splendid colour illustrations by M. Leone. Vellum covers sun faded down the spine and to the front cover edges, contents in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Amorous Fiammetta. The Mandrake Press, London, 1929.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Light green paper over very thin boards; Gilt titling at spine; Gilt illustration to front cover; All edges gilt; 160 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Reprinted from the original English edition translated by Bartholomew Young (1587); Edited and with an introduction by K.H. Josling; Wonderful illustrations in vivid color; Number 281 of 550 copies in this edition. VG- (Covers faded and slightly worn)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$272.25 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, number 33 of 550 copies; 4to (28.8 x 22 cm); 30 colour plates and decorations by M. Leone, minor age-toning, mild spotting to endpapers; publisher's green dyed paper vellum with yapp edges, gilt device to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, spine faded, slight spotting and creasing to covers, housed in original card slipcase, worn. A beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Limited to just 550 copies, of which this is number 33.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, signed by both the editor and publisher. Limited to five-hundred and fifty copies, with this copy being out of series.A lovely copy of Boccaccio's novel about a Neapolitan noblewoman's passion for a Florentine merchant, a work categorised as the first 'psychological novel' in Western literature due to its first person narration.Illustrated with thirty colour plates and decorations by M. Leone. Collated, complete.A signed presentation copy of this work, with the inscription 'to Jodie Carp from The Mandrake Press, P. R. Stephensen, London 1929' to the front free endpaper.Stephensen founded the publisher of this work, the Mandrake Press, in the year that this work was published. Stephensen was a political activist, and also co-founded the fascist Australia First movement.With the further inscription of K. H. Josling, the editor of this work, also to the front pastedown.With the illustrated bookplate of K. W. C. Down to the front pastedown.A delightfully illustrated work. In the publisher's original dyed paper vellum binding, with yapp edges. Fading to back strip and board perimeters, with discolouration to fore edge and tail of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom