The Works of Rabelais. Faithfully Translated from the French, with Variorum Notes, and Numerous Illustrations By Gustave Dore
by Rabelais
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Privately Printed, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No year. No place. Small 4to. Black buckram with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Light rubbing to the cloth in some places and the corners bumped. Black dust jacket printed in red, large chips to the jacket edges around spine head and heel and corners. Illustrated by Gustave Dore with twenty additional new illustrations. Good clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39123
- Title
- The Works of Rabelais. Faithfully Translated from the French, with Variorum Notes, and Numerous Illustrations By Gustave Dore
- Author
- Rabelais
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1920
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- New
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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