The Decameron of Boccaccio
by Boccaccio
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bibliophilist Society, No Date. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, top edge of text block stained red. Two volumes in one, xii, 310, vii, 307 pp. Owner's bookplate front paste-down, no marks in book, binding tight. In a colorful dust jacket that shows some chipping to top edge, spine sunned. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GK6730
- Title
- The Decameron of Boccaccio
- Author
- Boccaccio
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bibliophilist Society
- Date Published
- No Date
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
All books returnable within two weeks of receipt for any reason with full refund. Return postage will be reimbursed if book not as described or damaged in transit. Payment by check or money order in U.S. dollars, or payment via credit card through the Biblio check-out.
About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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