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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Ten Tales from the Decameron
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Banned in Australia

Censorship Agencies: Literature Censorship Board
Decision: 19 Aug 1938
NAA Source: A3023; Folder 1938. C4371/1.
Censorship notes: One censor noted that 'The Decameron is a classic, but the selection of salacious tales for illustration is another matter. However clever these illustrations may be, they are indecently suggestive and I should ban'.
Censorship notes: The prohibition on this edition was maintained at the 1958 and 1963 reviews.
Censorship notes: The book was released in March 1973.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Privately Printed for the Mandrake Press
      London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       1930 .
      Extent: 88p.
      Description: illus
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