The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his Sonne Pantegruel
by Rabelais, Francois
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good. No dust jacket.
- Seller
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Damariscotta, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards. 1904. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket.. Two Volumes. Grant Richards, London, 1904. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. White buckram gilt titles and decorations, decorative endpapers (tanned). Some pages uncut. Sunning to spine and some soil on covers. Tanning to text pages and edges. Plate of Rabelais left mark between half-title of Vol. I and ffep; also split between these same two page and on endpapers of Vol. II. .
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- Bookseller
- Damariscotta Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000113
- Title
- The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his Sonne Pantegruel
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois
- Illustrator
- Robinson, W. Heath
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Damariscotta Books
Prompt returns accepted for full refund (less shipping) if in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Damariscotta Books
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Damariscotta, Maine
About Damariscotta Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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