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1979réf. 108676The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 1/4 leather bound with cloth covered boards gilt detailing and a permanent satin ribbon book marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
1979réf. 108585The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. Leatherette with gilt detailing and a permanent satin ribbon book marker. With the illustrations of Antoni Clave. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
1822réf. 46701822 Paris, RENOUARD /Crapelet 1822, in8 ,reliure posterieure,8+388p,non rogné,texte frais,cachet et signature bibliothéque privée,
1930réf. 54708Paris: éditions du Trianon 1930. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Three quarter red morocco and decorated paper boards with the original publisher's green wrappers bound in. Very slight rubbing to tips of spine otherwise fine. First edition this unnumbered copy on vélin du fil. Illustrated with 6 pochoir plates by Keller after watercolors by Léon-Zack. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. éditions du Trianon unknown books
1927réf. 54673Paris: émile Hazan 1927. No. 778 of 800 copies printed on Vergé de Rives. 4 xxx 218 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter olive-green morocco marbled paper boards gilt spine raised bands marbled endpapers t.e.g. Beautiful copy. No. 778 of 800 copies printed on Vergé de Rives. 4 xxx 218 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. émile Hazan unknown books
réf. 9670470Short description: In Russian. Augustine Aurelius,. The Three Books of Blessed Augustine: Printed at the Printout of the Holy Synod of Government. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU9670470
réf. alb4dbfc94ae39467e9"Voltaire F.-M. Zaire, tragedy in five acts. Convolutee: 5th book in 1st lane. In Russian /Volter F.-M. Zaira, tragediya v pyati deystviyakh. Konvolyut: 5 kn. v 1-m per. Senate Printing House 1779-98; and Mohammed 1798 and Oedipus 1791 and Tactics 1779 and Alzira or Americans 1786. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb4dbfc94ae39467e9."
réf. alb430b37e3e3491c98Voltaire F.M. Princess of Babylon. In Russian /Volter F.M. Printsessa Vavilonskaya. With correction M. Type. Reshetnikov 1789. 2, 238 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb430b37e3e3491c98.
réf. alb3b1691964e0798c1Voltaire Fr. M. Candide or Optimism. In Russian /Volter Fr. M. Kandid ili optimizm. Series: an art anti-religious library, edited by Prof. S. Kogan. Free supplement to the newspaper Bezbozhnik. Prepared by Prof. S. Kogan. M. Peasant Newspaper Publishing House 1930. 80p. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKUalb3b1691964e0798c1
réf. alba25c53ac4f59a083Voltaire Francois-Marie-Arouet. Tales and Stories. In Russian /Volter Fransua-Mari-Arue. Povesti i rasskazy. With a portrait and drawings. Translated by L. Bukha. F. Pavlenkov, 1912. 496s,. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalba25c53ac4f59a083.
réf. alb3fd66b9d723edbd8Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de. Complete collection of all the works of G. Voltaire that have so far been translated into the Russian language and published in 5 h Part V. In Russian /Volter, Fransua Mari Arue de. Polnoe sobranie vsekh donyne perevedennykh na rossiyskiy yazyk i v pechat izdannykh sochineniy G. Voltera v 5 ch. Chast V. New Edition. Adjusted against the old ones, and adding the life of this famous writer and many of his newly translated works, which have never been published. M. In the printing press Christoph. Claudia. 1805. 4, 296 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb3fd66b9d723edbd8.
réf. alb92f06df324055a46Voltaire, Francois Marie: The history of the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV, kings of France In French /Voltaire (Volter, Fransua Mari). Istoriya tsarstvovaniya Lyudovika XIV i Lyudovika XV, koroley frantsuzskikh In French, Geneva 1772 2 N, 508 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb92f06df324055a46.
