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Penguin Classics. Fine.. Fine London: Penguin Classics, 1974 New impression Fine London: 1974 New impression Fine B-format paperback 720 p Classics Audience: General/trade

FRanklin Center: Franklin Library. 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". F Edition and Printing Not Stated Collectible. H Hardcover. Very Good. Edition and printing not stated. Bound in 1/4 crimson red leather over gold decorated red cloth boards, all edges gilt. 715pp.

Franklin Library, 1982-01-01. Very Good/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.

The Franklin Library, 1982. hardcover. Very Good. 9x7x1. 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-

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pape, Frank C.. 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.

Franklin Center, Pa: Franklin Library, 1982 All edges gilt. Former owner's blind stamp. Gilt decorated brown leather, simulated leather.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Franklin Library, 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Leather and gilt pristine.

Franklin Library, January 1982. Hardcover. Used - Like New. This copy looks like a New Book! Guaranteed no rips tears, stains or writing. Ready to ship with delivery confirmation.

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Illus. by Frank C. Pape. N-Fine. Hardcover. 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..

Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.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.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 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. 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.

Franklin Library. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1982. Hardcover. Stiff unmarked book in gilt decorated burgundy leather boards with just a hint of shelflife. All gilt edges and two raised bands on spine. .

Franklin Library. Near Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1982. Hardcover. Brown, gilt decorated boards with raised bands on spine. Small gold flecks (overspray? ) along foredge of front board. AEG. Gilt spine titling lightly faded. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 714 pages; 29602 .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1982. (hardcover) 715pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. 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..

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976. Reprint Penguin Edition. Softcover. 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, Fran�ois. 1500-1599. Giants; Fiction. French… Read More

Leather Bound. Very Good. Leather Bound Very Good.