Edited with an English rendering by Israel Gollancz. Pp. [ii]+56, printed in red & black, tinted frontispiece; f'cap. 4to; qr. beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lightly faded and foxed, grey papered boards, the upper board lettered in gilt, edges slightly foxed, fore-corners a trifle worn; t.e.g., others uncut; dust..... More about BOCCACCIO'S OLYMPIA
Faithfully translated by J. M. Rigg. With an illustrated introduction and fifteen photogravures from original drawings by Louis Chalon. In two volumes. Pp. xxii+332+xvi+404, 13 plates with tissue guards (including frontispiece to Volume I), 3 black & white text illustrations (2 full page), the half-titles printed in red and title... More about THE DECAMERON
With the Italian poets preceding him. (1100-1200-1300). A collection of lyrics, edited and translated in the original metres, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Part I. Dante's Vita Nuova, &c. Poets of Dante's Circle. Part II. Poets chiefly before Dante. Pp. xxiv+468, index of first lines (English and Italian); dark green cloth..... More about DANTE AND HIS CIRCLE:
Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. Pp. 256(last blank); corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, the backstrip faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name stamp twice (once upside down) on upper free... More about THE LEOPARD
Translated by Frances Frenaye. Pp. 224(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom fore-corner of boards bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, the backstrip lightly silverfished, edges a trifle rubbed and split; edges of leaves slightly foxed, Gollancz, London, 1953. First U.K. edition. *By the author of Don... More about THE HOUSE THAT NINO BUILT
Stories & Essays. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. Pp. xii+178(last blank); med. 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, with short split at head of back flap fold; text block faintly browned; Methuen, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. More about THE MIRROR MAKER
Translated by Jon Rothschild. Pp. [iv]+140; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Phoenix House, London, 1998. First U.K. edition. *Originally published in Italian. More about THE LUNEBURG VARIATION
Translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside. Pp. [viii]+550(last blank); med. 8vo; top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; a couple of spots of foxing; William Heinemann, London, 2005. First U.K. edition. *'The five authors of 54, who write under the pseudonym Wu Ming ('anonymous' in Mandarin Chinese)... More about 54