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Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Francois Rabelais
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393028437
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028430
- Seller
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Ridgeley, West Virginia
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About This Item
623 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only defect is two light and small stains on the top edge of the text bock. Book appears unread. DJ is bright and clean with a very slight curve on the top outside edge.
Synopsis
A masterly new translation of Rabelais’s robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.
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Details
- book dealer
- Grampy's Bookcase
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- pp1000807
- Title
- Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Author
- Francois Rabelais
- Format/binding
- White hard cover and maroon cloth spine with gilt lettering
- Book condition
- second hand - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393028437
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028430
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Early French Literature
Terms of Sale
Grampy's Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio.co.uk member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
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About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
