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Robinson, W. Heath. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover without DJ,

New York: Tudor Publishing, c1930. 1963 printing. Hardcover. Good condition in fair d.j./fair. 720p.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

London: The Navarre Society , 1948. Blue cloth a little stained and darkened on spine; some foxing; page edges brown. Reprint of 1931 one volume edition, with drawings by W. Heath Robinson. Heavy - may need extra shipping to some locations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W. Heath Robinson.

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London: The Navarre Society, 1954. Third Impression of 1948 Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. W. Heath Robinson. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 3/4"), red cloth with gold lettering on spine; illustrated with B&W frontispiece, 53 full-page sketches, and many in-text vignettes by W. Heath Robinson; xviii + 332 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. François Rabelais (c.1494 - 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, monk, and Greek scholar. He has been celebrated as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. <br/> <br/> Gargantua depicts a young giant who is rescued from a deplorable education instituted by his father, old women, and dotty professors. Overcoming most obstacles, he becomes a cultivated and most-Christian knight, though his actions satirize chivalric ideals. In Pantagruel, the son of Gargantua, Rabelais further parodied chivalry and satirized major institutions such… Read More

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-29. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2011-08-14. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Gibbings and Company Limited; London., 1897. Hard. Good+. 12mo. 7".. Good+. Publishers green cloth with wonderfull gilt pictorial design to fronts and spines. Neatly penned ownership inscription to corner tips of each free front endpaper. A little foxing endpapers and further couple of pages to each volume. Top edges gilt. A really nice, decorative set.

Paperback / softback. New.

Robinson, W. Heath. (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS by Francois Rabelais. Lippincott, Phila., c. 1920 (later edition). 2 vols., 8vo., red cloth, gilt. t.e.g., 474 and 462pp., profusely illustrated in b/w. Minor sunning of spines, else Fine.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Book. Illus. by Robinson, W. Heath. Very Good. Full-Leather. No date. Two volumes in full leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt tooling on spine. Tooling along edges of boards. Marbled end papers. Starting to split along top front spine gutter of volume I and along top of front and rear spine gutters of volume II. Wonderful fine bindings. .

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 9x0x7. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Navarre Society Limited, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. W. Heath Robinson. Complete 2 vols in dust jackets. 4to's. illustrated by W. Heath Robinson throughout both vols. Vol1 pp474 , vol2 pp462. both vols with Dust jackets in protective sleeves in reasonable condition with some tears and splits to spine and edges and discolouration to spine. Decorative cream cloth binding are both in very good condition with old water stain to bottom of back board to Vol 1. Inside both vols all pages with top edge gilt in very good condition with some very minor foxing intermittently.

London : Navarre Society, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xviii, 449 pages ; (8�). Subjects; French literature 16th century. Satire, French. French literature. Translations into English

Cornford Press. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

2 volumes. London: privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited, [1921]. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 474; xvi, 462 pp. Monochrome frontispieces with tissue guards and 254 black and white illustrations in the text, including 100 full-page, all by Heath Robinson. Original white buckram lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Signature on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly toned, a little foxing to the final pages of volume two, a good set. § Third Heath Robinson edition. The works of Rabelais illustrated by William Heath Robinson were commissioned by Grant Richards and first published as two large quarto volumes in 1904. Heath Robinson "chose a grotesque style which emphasized the earthiness of the epic while overlooking the bawdy" (ODNB).