The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (J. M. Dent, 1953) Everyman’s Library Two Volumes
The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by J. M. Rigg, introduction by Edward Hutton
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, reprint 1953
Numbers 845 & 846 in the Everyman’s Library series.
Volume One has a wrap-round band publicising the 1953 film ‘Decameron Nights’ starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan.
Hardback – publisher’s cloth with gilt title to spines, decorated endpapers, in dustwrappers. pp xxii, b/w frontis, 293 + xii, b/w frontis, 250, [2]. Size: 7.25 x 4.75 inches approx. (186mm x 122mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrappers, especially spine ends and corner tips; some toning and dustiness, sunned to spine; light foxing. Cloth mottled and dusty; bumped to lower corner of boards of volume one. A name and date in ink to first blank page of each volume; pages a little dusty and spotted to edges but generally clean throughout; musty. Wrap-round band worn, torn and creased with small loss.
Overall, showing some light wear but otherwise nice, clean copies – and uncommon to find with the film tie-in wrap-round band.
[SOLD]
ref. [95.0; 96.0] A Guide to Collecting Everyman’s Library by Terry Seymour (AuthorHouse, 2005)
