Rabelais Francois Cohen John (24 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pape, Frank C. (illustrator). This collector's edition has been bound in a burgandy leather with gilt lettering on the spine, decoration of the covers. All edges gilt, faintly spotted. Interior text is clean and solid in binding, no ownership or other markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Pape, Frank C. (illustrator). Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and printing not stated. Bound in 1/4 crimson red leather over gold decorated red cloth boards, all edges gilt. 715pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Octavo bound in red leather and red cloth with gilt lettering & ornamentation; all edges gilt. B&W illustrations. Fine condition. 715 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Some scuffing to the gold leaf. Red with gold, which may not match the stock photo. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping. -3a-.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 715pp, b/w illus. Tight, sturdy, and square; text very good+. Maroon leather / gilt titling with the slightest hint of wear at the corners. NO DJ. NOT ex-lib. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, some flaking as per usual, but bound with a rich, colorful dark brown leather binding, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape with 24 fine examples of his work, plus decorated initials and chapter heads. Translated from the original French by John M. Cohen. 715 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Limited Edition. Translated from the original French by John M. Cohen, and augmented with the beautiful illustrations of Frank C. Pape. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear beyond previous owner's decorated endpapers front and rear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, two raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, colorful brown leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 714 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Pape, Frank C. (illustrator). No Edition Or Printing Stated. The Book Is Bound In Brown Faux Leather With Gilt Detailing On The Front, Back And Spine. The Spine Has Gilt Lettering And Two Raised Bands.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leather and gilt pristine.

Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. Frank C. Pape (illustrator). First Thus. A square solid tight clean un-read un-opened copy. Full brown leather like binding, gold inlay, gold tipped pages. Gift quality. The above date is the earliest and only Franklin date that is shown on the CP page. This copy has some rubbing wear. Book.

Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 714 pages. Marbled endpapers. Description: Illustrated with drawings by Frank C Pape. These illustrations originally appeared in a 1927 London edition published by The Bodley Head. BINDING/CONDITION: from a series in semi-uniform bindings -- the volumes vary in size and color, but all are quarter leather (leather at the spine), with gilt decorations all round;, all edges gilt, raised spine bands, ribbon place marker; Fine condition. ISBN: B000NSOJY2.

Reprint Penguin Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 713 pages 18 cm. Summary: The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humor, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalsque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world. Gargantua depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and turned into a cultured Christian knight. And in Pantagruel and its three sequels, Rabelais parodied tall tales of chivalry and satirized the law, theology and academia to portray the bookish son of Gargantua who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided in his wisdom, and his idiotic, self-loving companion Panurge. Subjects: Rabelais, François. 1500-1599. Giants; Fiction. French fiction 16th century. Wit and Humor as Topic. Caricatures as Topic. Humanism. Giants. French fiction. Fiction in French 16th century English texts. Novels French literature. Historical Novels. Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553 French literature, 1500-1600 Collected works in translation. Penguin classics. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Frank C. Pape (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, rich brown boards gilt designs. Deluxe edition. All pages edges in gilt. Fine. Giftable. Raised ribs on spine. Wallpaper endpapers. No Jacket. 24 full page drawings; headings in red; 720 pages, last five pages blank, connected series of five novels (the first one in the series, "Pantagruel" published in 1532) featuring two giants--a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel)--and their adventures. Written in an amusing and extravagant manner--with gratuitous crudity, scatological humor and needless violence. Illustrated by Frank Cheyne Pape--whose illustrations for this volume originally appeared in a two-volume limited edition of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF DOCTOR FRANCOIS RABELAIS (London: The Bodley Head, 1927)). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Previous owner's name on inside front board bookplate, otherwise clean and unmarked with tight binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2.9.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape (illustrator). Stiff unmarked book in gilt decorated burgundy leather boards with just a hint of shelflife. All gilt edges and two raised bands on spine.

1982. (hardcover) Near fine, no dust jacket. 715pp. 8vo. Quarter bound, maroon boards with gilt decoration to boards. Gilt title to spine, with raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape. Maroon ribbon marker. There is a bookplate to the front free endpaper; else is clean, bright, tight, solid. No slipcase. A pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century which tells a graphic adventure story of two giants.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pape, Frank C. (illustrator). Hardcover. Binding is solid. Raised bands. Worn along extremities. Blue leather boards with gold gilt text and detail. Corners rubbed. All edge gold gilt. Interior pages are lightly age-toned, but text remains clear. Marbled end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Louis Morin (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Tight unmarked text in gray boards with beveled edges and clean decorated endpapers; illustration to front board and a few small stains. 24 colour plates. ; Collection LES GRANDES OEUVRES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. Frank C. Pape (illustrator). First Thus. Pretty much an as new copy with a beautiful leather binding and decorative detailing in gilt on the boards and spine and raised bands on the spine and gilt title lettering. There are a couple of superficial light surface scuffs to the gold page block edges and the bottom corners are a tad knocked but you have to look hard to even notice these slight flaws. In all a wonderful copy.

Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Oxford Library of the World's Great Books; 9.60 X 8 X 1.60 inches.

Leather Bound. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. pp. 772. Royal 8vo. Bound in fine full red leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured red silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Gorgeously illustrated with full-page colour plates. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation indeed. Not to be mistaken with some earlier, and later printings which are not bound in real leather but a leather substitute (faux leathrette). Most uncommon in this edition, and state. This limited edition of The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Leather Bound Very Good.