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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
by Francois Rabelais
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- Hardcover
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- Acceptable/Acceptable
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Abbey Library Murray's Book Sales, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 729 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over dark red cloth with black and white illustrated plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have light rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and binding is loose. Unclipped jacket with visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and rubbing.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Title
- 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
- Author
- Francois Rabelais
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Abbey Library Murray's Book Sales
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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