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New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1945 The Modern Library, New York. 1945 (?). Hardcover. ML Giant Edition G065.1. This book states First Edition 1944 but it is a G5 binding and the true first editions were G4 bindings. The G% binding was in use from 1945-1963 and the "false first" on this edition was removed but when? My guess is 1945. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; dogeared pages; suntanned spine; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom; spotty areas of soiling. No DJ. Brown cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering in a black shadowbox; matching torch bearers on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Tinted textblock top. 841 pp 8vo. This book is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. The work is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein, features much erudition, vulgarity, and… Read More

The Modern Library, 1944. Hardcover. Used Good/Missing. Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

New York: Modern Library. 1944. Reprint Used. H Hardcover. Good. In red cloth, 8vo 841pp. Series: The Complete Works of Rabelais. (shelfwear, rubbing and dulling to cloth, browning to page edges, inscription to endpaper).

New York: Modern Library, 1936. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In red cloth, 8vo, 841pp. A Modern Library Giant #G65. (light shelfwear and toning to extremities).

Modern Library. Very Good. Rabelais, Francois. The Complete Works of Rabelais: The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel. In the Modern Translation of Jacques Le Clercq. Le Clercq, Translator, Jacques . NY: Modern Library, ND. 841pp. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with rubbed spine ends. Stamp on front free end sheet..

The Modern Library, New York, 1944.. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, hardcover, VG in orange boards. Light corner wear. top page edges in black841 pages. Clean and unmarked. A Modern Library Giant. the French writer and physician, one of the great comic geniuses in world literature; Modern translation by Jacques Le Clercq. Gargantua is a prince of enormous stature, whose life and adventures are recorded; the account of his education is a satire on medieval schooling. 'Pantagruel' deals with the adventures of Gargantua's son.

The Modern Library. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; small creases/chips/closed tears; smudges/scuffs/couple small surface tears; yellowin; placed in protective cover. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; few scratches/scuffs; a little cornerwear; yellowing; overall clean. 841 pages

New York: Modern Library, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint, Toledano binding style G5, royal blue cloth, blank endpapers, list of titles on interior of dust jacket, 841 pages plus publisher's list; light underlining and notes in the margins; price clipped dust jacket is lightly edge worn and protected in mylar. 'From France come to readers of English in all its humor and realism, without impeding footnotes or annotations. The lusty and profound Gargantua and Pantagruel, in all five books, complete and unabridged, is here transmuted into our own language for out own time.'- from the dust jacket.

NY: Modern Library Giant, 1936. dj w/lite chipping,unclipped, in mylar; red c w/gilt runner on black; 841 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

NY: Modern Library Giant, 1936. dj w/lite chipping, in mylar; 841 clean, unmarked pages; (#G65 in seriues, lists to 367 on d jreverse); rust c e/gilt running on front; owne's stamp; lite toning of end papers. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

New York: The Modern Library (1936).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Modern Library G65. Cloth. xxxii, 841 pp. Bookplate. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears. A solid copy with only light wear.

NY: Modern Library Giant, 1944. 1st Modern Library (tatedd); dj w/lite chipping, clipped price, in mylar; (#G65 in seriess, lists to 329 onn dj reverse); 841 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

Modern Library, 1944. First Modern Library Giant. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Modern Library Giant edition, near fine hardcover shows just a touch of shelf and trace wear including bit of soil at page edges, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket that shows closed tears and tiny open chips. 841 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this edition of the classic works rendered in modern translation by Le Clercq.

New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo. New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth binding, 841 pp. Modern Library Giant G65. Topstaining. Light soiling to page edges, slight bumping to corners, dust jacket worn at extremities. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Modern Library / Random House. 1936. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Edge wear. Ink to front endpaper. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

The Modern Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (fantasy fiction, giants, satire) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.