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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 562 total pages, tall 8vos, brick-colored cloth; publisher's pictorial board slipcase, worn. Garden City Publishing Inc., 1949. Limited Edition. Signed in full by Kent on the limitation page. No.500 of 1,500 copies. Somewhat musty odor from years in storage, but else a clean copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed limited edition #538 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist, Rockwell Kent. Lg octavo. Two volumes: 562pp. Burgundy buckram, t.e.g. with gilt title in pictorial slipcase. Spines are lightly sunned; good slipcase has edge wear and chips to paper. interiors very clean and nice.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Giovanni Boccaccio, (translated by Richard Aldington). The Decameron. Garden City, New York, 1949.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful two volume set. Covers, illustrations, text and pages are bright and clean. Binding is tight. A touch of sunning to spines. Maroon heavy buckram, gilt-lettered spine. Books appear in near fine condition. Slipcase has a touch of soiling to edges with some chipping and cracking along edges, but in Very Good condition. Slipcase pictorial illustration clean. Number 135 of 1500 limited editions produced. Signed by illustrator Rockwell Ken at limitation. Highly regarded as a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, the Decameron follows a group of 10 travelers as they flee from plague ridden Florence to the countryside, where they each entertain with love stories, both tragic and comedic. Considered a successor to Dante's Divine Comedy. A beautiful copy for a rare book collector or a poetry enthusiast. Slip case in Very Good+ condition
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 x 10 in. Maroon buckram boards. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this is 530, signed by Rockwell Kent on the limitation pg. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean with minimal wear to spine ends. Spines a bit sunned. Bindings tight and text spotless. Slipcase is very clean and bright with wear to edges and chips to the paper at edges. RK. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 562 total pages, tall 8vos, brick-colored cloth (previous owner's bookplates pasted neatly on the front endpapers; tiny chip at the top of the spine of Volume Two). Garden City; Garden City Publishing Inc., 1949. Very good(+) condition. Signed in full by Kent on the limitation page in Volume One; No. 958 of 1,500 copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two volumes. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent with 32 color plates. 562 total pages. Tall 8vo, brick-red cloth; publisher's pictorial board slipcase, worn. Garden City Publishing Inc., 1949. Limited Edition. Fine in a very good sturdy box. Signed in full by Kent on the limitation page. No. 655 of 1,500 copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volume set. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Chipped acetate dust jackets. In slipcase. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. This edition is limited to 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by Rockwell Kent. This is copy #1065. Slipcase shows some light wear at edges. Very nice set.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. THE DECAMERON. Garden City Publishing, Garden City, 1949.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 1500 copies Signed by Kent. Two volumes. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Large 8vo. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in slipcase with edge wear
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.