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1927ref. 30578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. Nonesuch Press unknown
1784ref. 10731Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated with beautifully executed plates 13 full page plates plus laid in unrelated plate. Light shelf/edge wear tips through wear at head and tail unusual wear at top tips light rubbing at hinges else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound red leather spine and tips marbled paper boards and endpages gilt lettering teg ribbon bound in frontispiece. 8vo. 416pp. Illus. b/w plates. De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique hardcover books
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1929ref. 148862New York: The Literary Guild 1929. 1st edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket 11pp. illusts. A resetting of the limited edition with these illustrations which was published by Random House a year earlier and is regarded as one of the landmarks of the American illustrated book. Random House commissioned Rockwell Kent 1882-1971 to illustrate Voltaire's Candide as the first book under its imprint. Light spots to unclipped dust jacket o/w a nice copy The Literary Guild hardcover
1926ref. 79331London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited and Dodd Mead and Company 1926. Hardcover. Very good. This satirical novella tells the story of a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The singular narrative and unique journey of Zadig still stands as a philosophical reference to “nothing is either good or bad without the comparison of one with the other.” Illustrated by Harry Keen. Octavo: xxvi 316 pp. In a one-half blue morocco over blue cloth binding by Maurin with gilt-stamped titling ornaments and borders five raised bands and marbled endpapers. The spine is sun faded; otherwise very good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited [and] Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1784ref. 10731Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated with beautifully executed plates 13 full page plates plus laid in unrelated plate. Light shelf/edge wear tips through wear at head and tail unusual wear at top tips light rubbing at hinges else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound red leather spine and tips marbled paper boards and endpages gilt lettering teg ribbon bound in frontispiece. 8vo. 416pp. Illus. b/w plates. De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique hardcover
1929ref. BOOKS17021New York NY: Random House. Good plus condition-spine faded hinges cracked/loose/No Dustjacket. 1929. reprint. 8vo. 112 pp. . Random House unknown
1899ref. 50008London: THE LUTETIAN SOCIETY 1899. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' X 7 1/4''. Two volumes. 406pp. Five hundred copies of this Edition have been printed this is copy number 71. Soiling to original boards. Foxing to endpapers and light toning throughout. THE LUTETIAN SOCIETY hardcover
1825ref. 037786Hartford: Silus Andrus 1825. Full Calf. Good. 276pp. Includes the six-page Preface to the Edition of MDCCL. Bound in old calf red spine label with gilt lettering and rules; some scuffing and faint foxing. 7" x 4.25" American Imprints 23182 First published in the US at Hartford by Andrus and Judd 1750. Silus Andrus unknown
1952ref. 47890Paris: Limited Editions Club 1952. First edition thus. Number 1279 of 1500 numbered copies. Lavishly illustrated by Sauvage who died before the book was published and therefore issued unsigned. Translated from the French by R. Bruce Boswell; introduction by Rene de Messieres. Fine in very good or better slipcase. Limited Editions Club unknown
1954Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); marbled boards, blue cloth back lettered and tooled in gilt, boards lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES.
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1821ref. 240681821. page de titre absente - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la socit littraire typographique 1785. Un vol. au format in-12 178 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 536 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau glac porphyre filet sinusodal et guirlande dors encadrant les plats dos lisse richement orn d'un filet d'encadrement dors caissons d'encadrement dors caissons dentels dors roulettes dores larges fleurons dors semis de pointills dors piÂces de titre de maroquin bÂne titre dor palette dore en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dors sur les coupes tranches jaspes. Exemplaire complet en tant que tel appartenant aux Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire dans l'dition dite de ''Kehl''. ''Cette clÂbre dition tait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonne qui et paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mrite des loges''. in Brunet. Exemplaire recelant une planche grave. Tout comme dans son Histoire de Charles XII Voltaire laisse ici entrevoir son admiration l'gard des Çsouverains civilisateursÈ. Mais s'indignant aussi face aux atrocits dont sont capables les hommes fussent-ils de grands rois. Le supplice inflig Patkul les batailles sanglantes auxquelles se livrent les soldats sont autant de preuves de la barbarie humaine. Telle sera entre autre la leÂon dveloppe plus tard dans son Essai sur les mÃurs. Graesse VII Trsor de livres rares et prcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Angles et coiffe suprieure lims. Page de titre absente. Quelques claires rousseurs dans le texte exception faite d'un cahier qui en est davantage pourvu et feuillets parfois lgÂrement oxyds. Un feuillet lgÂrement drgl. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1821ref. 240691821. page de titre absente - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la socit littraire typographique 1785. Un vol. au format in-12 178 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 538 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau glac porphyre filet sinusodal et guirlande dors encadrant les plats dos lisse richement orn d'un filet d'encadrement dors caissons d'encadrement dors caissons dentels dors roulettes dores larges fleurons dors semis de pointills dors piÂces de titre de maroquin bÂne titre dor palette dore en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dors sur les coupes tranches jaspes. Exemplaire complet en tant que tel appartenant aux Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire dans l'dition dite de ''Kehl''. ''Cette clÂbre dition tait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonne qui et paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mrite des loges''. in Brunet. Voltaire clÂbre ici les ides progressistes des LumiÂres fait tat des avances culturelles techniques et conomiques ralises au cours du rÂgne de Louis XV. Graesse VII Trsor de livres rares et prcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Coiffe infrieure arase. Page de titre absente. Cerne claire en marge de quelques feuillets. Quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Derniers feuillets lgÂrement oxyds. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
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1975ref. 003602New York: Random House 1975. Commemorative Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. 11 1/2" X 7 3/4. Rockwell Kent DJ. Facsimile of 1928 edition which was the first book to bear the Random House imprint celebrates the 50 years that have passed since Bennet Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought The Modern Library to create Random House. Book contains all of the original illustrations including chapter heads and miniature drawings. 113 pp. Orange cloth covered boards have gilt text in dark red title box on spine and dark red decorative box with gilt decorations and ' C ' on front panel. Bits of white showing on spine ends and corners. Paper covered slipcase has pictorial front. Slipcase has light soiling. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 133602 Random House hardcover
2010ref. DADAX1161400982Kessinger Publishing 2010-05-23. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.25x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
1954ref. 24637Privately Printed for the editor at the University Press Cambridge 1954. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present; marbled boards blue cloth back lettered and tooled in gilt boards lightly faded else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. Privately Printed [for the editor] at the University Press, Cambridge, hardcover
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1977ref. 33147Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. First Limited Collector's Easton Press Edition Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with full page colour watercolours and black and white throughout the text. The colour frontispiece of Voltaie by Charles Alleberry. 8vo publisher's original gray morocco lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the spine and covers silk endpapers a.e.g. xix 131 pp. A pristine copy as mint. A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THE LIMITED ILLUSTRATED EASTON EDITION. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. With an Introduction by Paul Morand. Candide was first published by Caron de Beaumarchais in 1759. Since that time it has been published in over a dozen languages. This collector's edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to The Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned for this edition. Easton Press unknown
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ref. Q-0486266893Dover Publications Incorporated 2016-04-05. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications, Incorporated paperback
