Blackwell. [Pub]. The New Decameron. Four Volumes. Volume I: Containing The Prologue and The First Day, Volume II: Containing The Second Day, Volume III: Containing Stories by Compton Mackenzie, D.H. Lawrence & Vita Sackville West, Volume IV: Edited by Blair and Containing Stories by L.A.G. Strong, D.H. Lawrence & J.D. Beresford. 4 Volumes (of 6 Volume Set). Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1919 / 1920 /1922 /1925. 13 x 20cm. 225 / 183 / 231 / 269 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover. Foxing to edges and age darkening to endpapers. Bumping and slight splitting to corners. Spine label worn on Volume I. Text in good condition.

The New Decameron was a collection of interlinked stories selected and edited by Blackwell publishers of Oxford and published in the early 20th century. The stories centred around a re-interpretation of Bocaccio’s Decameron. The action is relocated to contemporary Europe, following the adventures of the party of men and women travelling under the guidance of Mr. Henry Turpin of “Turpin’s Tempermental Tours”. The first four volumes were published between 1919 and 1925 and tell the tale of the first four days of the tour. They include stories by D.H. Lawrence, J.D. Beresford, Vita Sackville West, Compton Mackenzie, Storm Jameson, Norman Davey and Basil Blackwell.

• Keywords: Literature · Modern Literature
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 100193AB

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