The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Francois Rabelais
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. Reprint. 712 pages. Pictorial paperback. Translated by J M Cohen. Penguin Classics. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are water stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. Slight gutter cracking. Paper cover has substantial wear with marks, creases, some edge and joint tears, and a very concave spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1678714892TMB
- Title
- The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Author
- Francois Rabelais
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...