Anatole France — Rabelais

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Anatole France's lectures on the life and works of Rabelais, with the original dust wrapper. First English edition of this work from Anatole France, originally written for the purpose of a Lecture Tour in Buenos Ayres, a "Life and Works" of Rabelais.Remained unpublished till France's death, but appeared as the last volume in the definitive edition of his works. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A fascinating study of one of France's greatest prose authors, widely known for the first two volumes relating the childhoods of the giants Gargantua and Pantagruel. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with mild bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with tape repairs to two large closed tears to the front panel and one smaller closed tear to the spine. Handling marks and spots to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with light scattered spots to the first and last few leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: Edy Legrand. Near Fine/Good.