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Lincoln, Joseph C., Illustrated By Harold Brett.
Christmas Days: A Cape Cod Story
New York, Coward-McCann, Inc.,
1938, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Harold Brett, Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, A Christmas story of a Cape Cod family of ship masters. It covers three important Christmases in the lives of Rogers and David Day: the first in the 1850's, the second 1860's when the boys have already secured their first commands, and the third in the 1870's. A number of other wonderful old world characters add to the story like the boys grandfather Captain Eiljah, Emily the girl they both love and all the cousins and retainers which make up this wonderful old New England Family. Illustrated throughout by Harold Brett, color illustrated end papers. Tan illustrated cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, illustrated in color of family in horse drawn sleigh and house in the distance. Chips to lower edge and upper spine end, 1 inch by 1 1/2 inch to lower spine end, chips to edges of rear jacket, flap edge rubbed. The book is clean, tightly bound, no inscriptions of writing. In brodart mylar cover. Digital available. First Edition. sm 8 vo, 157 pages
(Christmas, Stories, Harold, Brett, Illustrator, Christmas, Days, First, Edition, New, England, Christmas, Christmas, Classics, Old, Fashioned, Christmas, Christmas, 1800, S, New, England, Authors, American, Literature, American, Authors, Joseph, C, Lincoln) Cat No. 1479.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Frances Winwar, Translated from the Italian.
The Decameron No. #71, Complete Unabridged
New York, The Modern Library,
1955, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, A compliation of Medieval tales: (the frame of the tales) during the time of the Black Plague ten aristocratic young people meet in the country outside Florence because of the plague that is rampant in the city. To pass the time over a ten day period they each tell 10 tales; each story is a traditional tale which Boccaccio gives his own personal take. Decameron is unique and important primarily for what it tells us about the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. Grey ML cloth boards and spine, black title panels. DJ white, age soiled, colorful title panels, upper edge small closed tears, chip to lower spine end. Closed tear to pastedown, date to blank end paper. All else clean, solidly bound. 12 mo, 666 pages
(The Decameron, Black, Plague, Medieval, Europe, Medieval, Literature, Italian, Literature, Filomena, Fiametta, Emilia, Lauretta, Nefile, Elissa, Elisa, Dioneo, Panfilo, Pamfilo, Filostrato, Medieval, Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Tuscan, Dialect, Giovanni, Boccaccio, Black, Death, Renaissance, Literature) Cat No. 1480.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Frances Winwar, Translated from the Italian.
The Decameron No. #71, Complete Unabridged
New York, The Modern Library,
1955, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, A compliation of Medieval tales: (the frame of the tales) during the time of the Black Plague ten aristocratic young people meet in the country outside Florence because of the plague that is rampant in the city. To pass the time over a ten day period they each tell 10 tales; each story is a traditional tale which Boccaccio gives his own personal take. Decameron is unique and important primarily for what it tells us about the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. Grey ML cloth boards and spine, black title panels. DJ white, age soiled, colorful title panels, upper edge small closed tears, chip to lower spine end. Closed tear to pastedown, date to blank end paper. All else clean, solidly bound. 12 mo, 666 pages
(The Decameron, Black, Plague, Medieval, Europe, Medieval, Literature, Italian, Literature, Filomena, Fiametta, Emilia, Lauretta, Nefile, Elissa, Elisa, Dioneo, Panfilo, Pamfilo, Filostrato, Medieval, Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Tuscan, Dialect, Giovanni, Boccaccio, Black, Death, Renaissance, Literature) Cat No. 1480.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Frances Winwar, Translated from the Italian.
The Decameron No. #71, Complete Unabridged
New York, The Modern Library,
1955, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, A compliation of Medieval tales: (the frame of the tales) during the time of the Black Plague ten aristocratic young people meet in the country outside Florence because of the plague that is rampant in the city. To pass the time over a ten day period they each tell 10 tales; each story is a traditional tale which Boccaccio gives his own personal take. Decameron is unique and important primarily for what it tells us about the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. Grey ML cloth boards and spine, black title panels. DJ white, age soiled, colorful title panels, upper edge small closed tears, chip to lower spine end. Closed tear to pastedown, date to blank end paper. All else clean, solidly bound. 12 mo, 666 pages
(The Decameron, Black, Plague, Medieval, Europe, Medieval, Literature, Italian, Literature, Filomena, Fiametta, Emilia, Lauretta, Nefile, Elissa, Elisa, Dioneo, Panfilo, Pamfilo, Filostrato, Medieval, Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Tuscan, Dialect, Giovanni, Boccaccio, Black, Death, Renaissance, Literature) Cat No. 1480.
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10.00
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Frances Winwar, Translated from the Italian.
The Decameron No. #71, Complete Unabridged
New York, The Modern Library,
1955, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, A compliation of Medieval tales: (the frame of the tales) during the time of the Black Plague ten aristocratic young people meet in the country outside Florence because of the plague that is rampant in the city. To pass the time over a ten day period they each tell 10 tales; each story is a traditional tale which Boccaccio gives his own personal take. Decameron is unique and important primarily for what it tells us about the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. Grey ML cloth boards and spine, black title panels. DJ white, age soiled, colorful title panels, upper edge small closed tears, chip to lower spine end. Closed tear to pastedown, date to blank end paper. All else clean, solidly bound. 12 mo, 666 pages
(The Decameron, Black, Plague, Medieval, Europe, Medieval, Literature, Italian, Literature, Filomena, Fiametta, Emilia, Lauretta, Nefile, Elissa, Elisa, Dioneo, Panfilo, Pamfilo, Filostrato, Medieval, Florence, Firenze, Tuscany, Tuscan, Dialect, Giovanni, Boccaccio, Black, Death, Renaissance, Literature) Cat No. 1480.
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10.00
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