Search Results: gargantua pantagruel five volume set by rabelais

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG, no dws. 8vo, 2 vols: xx+506+lxii & xiv+450+xciv pp (plus plates), brown cloth with spines stamped in gold, no dustwrappers or slipcase. A solid copy of the two-volume edition of the works of Rabelais, edited by Albert Jay Nock and Catherine Rose Wilson. Errata sheet laid in. A tight and square, unmarked set with cracking to front hinges (bindings still sound); plates and adjacent pages have typical foxing (presumably an issue with the original paper stock). Highly recommended.

Geneva: Pierre Cailler. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Club des amis du livre progressiste (book club edition. ) 5 volume set in slipcase, alternating red and white hardcovers titled in black. Illustrated endpages. Near fine (slightly soiled spines) VG+(slightly soiled) slipcase. French text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Very good+. Signed by Dwiggins! Five volume complete set, green cloth boards with title bands on spines, octavos, small decorations. Books have mild rubbing and soil to boards and spines, bindings tight, previous owner's plates to front pastedowns of each volume, otherwise texts clean and unmarked.

Navarre Society Limited, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. W. Heath Robinson. Complete 2 vols in dust jackets. 4to's. illustrated by W. Heath Robinson throughout both vols. Vol1 pp474 , vol2 pp462. both vols with Dust jackets in protective sleeves in reasonable condition with some tears and splits to spine and edges and discolouration to spine. Decorative cream cloth binding are both in very good condition with old water stain to bottom of back board to Vol 1. Inside both vols all pages with top edge gilt in very good condition with some very minor foxing intermittently.

Bullen. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions Thus, First Printings. Published by A. H. Bullen, 1904. Quartos. Publisher's original cloth boards stamped in gold. 3 volumes. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard intact in volume one. Books are very good; with no writing or names. Spines straight, bindings tight and pages crisp. Boards have shelf wear, edge wear, and spine fading, and scuffs. Spotting to page ends and first few pages. A very good complete set of Francis Rabelais' fantastical tales of Garangtua and Pantagruel. Books placed in custom acetate protectors. Approximately 915 total pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back, guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: George Barrie & Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Fine. 8.7x6.0x2.9in. 3/4 red morocco, linen boards, top edge gilt, tndo-Japan edition, #152 of 1000 copies; a handsome set. illustrated with 11 etchings after drawings by Émile Boilvin. 722pp 4.10lb 8.7x6.0x2.9in

London: Grant Richards, 1904. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. W. Heath Robinson. Two volumes. Stout 4to. Vol. I: Pp. xlii, 377; Vol. II: Pp. xliv, 350. Numerous plates and text illustrations. TEG, fore-edge untrimmed. White blindstamped buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. Spines slightly darkened, as usual, and some soiling to cloth. Corners bumped. Else, a crisp set. For centuries prudes have identified Rableais's work as containing many unseemly characteristics: licentiousness, grotesqueries, coarse and ribald satire, etc. In short, the qualities one looks for in entertaining literature. This set comprises a great partnership: Rabelais's delightfully vulgar tales are complemented by Robinson's witty and developed eye.

London, Nd(1921): Priv. Print. For The Navarre Society Limited. Octavo. Vol. I, 474 pages, Vol. II, 462 pages. illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 1872-1944 . Gargantua and Pantagruel is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of his day. W. Heath Robinson had already become one of the finest illustrators of books including his own Bill the Minder (1912), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1914) and this fine edition of Rabelais (1921). The English translation was begun by Sir Thomas Urquart and finished by Pierre Motteau. They attempted to be delicate but besides sex, Rabelais often deals with the problems of the removal of bodies wastes. He states that excrement and Piss (or the lack thereof) keep the Physician with patients. The Typography and printing of this book was extraordinary. One of the finest productions of the Navarre Society bound in three-quarter red Morocco over salmon cloth, raised bands gilt, title gilt within one compartment, others decoratively stamped in gilt, top… Read More

Abrams. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Reprint. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Volume 1 binding weakened at gutter. Volume 2 binding tightly bound. Light soiling to cream/gilt boards, most noticeable to spines. Titles still quite readable. Red/beige pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Red illustration of woman has bled onto rear of endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Frontis illustration, tissue guard overlays. All illustrations present. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .