john payne translator (70 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good black boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and slightly cocked; contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. 316pp. Shelf wear. Browning from age on endpapers.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Pages unmarked, moderate wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Flameng, Gravelot, Boucher and Standfast (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, red cloth with paste-on box on spine. Light corner wear else VG. 15 black and white illustrations. Frontis of Jean Boccace under tissue. No dj. Wonderful tales and the author's wise understanding of human nature have made these one of the world's most famous collections of short stories of love, intrigue, humor and good counsel. Written asround 1350 when the Black Death ravaged Florence. He tells of ten young people of Florence who flee to escape the plague and spend their time in luxurious villas. Each agrees to tell a tale a day for ten days; the result is 100 stories. 529 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD no dj H3b.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Steele Savage (illustrator) (illustrator). Red illustrated covers with black printing; stain on back top edge; top corners are bent in a bit. Red and yellow illustrated dust jacket with white, red, and black printing; spine is faded; chips and small tears on edges. 528 pp., red edges all around, browning. "This extraordinary work of genius is still a best-seller--five centuries after its original publication. Intrigue, wit and pathos are contained in these one hundred tales of love. . . . Boccaccio was deeply in love with the half-sister of Queen Joanna, with whom he was a great favorite. It was the celebrated Joanna who influenced his writing many of the passages in the Decameron. In 1363, three years after the publication of this book, he assumed the ecclesiastical habit and devoted the remainder of his life to theology.".

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Vol 5 of 9; Now first completely done into English prose and verse, from the original arabic, by John Payne. Printed for Subscribers Only; Oriental Tales; 345 pages.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Zustand: G/FR. No Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corp. G/FR. (1924). Cloth(Hrdcvr). 8vo., xxxvi, 316p, Rear cover foxed; dj worn/faded .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Red cloth binding with gold colored print in black title boxes on front cover and spine. Grey and white endpapers with "Kent" logo. Blue headedge tint. Sound and unmarked. 836 total pages; last 6 are Publisher's listing. Dust jacket is split along spine side. Heavy wear at tips, and spine ends. In mylar. Price of $.95 on flap indicates printing was prior to 1947. McKnight - Keuffer design cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Modern Library Edition. Complete and Unabridged. In red cloth with black title panel and gilt to type. Top page ends tinted black. Light wear to spine ends/corners and a few spots of fading to spine ends. Jacket is unclipped ($1.25) with chips and tears to spine ends and corners with edgewear/nicks. Jagged tear to top of front panel. Modern Library #71. 360 Books listed on inside of jacket. Likely from 1950's. Cover by E.McKnight Kauffer.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1901. Vol. II only: 301 pages, 23 cm. Original red cloth with a paper spine label. "Herat" limited edition, this is #309, of a limited edition of 500 copies. A few small marks to the covers cloth.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Full leather. 246 p. Old book can't find a publication date EB 12AB Clean good pages extremely worn cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century French poetry translated into English. A limited edition, this copy is No. 32 (limitation not noted). Octavo, vellum covered boards with gilt lettering and design, top edge gilt, 254 pages. Covers are dust soiled, light age toning to endpapers, else very good. Solidly bound.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Volume 1: Xii + [336] pp. Spine split along back edge, number 1134. Uncut on laid paper, gilt top, original faux-vellum boards. Pages: clean, white, unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 348 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Volume 2: Xii + [352] pp. Limited printing: number 1134. Uncut on laid paper, gilt top, original faux-vellum boards. Pages: clean, white, unmarked. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 364 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Printing. 316pp. Black cloth, gold stamp on spine. Very little wear. Pages are uneven cut. Clean text. Different translators for many of the poems, including Swinburne, and Rossetti, besides the ones credited on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. L6.

Full Buckram. Zustand: Good. Luristan Limited Edition. Volume 9 of 9 volumes. Total of 15 volumes in set. Published in 1901 for subscribers only. The Luristan edition 394 of 500 copies. Full brick red buckram with paper label on spine. Label a bit worn and a little chipped. Top edge gilt other pages untrimed. Volume has photograveur frontispiece and others tipped in. Top and bottom of spine a little shelf worn and slightly darkened else GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Full Buckram. Zustand: Good. Luristan Limited Edition. Volume 3 of a 3 volume set. TOTAL set is 15 volumes. Published in 1901 for subscribers only. The Luristan edition 394 of 500 copies. Full brick red buckram with paper label on spine. Label a bit worn and a little chipped. Top edge gilt other pages untrimed. Volume has photograveur frontispiece and others tipped in. Top and bottom of spine a little shelf worn and slightly darkened else GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Full Buckram. Zustand: Good. Luristan Limited Edition. Volume 8 of a 15 volume set. Published in 1901 for subscribers only. The Luristan edition 394 of 500 copies. Full brick red buckram with paper label on spine. Label a bit worn and a little chipped. Top edge gilt other pages untrimmed. Volume has photograveur frontispiece and others tipped in. Top and bottom of spine a little shelf worn and slightly darkened else GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Full Buckram. Zustand: Good. Luristan Limited Edition. This is an indpendent volume but volume 13 of a 15 volume set. Published in 1901 for subscribers only. The Luristan edition 394 of 500 copies. Full brick red buckram with paper label on spine. Label a bit worn and a little chipped. Top edge gilt other pages untrimed. Volume has photograveur frontispiece and others tipped in. Top and bottom of spine a little shelf worn and slightly darkened else GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Full Buckram. Zustand: Good. Luristan Limited Edition. Volume 3 of a 9 volume set. TOTAL set is 15 volumes. Published in 1901 for subscribers only. The Luristan edition 394 of 500 copies. Full brick red buckram with paper label on spine. Label a bit worn and a little chipped. Top edge gilt other pages untrimed. Volume has photograveur frontispiece and others tipped in. Top and bottom of spine a little shelf worn and slightly darkened else GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Steele Savage (illustrator). Blue Ribbon Books, London. Undated but c1930. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Illustrations by Steele Savage. Red cloth covered boards with black decoration to front and spine. Boards rubbed, marked and faded. Spine faded and hard to read and ends bumped. Corners worn. Slight lean to book and hinges slightly loose. Previous owners name and date in ink to front endpaper. Illustrated blue and white endpapers. Very slight split to top of rear endpapers. Small tear of 4 cm to rear pastedown. Content generally clean and bright with age tone. No notes in text. Not ex-library. 528 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Contemporary leather, spine label. Front board/first signature nearly detached. Edges worn. PO name dated 1817. Scattered foxing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 231 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.45 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Szyk, Arthur (illustrator). Two Volume Set. The Books Are Bound In Black Cloth Over Boards With Black Lettering Within A Silver Field On The Front And Spine. There Is A Scratch On The Back Of Volume Two, Else Fine. The Black Slipcase In Near Fine Condition With Two Tiny Chips At The Opening.

Hard. Zustand: Good. Complete 9 volume set. Limiter to 500 numbered copies on Holland paper. Set number 276. Published London: Printed for sunscribers only, 1884. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", each volume approximately 400pp., with twenty-one eaux-fortes by M.A. Lalauze. Most plates lacking, only four are present, text complete. Bound in full cream vellum with gilt titles and designs, top edge gilting, Printed on heavy Holland laid paper, some sheets uncut. Closed tear at the title head of volume six, vellum rough on volume one, light cover soil, usual offset darkening inside covers. Bindings strong, still attractive. Internally near fine, pages bright, unmarked.