THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO INCLUDING FORTY OF ITS HUNDRED NOVELS. With An Introduction by Henry Morley. Fourth Edition.
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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About This Item
(Printed by Ballantyne Press for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: ., 1886 pp. 312, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckle edges. Unopened. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Fourth edition. Fine condition. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 6 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO INCLUDING FORTY OF ITS HUNDRED NOVELS. With An Introduction by Henry Morley. Fourth Edition.
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- (Printed by Ballantyne Press for) George Routledge and Sons, London and New York: .
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- LITERATURE CLASSICS GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DECAMERON MORLEY'S UNIVERSAL LIBRARY BALLANTYNE PRESS FINE 1886
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; BINDINGS; ITALY / ITALIAN;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Vellum
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- Spine
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- New
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Fine
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- Edges
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