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Literature
Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1900-1902 5vol Set The Major Works of George BorrowLondon: 1900-1902A lovely 5 volume matching set of Borrow's popular works, illustrated, and bound in green half morocco. -
1952-1965 2vol Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9Milan: 1952-1965Two smart volumes concerning the works of Italian literary giant Giovanni Boccacio, from Riccardo Ricciardi's La Letturatura Italiana Storia E Testi series. -
1906 The Decameron of Giovanni BoccaccioLondon: 1906Louis Chalon's beautifully illustrated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's magnum opus. -
1851 Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest.London: 1851The first edition of George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel, telling the story of a man of many titles, complete here in three volumes, bound by E. Pouget. -
1907-14 The Works of George BorrowLondon: 1907-14A smart set of the most important works of George Borrow, an illustrated set bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons. -
1914 Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The PriestLondon: 1914A handsome illustrated edition of this genre-blending 19th-century novel from George Borrow. -
1802 Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni BoccaccioLondra: 1802An Italian edition of the important work of Boccaccio, including a life of the author. -
1923 10vol The Works of George BorrowLondon: 1923A smart limited edition set of the works of English writer, George Borrow. With the original dust wrappers. -
1900-1901 The Major Works of George BorrowLondon: 1900-1901A smart set collecting together the five major works of English novelist and travel writer George Borrow. -
1851 Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The PriestLondon: 1851The first edition of this part-memoir part-novel by George Borrow, an spiritual work following his life in London. -
1924 2vol DecameronBerlin: 1924An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated into the German language. -
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1929 Amorous FiammettaLondon: 1929A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, signed by both the editor and publisher. -
1851 Lavengro; The Scholar, The Gypsy, The PriestLondon: 1851The first edition of George Borrow's English Literature classic complete in three volumes. -
1904 The Early Lives of DanteLondon: 1904The Life of Dante as narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed for this beautiful 'King's Classics' edition. -
1851 Lavengro; The Scholar The Gypsy The PriestLondon: 1851A smart first edition set of Lavengro, complete in three volumes and bound in full calf. -
1902 Lavengro; The Scholar-The Gypsy-The PriestLondon: 1902A lovely new edition, second impression of George Borrow's memoir novel Lavengro. -
1779 Contes de J. BocaceLondres [Paris]: 1779A complete ten volume set of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, the French edition. -
1904 The Early Lives of DanteLondon: 1904Philip H. Wicksteed's scarce translation of Boccaccio's 'Life of Dante', this volume focusing on the early life of the monumental Italian poet. -
1825 3vols Del Decamerone Giovanni Boccaccio Pickering Edition Stothard PlatesLondon: 1825A scarce first edition set of 'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio, illustrated with ten plates by the famous English illustrator and engraver Thomas Stothard. -
1914 Lavengro The Scholar The Gypsy The Priest George Borrow Sangorski BindingLondon, Edinburgh and Boston: 1914A beautifully illustrated edition of George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel. -
1895 John Addington Symonds Giovanni Boccaccio First EditionLondon : 1895A biography of the Italian author of the Decameron, by the notable English biographer John Addington Symonds. -
1926 Lavengro Scholar Gypsy Priest George Borrow Colour IllustrationsLondon : 1926A copy of Borrow's work, falling somewhere between the genres of memoir and novel. -
1907 Lavengro the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George BorrowLondon : 1907An insightful work of mixed genres considered to be both a memoir and novel, which has long been regarded as a classic of 19th century English literature. -
c1900 Boccaccio The Decameron Leopold Flameng Illustrated English TranslationLondon : c1900An English translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.