Search Results: the complete works of doctor rabelais by francois rabelais

The Abbey Library Murray's Book Sales, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 729 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over dark red cloth with black and white illustrated plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have light rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and binding is loose. Unclipped jacket with visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and rubbing.

Abbey Library. Hardcover. Good. Top edge of spine has a small tear, sme foxing to pages and page edges, corners are bumped

Abbey Library. Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover.

Abbey Library. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Some wear and rubbing to the spine edges. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and some rubbed spots on the panels.; One Volume Edition; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .

Abbey Library. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Complete in One Volume. (French Literature, Classic Fiction) 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.

Abbey Library, ca 1950, 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Wonderfully illustrated. Bound in publisher's beige cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Generally clean. Scattered marginalia. 730 p., illustrations, 23 cm.

UK: The Abbey Library The complete works in One Volume. Undated, circa 1950. Aged textblock, clean and tight, illustrated end papers. All page edges are age-toned. Moisture bubbled front cover to the outer corners, bumped head and foot of spine and corners, slight tilt to the spine. Unclipped dust jacket, small tears and creases to the corners, rubbed edges, lightly character-soiled sides, mylar sleeved. 730p.. Boards. Good+/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Frank C. Pape. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

[London]: Abbey Library, [ca. 1950]. Thick 8vo. xxxviii, 730 pp. Numerous plates, illusts., illust. endpapers. Beige cloth, gilt lettrng (uniform light toning), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng, edgewear, creasng frnt cvr), NF/G. First edition, thus, of this classic erotic satires.

Abbey Library. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Poor dust jacket. 1 Volume edition. English edition.(fantasy, giants, french, fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd.. Very Good-. 1927. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, black cloth with bright gold titles and decoration, 497 pages, Please Note: this is Volume 1 only of a 2-volume set, features great illustrations by Frank C. Pape, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others and an Introduction by J. Lewis May, moderate wear is present at the spine-ends, small areas of the corner-tips are worn through, tanning to the blank end-papers, some mild fading to the red-colored top outer page-edge, the text and illustrations are fine, a presentable copy .

London: The Navarre Society, 1954. Third Impression of 1948 Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. W. Heath Robinson. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 3/4"), red cloth with gold lettering on spine; illustrated with B&W frontispiece, 53 full-page sketches, and many in-text vignettes by W. Heath Robinson; xviii + 332 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. François Rabelais (c.1494 - 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, monk, and Greek scholar. He has been celebrated as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. <br/> <br/> Gargantua depicts a young giant who is rescued from a deplorable education instituted by his father, old women, and dotty professors. Overcoming most obstacles, he becomes a cultivated and most-Christian knight, though his actions satirize chivalric ideals. In Pantagruel, the son of Gargantua, Rabelais further parodied chivalry and satirized major institutions such… Read More

London and New York:: John Lane; Boni and Liveright,, [1927].. publisher's gilt black cloth; top edge stained red.. Slightly tanned at the endsheets and fore-edges; light use to cloth; both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape.. With Annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others. New Introduction by J. Lewis May. Additional postage applicable.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1933. Hardcover. Poor/Poor. The jackets are torn. The boards are marked. Some foxing / offsetting. A few pages are torn. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Bodley Head. Two volume set. Bumped and soiled boards with wear to spine ends. Chipped jackets, with tear to spine head of vol. I. Ffeps removed cleanly. Pages crisp and tight. Minor foxing. . Good. Cloth. 1933.

London: John Lane, 1927. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxxviii, 499pp; xvii, 730pp. Frontispieces, full-page plates, line drawings. Very good overall. Bindings a bit rubbed and faintly scuffed, with heads of spines delicate. Tight, nice set of this edition, limited to 4300 numbered sets (this #797 and #798).

John Lane, The Bodley Head / Boni & Liveright, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcovers. No DJs. 2 VOLUME SET. LIMITED EDITION #1853 OF 4300 COPIES. 1927 EDITION. Wonderful illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Text/illustrations unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spines with edge wear. Bindings tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

1927 London/New York John Lana the Bodley Head Ltd/Boni and Liverlight. F . first edition - nr 1954 of 4300 copies - 24 x 15 cm - XXXVIII - 500 pgs - XVII+730 pgs - original cloth, title and decorative borders on upper board and spine - 24 ills and numerous head and tail pieces by Frank C. Papé - slight foxing

London: John Lane, 1927. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxxviii, 499pp; xvii, 730pp. Frontispieces, full-page plates, line drawings. Very good. Faintest edgewear only. A tight and lovely set of this large edition, limited to 4300 numbered sets (this #3464). Gilt bright and bold.

London, New York: J. Lane ; Boni and Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copies in good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, both now mylar-sleeved.Some sun-toning and foxing along the margins of each copy, no text effected. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes plates 24 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates, and covers. Includes bibliographical references.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good +. NUMBER 2379 OF 4300 NUMBERED SETS. Complete in Two Volumes. c.1927. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt titles and decoration. 497pp. / 730pp. Ilus. Very Good+. Light general shelfwear, rear corner of second volume lightly bumped, front board of first volume shaken.