Author book company lifted — about chapters one and two finally (9)

I believe the answer is:

boccaccio

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'author book company' is the definition.
'boccaccio' can be an answer for 'author' (I have seen 'Author of 21 ' mean 'boccaccio' so perhaps 'author' could also mean 'boccaccio'). I'm not certain of the 'book company' bit.

'lifted about chapters one and two finally' is the wordplay.
'lifted about' becomes 'bocca' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'chapters' becomes 'cc' (an abbreviation for chapter written twice).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'two' is 'o'.
'bocca'+'cc'+'i'+'o'='BOCCACCIO'

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(Other definitions for boccaccio that I've seen before include "Writer of The Decameron" , "Author of 21" , "Verse writer" , "Author of The Decameron" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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