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The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel. The Complete Works of Rabelais by Rabelais, Francois. Jacques Le Clercq, Translator - 1944

by Rabelais, Francois. Jacques Le Clercq, Translator

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The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel. The Complete Works of Rabelais

by Rabelais, Francois. Jacques Le Clercq, Translator

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New York U. S. A.: The Modern Library -Giant. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1944. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Marfree, Fine Giant 1stEd, unclipped sunned dj protected in mylar has minor wear on top edge; tiny name stamp, not o/w marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 15 x 21 CM; 6 x 8.25 in.; 841 pages; Lusty and profound, pious and profane, omnivorous and encyclopedic, Rabelais' writings are as fresh and startling today as when he penned them nearly five centuries ago. Jacques Leclercq's translation for this unabridged edition is notable for its fidelity, vigor, and clarity. .
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  • Date Published 1944

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The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel

by Rabelais [Francois]; Le Clercq, Jacques; Translater

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New York: Modern Library. 1944. Reprint Used. H Hardcover. Good. In red cloth, 8vo 841pp. Series: The Complete Works of Rabelais. (shelfwear, rubbing and dulling to cloth, browning to page edges, inscription to endpaper).
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The Modern Library, New York, 1944.. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, hardcover, VG in orange boards. Light corner wear. top page edges in black841 pages. Clean and unmarked. A Modern Library Giant. the French writer and physician, one of the great comic geniuses in world literature; Modern translation by Jacques Le Clercq. Gargantua is a prince of enormous stature, whose life and adventures are recorded; the account of his education is a satire on medieval schooling. 'Pantagruel' deals with the adventures of Gargantua's son.
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The Complete Works of Rabelais: The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel

by Rabelais, Francois; Le Clerq, Jacques (trans.)

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Random House, 1936 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant G65, 841 pages. Red cloth, black top stain. Minor crimping to the spine ends, lower corners bumped. The dust jacket has chipping and small tears to the extremities, moderate soiling. Text clean. Complete and unabridged reprint..
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NY: Modern Library Giant, 1936. dj w/lite chipping,unclipped, in mylar; red c w/gilt runner on black; 841 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.
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The Complete Works of Rabelais: The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel. Modern Library Giant G65.

by Francois Rabelais; Jacques Le Clerq (trans.)

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Modern Library / Random House, January 1936. Hardcover. VG. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
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The Complete Works of Rabelais: The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantegruel

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New York: The Modern Library (1936).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Modern Library G65. Cloth. xxxii, 841 pp. Bookplate. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears. A solid copy with only light wear.
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The Five books of Gargantua and Pantagruel :; in the modern translation of Jacques Le Clercq

by Rabelais, Francois; Le Clercq, Jacques (editor)

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New York: Modern Library, 1936. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely gently rubbed corners, extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, ink gift inscription to front endpaper, bright pages in tight binding, very mild soiling to DJ, sunning to DJ spine, else Near Fine(+) in Very Good(+) DJ.. Octavo in white-brown DJ, xxxii pages, 841 pages, 21 cm. Fantasy fiction, French -- Translations into English. || Satirical work telling of the boisterous life and adventures of the giant Gargantus and his son. || Series: The modern library of the world's best books. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
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