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The Decameron (two volumes)
by Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington (trans)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 1954. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Early Folio Society edition of Boccaccio's renaissance compendium of short stories. With illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Complete with Dust-jackets. Decorative cloth boards. Some water damage to rear cover of volume 1, affecting rear free end-papers and top edge of final gathering. Shelf-wear and rubbing to edges of jackets. Contents otherwise clean and prim. Fair/good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004768
- Title
- The Decameron (two volumes)
- Author
- Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- attractive_bindings, italian, literature, renaissance, short stories, fiction, italy,
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Folio Society;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
AJ Scruffles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.