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GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL
by Rabelais, Francois 06b
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG book. Originally published in wraps(paperback). #108 of 400.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Cres. VG book. Originally published in wraps(paperback). #108 of 400.. 1922. Limited ed.. Hardcover. VG book. Bound in 1921 by Hodel & Denck, Leipzig, with original paper covers bound in @ back. Tight. NEAR FINE inside. . IN FRENCH. 27x21x7(cm), 812pp. A rather plain binding in half brown morroco and blue/green cloth boards. Spine w 5 ribs with author/title lettered in black. Spine lettering faded. Upper outer hinge cracked. Inner hinges intact. Cover extrems with minor wear. Top edge stained red, other text block edges age browned. .
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
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001979
- Title
- GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois 06b
- Illustrator
- Hemard did 525 vignettes.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. Originally published in wraps(paperback). #108 of 400.
- Edition
- Limited ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- VG book. Bound in 1921 by Hodel & Denck, Leipzig, with original paper, covers bound in @ back. Tight. NEAR FINE inside., katzsmpr, 12g
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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