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Edité par William Kimber, London, 1952
Vendeur : Blair Books & Antiques, Spring, TX, Etats-Unis
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Dustjacket in mylar , top 3/4 inch dust jacket missing, ink pricing on front dustjacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Edité par Spring Books, London
Vendeur : Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good (Minus). Michael Ayrton (illustrateur). First Thus. London: Spring Books Giambattista Basile (1575-1632) collected these folk-tales, written in dialect. They were first published in 1634, and sometimes are also known as the "Tale of Tales." This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (Thus), in an unexpurgated translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famed explorer and linguist. Maroon cloth binding with titling on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 402 pages, with a bibliographic note at the rear.`Frontis illustration and five others within by Michael Ayrton. Introduction by E.R. Vincent. There is no publication date, but per COPAC, Quercus applies 1955 as an acceptable possibility. There is a tiny bump on the front cover, which appears to be a printer error; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is Very Good (Minus). Although complete, with the price of 25 shillings, it does show quite a bit of edgewear, with rubbing, creasing, and chipping at the margins. In an archival plastic protector. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (Minus). Illus. by Michael Ayrton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Edité par Henry and Co, London, 1893
Vendeur : Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, Etats-Unis
Two octavo volumes ( 216 x 134 mm). Bound ca. 1920 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for J.W. Robinson Company (stamp-signed in black on verso of front endleaves). Covers triple ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments. Two black morocco labels lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled board edges , decorative gilt turn-ins, navy blue endpapers with gilt 'moon' design, all edges gilt. Small chip on one of the spine labels on volume II. With the original gilt lettered black cloth covers and spines bound in at the end of each volume. Collating Axvi, 282; vi, [283]-562. Housed in the original paper covered cardboard slipcase, matching the endpapers. A near fine example. The Pentameron is "a collection of fifty folk tales modelled on the Decameron and written in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Basile (c. 1575-1632) and first published at Naples in 1637. The stories were supposed to have been told by ten old women during five days, to a Moorish slave who had taken the place of the true princess" (Brewer's Dictionary). Throughout his career as a translator, Burton relished bringing to print works from around the world that contained lusty content and controversial use of language. One of the foremost linguists of his time, Burton was also an outstanding explorer, poet, translator, ethnologist, and archaeologist. Notably, Burton's translation was one of a group of manuscripts that Lady Isabel Burton deemed sufficiently innocuous to escape the notorious burning that she undertook of her husbands writings after his death. Penzer, 155-156.
Edité par Henry and Co, London, 1893
Vendeur : Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions, First Printings of both books in this two volume complete set. A beautiful copy. The books are in excellent condition and are bound in the publisher's cloth with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A wonderful copy preserved in a custom brown slipcase.