Rabelais Author (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book has light rubbing black cloth covers with smudges to top areas, previous owner's name on front endpage, a slightly loose first signature, faint smudges to textblocks with light foxing to top textblock. otherwise in very good condition, strong binding, bright pages with unmarked text; an overall sturdy copy with clean interiors. Dust jacket has mild rubbing/aging, mild wear to edges and corners, small bends to cover flaps. in very good condition, now in archival cover.…

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Copyright © 1987. 712 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use, crisp pages and clean text. Great reading copy. Lightly creased spine. Front cover page missing along with some front-end pages, not affecting text. Top and bottom left corners of back cover page chipped.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Nouveaux Classiques Larousse. 178 pp. Great copy, well bound with crisp pages and clean text save for some pen underlining and notation from page 29 to 51. Minor external wear with lightly creased spine cover.

Soft Cover. Condition: Used-Acceptable. Classiques Larousse 1946 Reprint. 115 pp. Clean text. Pages are foxed and some are brittle. Spine is broken and some pages have small tears near hinges. Still a great reading or study copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Used like new. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Used like new hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Publisher's overstock mark on the bottom of the text block. 868 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The unfettered exuberance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, the storms of phenomenal life it offers for our inspection, the honor it gives to the deformed, the cloacal, and the profane aspects of existence are at the very heart of Rabelais' genius. But the author of this fantasia on the lives of a father-and-son pair of giants was one of the most magnificent and magnificently learned products of the Renaissance; and he also represents, as well as any of its other great figures, that era's love of the human body and its exaltation of the human in the face of the divine.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 175 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Text in French. Occassional pen markings on text.

Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. 2e Trimestre 1968. 248 pp. Text in French. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1104 pages. 8.00x5.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

First Translated Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Page margins tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 713 pages 18 cm. Subjects; Rabelais, Franc?ois ; Translations into English. Giants (Folklore) ; Fiction. French fiction 16th century. Wit and humor. Caricatures and cartoons. Humanism. French fiction. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1104 pages. 8.00x5.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

First Translated Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Page margins tanned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 713 pages 18 cm. Subjects; Rabelais, Franc?ois ; Translations into English. Giants (Folklore) ; Fiction. French fiction 16th century. Wit and humor. Caricatures and cartoons. Humanism. French fiction. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 676 pages. 6.14x1.63x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, xxvii, 808 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is black with gold print, illustration. Boards in black cloth, gold print, illustration; wear to spine caps, fraying to corners, blemishes, shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge; damp stains to endpapers, cracked rear hinge, shaken binding. Illustrated: "Illustrated by 525 vignettes" title page; b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409740. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Like New. Copyright © 1971. 256 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp copy with very light shelf wear.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Used-Acceptable. No Jacket. 5th Edition. 320 pp. Book shows heavy use, but still a good reading copy with clean text. No dj. Damage to spine, front and back covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 402 pages. 6.14x0.88x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A two volume set of this limited edition, no.939 out of 1000 published. First English translation with an introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Quarto hardback Bound in green silk with gilt embossed vignette to the front boards and lettering to the spines. xlviii + 342 pages + xiv + 456 pages Illustrated with 15 engraved plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece plate to volume I Good condition - edges rubbed and spine slightly darkened No inscriptions Printed by the Chiswick Press. Louis Chalon (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 908 pages. 6.00x2.19x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes (xvi, 474 pages ; xvi, 462 pages). In Fair plus condition. Spines are tan with gold print. Boards in white cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, small stains to spines. Text block has deckle edges, has gilt top edge, ribbon marker in each volume. Tanning to endpapers, bookplate on front flyleaf, intermittent spine breaks, second volume with uncut pages. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece, text drawings and plates. "Translated by T. Urquhart and P. A. Motteux"-- Library of Congress catalog number 23003924. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume Area. 1381717. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Green Silk. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Wrapper. 1st English Edition. Type: Z A two volume set of this limited edition, being no.881 out of 1000 published. First English translation with an introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Bound in green silk with gilt embossed vignette to the front boards and lettering to the spines. Illustrated with 15 b/w plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece plate to volume I - all as called for. There is light rubbing to the board and spine edges and the cloth at the head and tail of the spine is lightly turned in. Two board corners are bumped to both volumes and there are a few light stain marks to the boards. One split to the outer hinge of volume I measuring 1 cm and one split to the outer hinge of volume II measuring 2 cm in length. Slight split to the inner hinges of Volume I, though the boards to both volumes remain firm and tight. There are no inscriptions and there are a couple of slight stain marks to pp ix of Volume I - otherwsie the textblocks are very clean and tight. Rough cut fore edges and several unopened pages. A very good copy of this two volume limited set.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Limited Edition. One of 200 (in actuality 75) copies, small quarto size, 94 pp., with prospectus. Francois Rabelais' (ca. 1493-1553) satirical novels of the life of two giants, Gargantua and Pantagruel, have captivated the hearts and minds of many since their publication. As Mr. van Patten puts forth in the book's prospectus, "[t]he wisest and most ingenious commentators upon the works of Rabelais have failed to understand the section (II, chapter 7) which relates to the remarkable books which Pantagruel found in the Bibliothèque de l'Abbaye de St.-Victor. The catalogue of these books has remained one of the outstanding mysteries in bibliography and literary history. "The catalogue, at first glance, does seem exceedingly dull and particularly so since it occurs in a text which is far from dull, as all the readers of Rabelais know. It has been obvious that Rabelais intended something more than to provide a list of titles without meaning or purpose, but what? Scholars have tried to interpret these titles but the results of their collective efforts have not been notably successful. Mr. Klinefelter has now changed all this. "In one of the most beautiful books yet printed at the Grabhorn Press, Mr. Klinefelter provides a scholarly preface, the original French titles as they appear in the catalogue, English translations of each title, and an admirable text which clearly reveals why Rabelais devised these titles and why his creature, Pantagruel, was intrigued by them." Issued in an edition of only 200 copies, however, per the bibliography, "[a]pproximately 125 copies were destroyed by fire at the publishers", which accounts for the fact that as of this writing we see only a sole other copy online. The volume was included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in green paper over boards with a tapestry cloth shelfback, green paper spine label stamped in gold, fore- and bottom edges uncut, the endpapers (and all pages) ruled in brown, title and text printed in red and black throughout, title and divisional title pages with large fleur-de-lys decoration in red, title repeated in margins throughout in brown, colophon with printer's device [B, without borders or printer's initials] in red; Garamond monotype and handset Deepdene text, handset Gothique Ancienne, printed on mold-made paper, binding small quarto size (10 1/4" by 7 3/4"), pagination: [i-ii] iii-x [1] 2-83 [1, colophon]. Prospectus a single sheet folded once to four pages, first page with the same large red fleur-de-lys decoration, second page blank, third and fourth pages with standard prospectus information; measures 9 3/4" by 7 5/8". ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some dustiness to the text block and board edges, else fine. The prospectus also near fine, without folds or wear, with similar light dustiness to the top and fore-edge. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, no. 523. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.…

Condition: Good. Bound suite of 16 etchings with separate letterpress descriptions of each etching. 13x 20cm. Original parchment wraps . Tear at top of spine.Suite de gravures non signées pour les ?uvres de Rabelais publiées In-8 broché, couverture muette rempliée. Portrait de Rabelais et 15 illustrations gravées en taille-douce.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:470047960.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1868 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 128 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 128 Language: French.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: French. Language: French. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1868. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - French, Pages:- 128, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 128 128.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1868 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 535 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 535 Volume 1 Language: French.…