Nock, Journey Into Rabelais France 1stEd 1934 illustrat
"A Journey Into Rabelais's France", by Albert Jay Nock with ink drawings by Ruth Robinson, published by William Morrow, 1934. First Edition.
Nock's travels through Paris, Tours, Chinon, Toulouse, Montpellier, Aiguesmortes and twenty odd other towns. There are comments on architecture, people, customs, topography -- but for the most part the stress is on the Rabelaisian theme, with lengthy quotations and frequent references to Piroche, Panurge, Gargantua and Pantagruel. The knowledge of Rabelais is profound -- the philosophy interesting: the book is a novel experiment to combine travelogue and book on Rabelais.
Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 - August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Freeman and then The Nation, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an outspoken opponent of the New Deal, and served as a fundamental inspiration for the modern libertarian and conservative movements, cited as an influence by William F. Buckley Jr. He was one of the first Americans to self-identify as "libertarian". His best-known books are "Memoirs of a Superfluous Man" and "Our Enemy, the State."
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) -- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original brown cloth; paper title label paste-down on spine [cloth wear, a few spine creases and repairs; small damage of the back-board], 6.1/2” x 9”; nice ocher-yellow colored endpapers [the front endpaper is creased at the hinge], vintage book store label and name and “1934” is pen written on the front endpaper, 67 drawings by Ruth Robinson including full-page plates and text illustrations, 303 pages on cream-color paper, good++/ very good condition.
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"A Journey Into Rabelais's France", by Albert Jay Nock with ink drawings by Ruth Robinson, published by William Morrow, 1934. First Edition.
Nock's travels through Paris, Tours, Chinon, Toulouse, Montpellier, Aiguesmortes and twenty odd other towns. There are comments on architecture, people, customs, topography -- but for the most part the stress is on the Rabelaisian theme, with lengthy quotations and frequent references to Piroche, Panurge, Gargantua and Pantagruel. The knowledge of Rabelais is profound -- the philosophy interesting: the book is a novel experiment to combine travelogue and book on Rabelais.
Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 - August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Freeman and then The Nation, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an outspoken opponent of the New Deal, and served as a fundamental inspiration for the modern libertarian and conservative movements, cited as an influence by William F. Buckley Jr. He was one of the first Americans to self-identify as "libertarian". His best-known books are "Memoirs of a Superfluous Man" and "Our Enemy, the State."
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) -- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original brown cloth; paper title label paste-down on spine [cloth wear, a few spine creases and repairs; small damage of the back-board], 6.1/2” x 9”; nice ocher-yellow colored endpapers [the front endpaper is creased at the hinge], vintage book store label and name and “1934” is pen written on the front endpaper, 67 drawings by Ruth Robinson including full-page plates and text illustrations, 303 pages on cream-color paper, good++/ very good condition.
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