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1973rif. 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
1928rif. 53820London & NY: John Lane/ Dodd Mead. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. First edition thus. Black cloth titled/decorated in gilt decorative endsheets. Illustrated. Minor wear to cloth edges hint of insecting to cloth. Frontis plus 11 plates. The DJ is about fine; flap corners are clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii 220 pages . John Lane/ Dodd, Mead hardcover
1930rif. 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
1761rif. 46975Paris: Duchesne 1761. Very Good. Paris: Chés sic Duchesne Libraire Rue Saint Jacques au Temple du Goût 1761. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo 14cm; full contemporary mottled calf triple ruled in gilt elaborate gilt spine repeating the fleur-de-lis motif all edges speckled blue marbled endpapers; 4viii19-2831adpp.; steel-engraved title page. Leather rubbed and worn at corners shallow loss at spine crown old ink price to front free endpaper final few leaves a bit damp stained; overall Very Good and sound. Updated edition of Voltaire's epic poem celebrating the life of Henri IV first published in 1723. This edition opens with an excerpt from Voltaire's preface to his collected works published in Geneva in 1756 and concludes with the publisher's list of Voltaire's plays and other works offered for sale individually. Duchesne unknown
1761rif. 46975Paris: Duchesne 1761. Very Good. Paris: Chés sic Duchesne Libraire Rue Saint Jacques au Temple du Goût 1761. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo 14cm; full contemporary mottled calf triple ruled in gilt elaborate gilt spine repeating the fleur-de-lis motif all edges speckled blue marbled endpapers; 4viii19-2831adpp.; steel-engraved title page. Leather rubbed and worn at corners shallow loss at spine crown old ink price to front free endpaper final few leaves a bit damp stained; overall Very Good and sound. Updated edition of Voltaire's epic poem celebrating the life of Henri IV first published in 1723. This edition opens with an excerpt from Voltaire's preface to his collected works published in Geneva in 1756 and concludes with the publisher's list of Voltaire's plays and other works offered for sale individually. Duchesne unknown books
1764rif. 003035Paris: Chaubert et al. 1764. 12mo. Two monthly works in one volume. Engraved vignette title pages 216pp. and 216pp. illustrated with two musical scores one folding Dedicated to the king Includes articles poems pastiches translations and songs medicine astronomy and more. Bound in full calf raised bands two compartments lettered in giltsome rubbing. A very good copy. Chaubert et al. unknown
1898rif. 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
rif. 3724555Philadelphia: Published by Robert Johnson C. & A. Conrad & Co. And Mathew Carey Booksellers and Stationers 1809. 12mo. 300pp. First Edition. Contemporary full sheep; spine with red leather title label and gilt rules additionally stamped “2” and “Prose;” coarse gray double endpapers. Binding with minor scuffing and rubbing; two small losses to endpapers; foxed; pp.249/250 with very small paper loss to margin just touching a letter or two; good. Volume two of an anthology of biographical travel literary and political writings by British French and American authors. Foreign writers include Dr. Samuel Johnson Oliver Goldsmith Denis Diderot and Voltaire. American or Irish-American writers represented here are “Dr. Benjamin Franklin” “Mathew. Carey” and “William Sampson.” Franklin’s writings comprise “A Parable against Persecution or Toleration and Philanthropy Inculcated;” “The Whistle—A True Story;” and “The Way to Wealth.” Scarce to commerce in an attractive and early if not period binding. unknown
rif. 55-1581Mexico 1973. Mexican movie poster. 94 cm. x 69 cm. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico, 1973. unknown
rif. 55-1463Mexico 1974. 42 cm. x 28 cm. Actual display poster for the movie. Folded with signs of use mainly on the edges. Se trata de un cartel de mostrar real de la película. Se doble con signos de uso principalmente en los bordes. Mexico, 1974. unknown
1977rif. 000598JFranklin Center Pennyslvania: The Franklin Library 1977. The Franklin Library. Very Fine. A very fine copy bound in full leather by The Franklin Library with silk moire endpapers with ribbon. Booklet/Notes are laid in. No bumped corners. No rubbing to leather binding. Gold gilt edges are clean and bright with no marks or scratches to gilt. No signatures no bookplates. A very nice copy. The Franklin Library unknown
1973rif. 022345New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and Fine slipcase. May Neama. Quarto 7-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in quarter white cowhide leather and scarlet linen with a gilt-lettered white linen diagonal strip on each cover. Copy #751 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1769rif. P-16144Amsterdam: Chez Francois 1769. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. From the library of Minor Myers Jr. 18th Century collector see Basbanes' Patience and Fortitude. Original wraps. P/o incription on first leaf appears significant. This is a very early if not the first printing of the new edition by Voltaire. Very moderate edgewear else an attractive solid copy. Chez Francois paperback
1770rif. 178028Paris: Chez la Vve Duchesne Saillant Desaint Panckoucke and Nyon 1770. Hardcover. VG wear to leather especially around spine stain on edge of pages near front mild foxing pencil marking on back flyleaf otherwise remarkably tight and clean given age. Full leather binding with gilt borders gilt dentelles on turn-ins 8 compartments and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration. Engraved half-titles 10 engraved plates. French. 272 pp. Volume I of II only. The first 8 chants/cantos of Voltaire's 1694-1778 epic poem Henriade. One of only two epics written by Voltaire the poem concerned the life of Henry IV of France. This volume was published within Voltaire's lifetime just 8 years before his death. Chez la Vve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke and Nyon hardcover
