[Rarebooks] The Gravesend Press

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Boccaccio, Giovanni.  THE THREE ADMIRABLE ACCIDENTS OF ANDREA DE PIERO. From the First Englyshed Edition of the Decameron of John Boccaccio.  With Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel.  Lexington, Kentucky: The Gravesend Press. 1954.  12mo.  (10),48,(4)pp.  With 6 text woodcuts by Fritz Kredel.  Title-page printed in red & black.  Edition limited to 200 numbered copies.  NOTE: With the rejected first design of one of the woodcuts laid in, with printed note "this proof is sent as an extra illustration".  This is often lacking although all copies were published with this proof illustration.  Vellum spine over decorative colored boards.  Fine copy in orig. glassine. 

$250
     A beautifully printed book, one of the most notable books of the the Gravesend Press (1949-1960) of Kentucky.




Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464Santa Monica, CA 90406310-266-1910kkarmiole at yahoo.com