Search Results: gargantua and pantagruel the five books by francois rabelais

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).

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.

Tudor Publishing, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good _ red cloth hardcover with bit of a musty smell shows soiling at bottom page edges and some moisture stains at red top page edges, in very good jacket showing rubbing, touch of soil, and edge wear including a couple of short closed tears and tiny open chips at a couple of corners and one at top edge of front panel. 720 pages. Remains an attractive copy of "one of the most ribald and entertaining classics in world literature, unsurpassed for its frank and uninhibited nature

New York: The Modern Library, 1944. (1944), 841pp, trans. by Jacques Le Clercq, "The Complete Works of Rabelais', soiling to cover, heavier to spine, tear to top of spine, top corners slightly bumped, owner's name blacked out to fep, some browning to eps, pgs beginning to yellow, no dj, contents unmarked.. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket.

Modern Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. This book is in good condition; ex-library with usual stamps and tags. The book has some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. ; 841 pages .

The Heritage Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. B000MBULQK . This book is in good condition; ex-library with usual stamps and markings. No dustjacket. Some shelfwear. Some underlined passages but not overwhelming. Solid study or reading copy but not for collectors. ; 9.37 X 6.30 X 2.05 inches .

Random House, 1936 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant G65, 841 pages. Red cloth, black top stain. Minor crimping to the spine ends, lower corners bumped. The dust jacket has chipping and small tears to the extremities, moderate soiling. Text clean. Complete and unabridged reprint..

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, 1928. intelligently condensed into one volume...dj w/chipping, small triangle missing, unclipoped price; 543 clean, unmarked pages; rust flexible cc w/gilt titles (#4 in series, lists to 225 on dj reverse). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

New York: Modern Library, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Modern Library Giant G-65.1. Reprint ca. 1960. Translated by Jacques Le Clercq. Red boards, 841 pages. List of Giant titles at end of book and 415 ML titles inside dust jacket. Couple of spots on rear panel of jacket and very light edgewear at spine.

New York: Heritage Press, [189-?]. Hardcover. Very good condition, lacking slipcase. Lynd Ward. 146, 124, 178, 175, 141p., illus.

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.

Modern Library / Random House, January 1936. Hardcover. VG. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

The Modern Library, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. First Edition Thus. 841 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dents to front board edges.

The Heritage Press, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 764 pages, each book numbered separately, plus 31 pages of front-matter. Translated by Jacques LeClercq, who interpolated some explanations from Champion's Critical French edition; illustrated by Lynd Ward. 8vo, 2" thick, beige cloth with blue lettering on spine, end papers decorated with drawings - blemished patch on ffep, boards lightly soiled and shelf worn, backstrip rumpled at crown. Bookplate affixed to second front free end paper states the volume was awarded to (later Prof.) Warner Berthoff at the Hotchkiss School, 1943; that page is rumpled. Underscoring and/or marginalia in pencil observed on approximately 10 pages.

Linen cloth hardcover boards with dark blue lettering to spine. Slight discoloration to several letters on spine. Otherwise, text very clean, binding tight, book square. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover.
Rabelais has ferequently been named as the world's greatest comic genius, and Gragantua and Patagruel covers the entire satirical spectrum.
Heritage Press, quality paper, fine binding. A French classic.
Slipcase missing, Mylar covered.

George Routledge & sons, 1888. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 320pp, paper label at top of spine worn, corners bumped, otherwise a nice copy. A volume in Morleys Universal Library. The continuation of Rabelais' satirical work the parts originally being published in 1546, 1552 & 1564. The last work was published after Rabelais had died.

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.