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London, England: The Navarre Society, 1921. Hardcover. Good- (cloth scuffed, scratched & smudges; edge-worn. spine sunned grey w/ chips & tears to ends; tail has binding exposed. corners rubbed; crease to upper front. textblock edges foxed & darkened; abrasions to fore-edge w/ rubbing, chipping. two splits to textblock). blue silken-like boards w/ gilt printing & spine. book xvi, 402 pgs w/ frontispiece, bw plates. top edge gilt. Many unopened pages throughout.

London, UK: Navarre Society. G/NO DUSTJACKET. ca 1948. ........ Cloth. 8vo., 475, 462 pp., spines heavily faded, page toned, covers bumped .

London: Grant Richards, 1904. Hardcover. Good. . volume 1 only. cream cloth cover with gilt shows moderate wear, tear, rubbing, and soiling. pages are tanned with some minor foxing. some writing on the ffep and a rear blank.

London:: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society,, 1921.. publisher's white gilt-lettered cloth.. Spines and covers soiled; one corner bumped; both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson..

Alexander Moring De La More Press, c. 1913. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered blue cloth, top edges gilt (VG). Pp. xv + 474 [&] xvi + 462, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text by Heath Robinson (some light spotting on endpapers; previous owners' bookplates on front paste-downs and front free endpapers; no inscriptions).

1948. The Navarre Society, London. 1948. Reprint. Hardback. DW. Large 8vo. 462 pages. Complete in one volume. Frontis and illustrations. Gift inscription to front free endpaper with some foxing to endpapers, pages browned o/w a nice copy in worn and torn wrapper which lacks a portion at the bottom of the front panel near the spine.

London: privately printed for the Navarre Society, nd [c. 1910]., 1910. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Sunning to spine. Internally clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London:: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society,, 1921.. 3/4 blue morocco; marbled sides; t.e.g.. Spines sunned; significant bump to one corner; light rubbing to extremities; tight and sound; contents fine. . 8vo,. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson..

NaVARRE,, 1921. Book. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine -. First Illustrated Edition. Custom rebound by Brentano's 1920s, blue half leather, raised spine, five bands, gilt decorations, gte. 2 volumes. xvi + 474p: xvi + 462p. . Frontispiece and black and white illustrations and vignettes by W. Heath Robinson throughout.

London, Grant Richards,, 1904.. CONTAINING FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROICK DEEDS, AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SONNE PANTAGRUEL. ILLUSTRATED BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. Two volumes. 4to. xxxix+377pp. Photogravure frontispiece and 55 full-page plates; xli+350pp. Photogravure frontispiece and 43 full-page plates. Profusely illustrated. Handsomely rebound in half calf, top edge gilt.

Privately printed for the Navarre Society, c. 1920. 2 vols. Tall 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Original gilt decorated white buckram cloth, top edges gilt (VG). Pp. xvi + 474 [&] xvi + 461, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text by William Heath Robinson (some pages uncut and light tanning on endpapers; no inscriptions).

London, Grant Edwards, 1904.. Two volumes, xliv+378pp., xliv+350pp. 4to. Original gilt decorated white buckram with some slight soiling, Upper edge gilt bright to both copies. Decorated endpapers showing some discolouration from publisher's glue.. Full page engraved plates with further illustrations throughout. Protective tissue in volume one has some loss. An attractive set. . First [Heath Robinson] edition.

London: Navarre Society Limited, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jackets. Very Good. 8vo (462 and 474 pages, with frontispieces and nearly 100 black and white illustrations by Robinson). An very handsome set, with gilt top edges, deckled fore-edges and heavily gilt ornamented covers. In very good condition, without dust jackets.

London: The Navarre Society, 1921.. FIRST EDITION THUS. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xvi + 474, xvi + 462. (22.5 x 14.5 cm). Original publisher's gilt decorated white cloth, upper edges gilt, lower and outer edges uncut. 97 black and white full page illustrations, including head and tail pieces. Light shelfwear to covers, some spotting to edges and preliminary pages of both volumes, scattered light foxing throughout. Generally a very good set.

London: for the Navarre Society, 1921. 2 volumes. First edition thus. With 100 full-page black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, with numerous illustrations in the text. 8vo, publisher's full white polished buckram, the covers ruled and decorated in gilt, the spines fully gilt decorated and lettered. With the original gray dustjackets printed in blue. xvi, 474; xvi, 462 pp. A fine set, the cloth clean and with very little evidence of age, the jackets with a tad edge rubbing, primarily from shelving and a bit of mellowing to their backs. A PLEASING AND HANDSOME SET OF THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC. "For most English readers Rabelais has taken the very form and pressure of his eccentric, full-blooded translator, and doubtless would have smiled upon the joyous excess to which Urquhart, with the aid of Cotgrave's lustily Rabelaisian Deictionary (1611) carried his verbal gymnastics" (OHEL). "One of the most perfect transfusions of an author from one language into another that ever man… Read More

London: Grant Richards, 1904. 2 volumes. First edition of the W. Heath Robinson illustrated Rabelais, the large paper issue of a book published nearly two decades later in the octavo format. A copy with fine provenance, the Litchfield copy with signatures and his armorial bookplates. With 100 full-page black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, with numerous illustrations in the text, title-pages printed in black and red, full-page photogravure plates at the front, pictorial end-papers printed in red. 4to, publisher's full white polished buckram, the covers ruled and decorated in gilt, the spines fully gilt decorated and lettered. xlii, 377; xliv, 350 pp. A fine set, the cloth clean and with very little evidence of age but for some very light mellowing to the spine panels. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER ISSUE, AND A PLEASING AND HANDSOME SET OF THIS TIMELESS WORK BY ONE OF THE GREATEST WRITERS OF ALL TIME. THIS EDITION IS WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY W. HEATH ROBINSON AND IS CONSIDERED… Read More