signed Hardcover
1936 · New York
by RABELAIS, Francois
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Browning to the gutters, often found with this title, with light foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #323 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page. (Inventory #: 019629)