1770rif. 178028Paris: Chez la Vve Duchesne Saillant Desaint Panckoucke and Nyon 1770. Hardcover. VG wear to leather especially around spine stain on edge of pages near front mild foxing pencil marking on back flyleaf otherwise remarkably tight and clean given age. Full leather binding with gilt borders gilt dentelles on turn-ins 8 compartments and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustration. Engraved half-titles 10 engraved plates. French. 272 pp. Volume I of II only. The first 8 chants/cantos of Voltaire's 1694-1778 epic poem Henriade. One of only two epics written by Voltaire the poem concerned the life of Henry IV of France. This volume was published within Voltaire's lifetime just 8 years before his death. Chez la Vve Duchesne, Saillant, Desaint, Panckoucke and Nyon hardcover books
2025rif. MENTIS2026-07004Parsömen Yayinlari 2025. n/a Parsömen Yayinlari unknown
rif. 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
1920rif. 27654MODERN LIBRARY 1920 This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930 with 268 Titles Mentioned on Dustjacket Back. HBDJ BK VG- / GOOD DJ SMALL Chip top front edge in Blue Margin Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates soon Destroyed. This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930. . sunned chipped and scuffed spine 1st edn thus 268 book titles mentioned on Back DJ limp green covers. Small Octavo.16mo Upper page ends are dyed green in color OR TOPSTAIN light FADE Dimensions: 4.50" x 6 3/4 in 236 pgs 5 pgs ADS Small Octavo GREEN Flexible Cloth The publisher's logo is embossed into the front cover in lightly worn gilt. The Title is embossed into the spine in Faded Gold Gilt light wear rub.Order coupon on rear panel of DJ with 95 Cents Tiny chips tears wear Extremities DJ Toledano #2 in green CLOTH. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
1981rif. 95056Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by P. H. Hanssen. Slim small octavo. Cloth with applied paper label. Fine. One of 150 copies. Arif Press hardcover
1977rif. 020413Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition this copy not numbered but marked "O.S." out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward Anthony Hecht the translator and Arthur Wilson who wrote the introduction. Hand-printed by Michael McCurdy and Evelyn Clarke with Ward's engravings struck from the blocks. There were also 100 deluxe copies and 200 trade copies. Prospectus laid in. Penmaen Press hardcover
1981rif. 95056Berkeley: Arif Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by P. H. Hanssen. Slim small octavo. Cloth with applied paper label. Fine. One of 150 copies. Arif Press hardcover books
1930rif. P-21592New York: Random House 1930. Hardcover. Fine. Original publisher's quarter cream vellum over brown cloth with heavy stock endpapers. The first trade publication of a work previously available only in the scarce expensive limited edition. A very well preserved clean and unmarked copy with all the Rockwell Kent plates. Random House hardcover
1836rif. 142105Boston: J.P. Mendum 1836. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one xlviii 408 416p. ads for the Boston Investigator and related publications frontispieces vol. 1 portrait of Voltaire vol. 2 family portrait. Original publisher's ribbed black cloth panelled and ruled in blind spine title gilt quite bright boards are edgeworn and show card top and tail are frayed with small losses hinges slightly weak one signature starting a little front free endpaper has been excised with an old ugly adhesive remnant opposite on the pastedown. Handleable and otherwise sound. Later stereotype edition copyright is noted to be held by John Quincy Adams who also published this in 1836. Kneeland an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston Investigator one of the longest lived 1831-1904 freethought publications in the United States See Brown & Stein p. 33; he was tried four times and eventually convicted for his writings in the Dec. 20 1833 issue. J.P. Mendum hardcover
1874rif. 46967Paris: Laplace Sanchez et Cie 1874. Very Good. Paris: Laplace Sanchez et Cie. 1874. Nouvelle Édition. Quarto 28cm; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards elaborate gilt spine in six compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers; xxii2789pp.; hand-colored portrait frontispiece and nineteen leaves of plates collated complete. Leather and board margins a bit scuffed with brief exposure and a few surface scratches small early 20th century Amsterdam bookseller ticket to front pastedown and old bookseller description tipped to front free endpaper verso with offsetting to facing page else a Very Good and sound copy the plates all present and beautifully hand colored. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie unknown
1836rif. 142105Boston: J.P. Mendum 1836. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one xlviii 408 416p. ads for the Boston Investigator and related publications frontispieces vol. 1 portrait of Voltaire vol. 2 family portrait. Original publisher's ribbed black cloth panelled and ruled in blind spine title gilt quite bright boards are edgeworn and show card top and tail are frayed with small losses hinges slightly weak one signature starting a little front free endpaper has been excised with an old ugly adhesive remnant opposite on the pastedown. Handleable and otherwise sound. Later stereotype edition copyright is noted to be held by John Quincy Adams who also published this in 1836. Kneeland an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston Investigator one of the longest lived 1831-1904 freethought publications in the United States See Brown & Stein p. 33; he was tried four times and eventually convicted for his writings in the Dec. 20 1833 issue. J.P. Mendum hardcover books