1923réf. 2221977First edition. 4to. 16 facsimile plates. 3/4 dark green morocco over matching cloth boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamping top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original printed blue wrappers bound in. Very good. Unpaginated. Descriptive annotated catalogue of what was purported to be the world's finest collection of Voltaire's works. 202 items. Printed by J. Miles & Co. Ltd. London. G. Michelmore & Co. hardcover books
1978réf. 1506095The Franklin Library 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound in premium full leather. Accented in 22kt gold. Gilt title and 3 raised bands to spine with all page edges gilt. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges orange ribbon marker and orange silk moire endpapers. Limited Edition as stated on title page. Near fine book scratches on top edges and forend some light foxing on bottom edges and scuff marks on back cover corners of book and left edge of raised bands on spine. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1978réf. 107408Franklin 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A Fine hardback Limited Edition in full real leather binding not faux leather not leatherette with raised bands spine gilt lettering spine gilt decoration covers all edges gilt silk moire endpapers silk ribbon bookmark. 8vo. 214 pp. no bookplates 8vo hardcover bound in saddle colored full leather with raised bands on spine gilt titles and handsome gilt decorations on boards and spine burnt orange moire silk endpapers with matching silk ribbon placeholder bound in 215 pages. All Edges Gilt perfect. The translation of Tobias Smollett with the illustrations of Sylvain Sauvage. Part of the series: The 100 Greatest Books of All Time a limited edition. Franklin hardcover books
1759réf. 752Genève Geneva: Cramer 1759. First Edition. 3 vols. in one 12mo 164 x 100mm pp. 2 291 1; 133 1 35 1. First printing of the great 18th century philosophical narrative with all the points correct. Including the 3 usual cancels the right title page ornament repeated pages 193 and 266 the misprints of “que ce ce fut” page 103 line 4 and “précisément” page 125 line 4 the correction removing a paragraph break page 31 the rewritten lines about the Lisbon earthquake page 41 etc. Contemporary full calf red calf label rebacked with the original spine saved and laid down recornered marbled endpapers gilt rubbed inner paper hinges strengthened old ink signatures on the endpaper and front blank tiny signature on the title page one tissue strengthened tear at the bottom of A2 touching the last 3 lines of text without any loss otherwise internally quite nice clean and very good. Bound without N7 a blank and N8 a notice to the binder as is usual agreeing in all respects to what you would have received if you had purchased a copy in sheets on publication day then bought the sequels and then handed them over to the most local Swiss bindery. Ref: PMM 204. There were 18 editions of Candide in 1759. It took 221 years for a clear and convincing bibliography to first sort them out and then got accepted and once accepted our real 1st edition was confirmed as rare. In the last 15 years however that bibliographical data has been more widely circulated and several 1st editions that weren’t on the original 22–copy census have come into market. It is still scarce more so in a contemporary binding. Candide bides as the epitomic philosophical fable of the French Enlightenment and the genotype of irony without exaggeration and though it’s laced with more salt than the postwar streets of Carthage it repeatedly tolls a reminder that light hearts live long. Most importantly Candide remains remarkably relevant when examined through contemporary frameworks functioning as an incisive proto-postcolonial text that anticipates modern discourse on global inequality systems of oppression and the limitations of Enlightenment rationality. The novel's scathing portrayal of slavery conquest and religious persecution resonates with intersectional analyses that recognize how power structures interlock across racial gender and economic dimensions. The savage irony throughout the text dismantles not just philosophical optimism but also European exceptionalism exposing the hypocrisy of colonial enterprises and religious institutions alike. The narrative's episodic structure—with its global movements between Europe South America and the Ottoman Empire—invites discussions of transnationalism and diasporic experience while Candide's concluding retreat to cultivate his garden has been reinterpreted by ecocritical scholars as both an acknowledgment of environmental interdependence and a potentially problematic withdrawal from systems-level political engagement. “Do you believe” said Candide “that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day that they have always been liars cheats traitors ingrates brigands idiots thieves scoundrels gluttons drunkards misers envious ambitious bloody–minded calumniators debauchees fanatics hypocrites and fools” “Do you believe” said Martin “that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them” –Voltaire Candide. Cramer unknown books
réf. 9125128"Short description: In Russian. Volkenshtein, Fedor Akimovich. In the pre-revolutionary courts. Moscow; Leningrad: L. D. Frenkel, 1924 (L.: type. Comintern ). You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU9125128"
1975réf. 603437New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Facsimile reprint. Presentation issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. Fine in a very good slipcase with chips at the edges. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1981réf. 09742Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press 1981. Fine. Antoni Clave. octavo 154 pages; publisher's full maroon leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt silkmoire endpapers silk bookmark. From the translation of Tobias Smollet. As New. Oxford University Press/The Franklin Press unknown books
1975réf. 368239New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint. Trade issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. A darkened spine with spotting else about near fine in a near fine slipcase with some toning. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1975réf. 368236New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint. Trade issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. A darkened spine else about fine in a near fine slipcase with some toning. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1975réf. 368238New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Facsimile reprint. Presentation issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. A darkened spine else near fine in a near fine slipcase with some toning. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1975réf. 355626New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Facsimile reprint. Presentation issue. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Quarto. A darkened spine else near fine in a near fine slipcase with some toning. One of 10000 copies reprinted on rag French paper and slipcased for Random House's fiftieth anniversary. Random House hardcover books
1977réf. 015002Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1977. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. This novella was first published in 1759. Voltaire 1694-1778 was a French writer poet historian social and religious critic. 131pp. Collector's Edition. Full Gray-blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1977réf. 97413Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1977. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Large octavo bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
