THE COMPLETE WORKS OF DOCTOR FRANCOIS RABELAIS Abstractor of the Quintessence Being An Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua and of the Heroic Deeds, Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel. (One Volume Edition) by Rabelais, Francois; Frank C. Pape [Illustrator] - 1950-01-01

London and New York:: John Lane; Boni and Liveright,, [1927].. publisher's gilt black cloth; top edge stained red.. Slightly tanned at the endsheets and fore-edges; light use to cloth; both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape.. With Annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others. New Introduction by J. Lewis May. Additional postage applicable.

London, New York: J. Lane ; Boni and Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copies in good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, both now mylar-sleeved.Some sun-toning and foxing along the margins of each copy, no text effected. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes plates 24 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates, and covers. Includes bibliographical references.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good +. NUMBER 2379 OF 4300 NUMBERED SETS. Complete in Two Volumes. c.1927. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt titles and decoration. 497pp. / 730pp. Ilus. Very Good+. Light general shelfwear, rear corner of second volume lightly bumped, front board of first volume shaken.

London New York : J. Lane The Bodley Head ; Boni and Liveright, 1933. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good set in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 vols. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; First published in 1927 in a limited edition. Contents; Vol. 1. Books 1 - 2; Book 3, chapters 1-13 -- v. 2. Book 3, chapters 14-52; Books 4 - 5. Subjects; Rabelais, Fran�ois (approximately 1490-1553?). Collected Works. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1927. Limited edition. Limited edition. Two volumes. Beautiful full crushed red morocco by Cuneo, decorated in gilt and green morocco to the upper and lower boards. Five raised bands, gilt and green morocco decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Double ruled inner dentelles with decorative corner pieces. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Housed in a bespoke red cloth, felt lined slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Frank C. Pape. A fine set, sumptuously bound by the Chicago master bookbinders The Cuneo Bindery. Limited to 4300 copies of which 2300 are for the United Kingdom and 2000 are for the United States. This set is numbered 95. Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others. With a new introduction by J. Lewis May. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.