Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet deBiblio.com
8 438 résultats
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
1929réf. 189801New York: Random House 1929. Hardcover. VG/Good dustjacket has small tears and nicks. Tan boards with gilt illustration lettering and decoration. Decorative end papers. 111 pp. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. A reprint edition of the book published in 1928 in a limited edition. ""This book the first of the Random House reprints . contains all the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight." Random House hardcover
1928réf. 321This is no. 25 of a limited edition of 1470 signed copies of which 95 were colored in Rockwell Kent's studio .Printed on all all rag French paper. The book is in excellent condition despite some serious wear along the spine See photo. The pages are clear without any foxing marks or tears. The gold impressions on the title remain sharp and the binding tight. Kent's signature and book number are on the last page see photo. . Book will be priority mailed to any U. S. address. Random House hardcover
1985réf. 11242Inky Parrot Press 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1985 Inky Parrot Press Oxford UK. Limited Edition of 360 numbered copies of which this is number 59. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Illustrated by Wilton Priestner. Oversize hardcover has mustard paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Imprinted bookplate on blank page opposite half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated paper-covered slipcase has lightly bumped bottom corners and a faint smudge. Translated by Richard Aldington. Carefully packed shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required. Inky Parrot Press hardcover
1929réf. BOOKS17021New York NY: Random House. Good plus condition-spine faded hinges cracked/loose/No Dustjacket. 1929. reprint. 8vo. 112 pp. . Random House unknown
1930réf. 0009107New York: Random House 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. very good . ROCKWELL KENT. Quarto 111 pages violet cloth some sunning tender front hinge; ex libris Chicagoan Louis Edward Tilden with a bookplate designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Signed by Rockwell Kent on the free endpaper Rare thus ! . This was the first book published by Random House whose logo was designed by Kent. This edition has an additional 3-page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition has all of Kent's illustrations in the RH edition with some minor changes in the translation from the French. "For the optimistic innocent Candide and his equally guileless if more worldly-wise mentor Dr. Pangloss and their delicious adventures still command our attention. The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigour and wit that carries the reader away. Irony without exaggeration a perfect restraint in its admirable humour a gift for the 'throwaway line' 'pour encourager les autres' is a classic example; all these show Voltaire's style and originality at their incomparable best --PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 204." Random House hardcover
1985réf. BC06E-008Oxford: The Inky Parrot Press 1985. Book. Illus. by Priestner Wilson. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Hardcover in Slipcase. Signed by the illustrator. Number 107 / 360. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks. Spine show an even lightening. BC06Ee. The Inky Parrot Press Hardcover
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
1927réf. 9107Bennett Libraries 1927. Hardcover. Very Good Used. Etchings by Clara Tice. Hand set by Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Number 341 of 1000. Front hinge broken. Book plate. Bennett Libraries hardcover
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
1979réf. UVOLCAN07drpFranklin Library 1979. Very Good. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet. Candide. Smollet Tobias; Clave Antoni. Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1979. 154pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with bookplate and previous owner's name on front pastedown. Franklin Library unknown books
1929réf. 189801New York: Random House 1929. Hardcover. VG/Good dustjacket has small tears and nicks. Tan boards with gilt illustration lettering and decoration. Decorative end papers. 111 pp. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. A reprint edition of the book published in 1928 in a limited edition. ""This book the first of the Random House reprints . contains all the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight." Random House hardcover books
1929réf. 126059New York: The Literary Guild 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint. A resetting of the limited edition Random House edition. Quarto. 112pp. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Front hinge cracked cloth edges lightly faded else very good in a good only dustwrapper with edges chipped and torn with tape repair. The Literary Guild hardcover books
1929réf. 40911NY: Literary Guild 1929. Book club edition. Kent Rockwell. 4to pp. 111. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Cover somewhat soiled and worn o/w VG. Literary Guild unknown books
1937réf. 143628New York: Halcyon House 1937. Limited edition. Hardcover. G- Cover shows soiling edgewear and possible water damage; pages are generally good but are tanning/aging along all edges and in gutter; illus. and text are generally clear. Red cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover illus. flylfeaves 112 pp. BW illus. An edition of Voltaire's classic illustrated with line drawings by American artist Rockwell Kent 1882-1971. One of 1928 copies. Halcyon House hardcover books
réf. lc_108107Jean Landru, Chamonix 1945
1930réf. 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
2016réf. 1-131904901XBedford/st Martins 2016. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 160 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.25 inches. Bedford/st Martins paperback
1940réf. 9444New York: The Modern Library 1940. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5". xiii 236pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing toning creasing and chipping to covers corners and edges. Sunning to spine of jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in red and gilt. Bumps to corners and extremities of boards. Previous owner's stamp to title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A flamboyant and controversial personality of enormous wit and intelligence Voltaire remains one of the most influential figures of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Candide his masterpiece is a brilliant satire of the theory that our world is "the best of all possible worlds." The book traces the picaresque adventures of the guileless Candide who is forced into the army flogged shipwrecked betrayed robbed separated from his beloved Cunegonde tortured by the Inquisition et cetera all without losing his resilience and will to live and pursue a happy life.Publisher. The Modern Library hardcover books
réf. feb97890Used. For more details please contact me unknown
