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    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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    1. 1952-1965 2vol Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9
      1952-1965 2vol Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9
      Milan: 1952-1965
      Two smart volumes concerning the works of Italian literary giant Giovanni Boccacio, from Riccardo Ricciardi's La Letturatura Italiana Storia E Testi series.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 985N9
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    2. 1906 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
      1906 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
      London: 1906
      Louis Chalon's beautifully illustrated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's magnum opus.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 957P48
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    3. 1914 The Wisdom of Father Brown
      1914 The Wisdom of Father Brown
      London: 1914
      The first edition of G. K. Chesterton's second anthology of Father Brown detectivetales.
      £180.00
      Stock Code: 939P33
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    4. 1914 The Napoleon of Notting Hill
      1914 The Napoleon of Notting Hill
      London: 1914
      An attractive example of G. K. Chesterton's work of speculative alternate-reality fiction, illustrated throughout.
      £98.00
      Stock Code: 919F19
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    5. 1904 The Napoleon of Notting Hill
      1904 The Napoleon of Notting Hill
      London: 1904
      The scarce first edition of this work of speculative fiction set in an alternative future reality, following an unserious king and written by Gilbert K. Chesterton.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 916Z22
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      1924 Stampede!
      1924 Stampede!
      Kensington : 1924
      An exceptionally scarce, signed first edition of Lance de Sieveking's debut novel, surrounding ideas of telepathy and mind-control, with charming illustrations from the authors godfather, G. K. Chesterton.
      £170.00
      Stock Code: 909Q17
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    7. 1802 Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio
      1802 Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio
      Londra: 1802
      An Italian edition of the important work of Boccaccio, including a life of the author.
      £170.00
      Stock Code: 906P7
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    8. 1935 The Scandal of Father Brown
      1935 The Scandal of Father Brown
      London: 1935
      The first edition of G. K. Chesterton's novel featuring crime-solving parish priest, Father Brown.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 897Q27
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    9. 1938 The Coloured Lands
      1938 The Coloured Lands
      London: 1938
      The first edition of this comical anthology of prose and poems by G. K. Chesterton, illustrated by the author.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 892P78
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    10. 1924 2vol Decameron
      1924 2vol Decameron
      Berlin: 1924
      An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated into the German language.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 863T19
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      1929 Amorous Fiammetta
      1929 Amorous Fiammetta
      London: 1929
      A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, signed by both the editor and publisher.
      £350.00
      Stock Code: 854F39
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    12. 1904 The Early Lives of Dante
      1904 The Early Lives of Dante
      London: 1904
      The Life of Dante as narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed for this beautiful 'King's Classics' edition.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 826A86
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    13. 1779 Contes de J. Bocace
      1779 Contes de J. Bocace
      Londres [Paris]: 1779
      A complete ten volume set of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, the French edition.
      £550.00
      Stock Code: FGN24-D-1
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    14. 1904 The Early Lives of Dante
      1904 The Early Lives of Dante
      London: 1904
      Philip H. Wicksteed's scarce translation of Boccaccio's 'Life of Dante', this volume focusing on the early life of the monumental Italian poet.
      £45.00
      Stock Code: 780P45
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    15. 1938 The Coloured Lands
      1938 The Coloured Lands
      London: 1938
      A fantastically illustrated collection of Chesterton's original stories and illustrations, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.
      £95.00
      Stock Code: 763R38
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    16. 1825 3vols Del Decamerone Giovanni Boccaccio Pickering Edition Stothard Plates
      1825 3vols Del Decamerone Giovanni Boccaccio Pickering Edition Stothard Plates
      London: 1825
      A scarce first edition set of 'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio, illustrated with ten plates by the famous English illustrator and engraver Thomas Stothard.
      £650.00
      Stock Code: SET19-C-6
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    17. 1895 John Addington Symonds Giovanni Boccaccio First Edition
      1895 John Addington Symonds Giovanni Boccaccio First Edition
      London : 1895
      A biography of the Italian author of the Decameron, by the notable English biographer John Addington Symonds.
      £95.00
      Stock Code: GEN35-F-15
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    18. c1900 Boccaccio The Decameron Leopold Flameng Illustrated English Translation
      c1900 Boccaccio The Decameron Leopold Flameng Illustrated English Translation
      London : c1900
      An English translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.
      £50.00
      Stock Code: GEN22-F-12
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