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Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of the out of series titles produced by LEC one of 530 copies, this being #478. The first english translation of 1620, plus two takes there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel who also signed this edition. A VG set, some staining to the linen boards, moderate wear to spine. Slight mouldy smell present. Some foxing to endpaper but otherwise generally clean, original VG+ slipcase ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 566 pages; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TWO VOLUMES. 4to. 536 pp., Very Good, Half Black Gilded Calf On Decorative Cloth Covered Boards, with staining on cloth boards, minor rubbing on gilt top edge of text block, shelf wear & rubbing along leather bound spine, otherwise Near Fine. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplate of previous owner, Alice Dyar Russell, inside cover of Volume I. Numbered 55 of 530 copies, signed by Illustrator Fritz Kredel on colophon page. New Translations have been supplied for stories omitted from the Florio translation.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. THE DECAMERON. Limited Editions Club (1940), New York, 1940.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. THE DECAMERON. Limited Editions Club (1940), New York, 1940.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of the scarcest publications of the press with only 530 copies printed. Of that total edition of 530 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "476" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some spotting
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.