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1811Best.-Nr. 57786Otsego N.Y.: printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney Jun 1811. 8vo pp. 6 7-275 1; contemporary full calf; joints worn; covers rubbed mild staining; otherwise good and sound. American editions in 1803 New York and 1808 and 1810 both Frederick-Town Md. preceded this. Contemporary presentation on front free endpaper from Col. R. A. Hunter to E. H. Oswald Alexandria La. dated November 1876. Pencil ownership doodles and inscriptions on rear pastedown. American Imprints 24349. printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
Best.-Nr. 155450Londres: Jean Joseph Stockdale 1807. Hardcover 472pp. Very good no dust jacket. Tan 3 / 4 calf with marbled boards. Frontispiece. The frontispiece is spotted lightly edgeworn. Also known as Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. Book about Charles XII--King of Sweden. Identified on spine as Stockdale's Voltaire's Charles XII. Text in French Language. History--Europe History--Sweden. Jean Joseph Stockdale Hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. Q-0553120026Bantam Classic 1978-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Classic paperback
Best.-Nr. 9353364884.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition. Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown
Best.-Nr. 16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition. Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 1393977London UK: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD 1928. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxiii 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue lettering and motif. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has mild shelving wear. Boards have fraying along the rear head edge mild bending wear along the corners and mild fraying along the front tail fore corner and rear tail edge. Textblock has stains on pages xxxiv and 1 and 128-129 splitting along the gutter between pages 33-128 and mild age toning. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1393977. Special Collections - Downstairs. John Lane The Bodley Head LTD hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 1393977London UK: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD 1928. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxiii 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue lettering and motif. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has mild shelving wear. Boards have fraying along the rear head edge mild bending wear along the corners and mild fraying along the front tail fore corner and rear tail edge. Textblock has stains on pages xxxiv and 1 and 128-129 splitting along the gutter between pages 33-128 and mild age toning. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1393977. Special Collections - Downstairs. John Lane The Bodley Head LTD hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. 21835Lincoln Massachusetts: Penmaen Press 1977. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson". A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st 1755. A special edition of 200 signed by Hecht Ward and Wilson. In French and English. In very good condition. Penmaen Press hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 21835Lincoln Massachusetts: Penmaen Press 1977. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Arthur Wilson". A poem by Voltaire about the devastating earthquake that struck Lisbon on Nov. 1st 1755. A special edition of 200 signed by Hecht Ward and Wilson. In French and English. In very good condition. Penmaen Press hardcover books
1765Best.-Nr. 67241765 reliure demi velin havane in-octavo, dos 5 nerfs décoré - entre-nerfs à fleurons au centre avec des petits fers isolés en remplissage et des fleurettes exécutées aux filets courbes aux angles - pièce de titre sur fond grenat, coiffe supérieure légèrement défraichie, coin de tête manquant sur le premier plat et légèrement défraichi sur le second, tranches peignées, cahiers très légèrement déboités, illustrations : frontispice + sur la page de titre + bandeaux + lettrines + culs-de-lampe et hors-texte, 211 + 96 + 127 pages, 1765 à Amsterdam Chez François l'Honoré,
Best.-Nr. 68484No place 1761. 8vo. xlviii 379 pp. Minor spotting foxing at the end and with markings in margins with red pencil. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf spine with raised bands and red label. A reprint of the first part first published in 1759. The second part was published in 1763. A reprint of the first part first published in 1759. The second part was published in 1763. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 102197Paris Pierre Didot l’Aîne et de Firmin Didot 1817. 18mo. 340 2 pp. Slightly worn contemporary half calf gilt spine with red label marbled boards. Japanese book seller label from Isseido. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 121076aafParis, Librairie de Lecointe, de l’imprimerie de Lachevardiere, 1830, pt. in-8vo, 230 p.; 180 p., ms. sur page de garde ‘à Jules Vuy’ + petite bandelette en papier avec texte impr.: M. Vuy, Député aux Etats à Genève’. reliure en d.-cuir, dos avec titre et filets or, plats avec papier dominoté marbré. Joli exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 35702Paris, La Bonne Etoile, s.d. (env. 1930) In-4°, 143p. Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée.
1746Best.-Nr. 2824Sans lieu, sans nom, 1746. 1 vol. in-12 de XXIII-220 pages. Plein veau havane moucheté, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre et tomaisonde maroquin bordeaux, tranches rouges. Belle condition.
1790Best.-Nr. 2859A Londres, sans nom, 1790. 2 tomes en 1 volume in-8 de XII-126, IV-144 pages. Cartonnage de papier marbré, dos lisse et muet.
Best.-Nr. 12125Paris, Duchesne, 1765. 1 vol. in-12, veau brun marbré, dos lisse orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin La Vallière, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, coiffe sup. élimée. Malgré tout, bel exemplaire. (2) ff., 448 pp., (1) f. Les 52 premières pages sont numérotées en chiffres romains.
Best.-Nr. 0863-08Paris l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1785. Tome second de 3. gr.-8°. 439 S. HLdr. d. Zt. Mit goldgepr. Rückensch. Enthält Briefe aus dem Zeitraum 1740-1770. Es erschienen insges. 3 Bde. Die Herausgeber waren Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat de Condorcet et Jacques-Joseph-Marie Decroix. [Paris], l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1785. unknown
1802Best.-Nr. mon0000032325Paris Pierre Didot l'A�ne et d 1802. Half Leather. Very Good. in x in x in. Unread. Foxing to end pages. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Leather wrapped spine and corner corner tips all of which are rubbed. Paris, Pierre Didot l'A�ne, et d hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. mon0000020382Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Like New. in x in x in. Unread. Limited numbered edition this being book number 179. Signed by the illustrator. No markings in book. Binding is tight. There is a round perhaps bookplate on front free page that has 3 initials. Slipcase as some rubbing to covers and a bump to spine edge. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. L046960Editions Nilsson 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 217 4 pages plates. Text in French. Illustrated edition of the 3 short novels; notable for the tipped-in pochoir stencilled watercolor illustrations on glassine. Date is conjectural not dated in book. Few small chips browning and slight rubbing to color pictorial glassine jacket; inner upper hinge starting; slight browning to plates generally unaffecting images; slight internal browning to edges.Polack Robert illustrator; 6 Color Illustrations / Plates. Editions Nilsson paperback
1898Best.-Nr. 142603260005George Barrie Philadelphia 1898. Hardcover. Good. Set of Three Hardcovers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned and foxed. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! George Barrie, Philadelphia hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. MENTIS2026-07004Parsömen Yayinlari 2025. n/a Parsömen Yayinlari unknown
Best.-Nr. 137212Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs n.d. The Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's satirical novella. Quarto bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers ribbon bound in top edge gilt with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment François-Marie Arouet know by the nom de plum Voltaire was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays poems novels theoretical essays and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment. Librairie d'Amateurs hardcover
