The Complete Works Of Doctor Francois Rabelais (SCARCE 1933 TWO VOLUME HARDBACK SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS)

VG+/VG. Two volume set. Second edition thus in dust-wrappers. The first edition was published in 1927 in a limited edition. With a New Introduction by J Lewis May. xl,499 and xv,730pp. Illustrated with frontispiece to each volume and ten (volume one) and twelve (volume two) full-page black and white illustrations by Frank C Pape, with numerous black and white line drawings throughout text. The complete works of French renaissance writer Francois Rabelais. Sub-titled 'Abstractor of the quintessence being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel: the whole faithfully rendered into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others, a New Introduction by J Lewis May, and many illustrations by Frank C Pape' D/w to Vol 1 is complete but in three pieces having become detached each side of the shine. D/ws have a few short edge tears (longest 25mm); d/ws have small losses to head and tail of spine and corners of the d/ws; both D/ws now protected in detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. 1933 two-volume set of the second edition thus in SCARCE dust-wrappers. No inscriptions. HEAVY (PACKED WEIGHT OVER 2 KG) PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL COST OUTSIDE OF UK. …