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1928réf. 8733One of 237 copies number 211 one of 185 on Vélin de Montval. Sylvain Sauvage ws the pseudonym of the artist Félix Roy 1888-1948. He later illustrated the Nonesuch edition of Candide. 4to 280 × 220 mm pp. 6 157 7 including frontispiece and title 54 etched illustrations and vignettes by Sauvage including the cover hand-coloured numerous decorative initials printed in red and black. Uncut in original pictorial wrappers chemise and slipcase. An excellent copy. [Frazier-Soye and Paul Haasen for] the artist and A. Maillart.
réf. 99718Paris Jules Tallandier 1927. . Voltaire 1694-1778. - Leder mit Schabstellen Paris, Jules Tallandier, ( 1927). unknown
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
1928réf. 24452Paris: Kra Éditeur 1928. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by Pruvost. Third volume in the Poivre et Sel series. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies on Rives paper. 225pp. Original pictorial wrappers in glassine. Frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations in color by Pruvost. Light toning to top edge of front cover and spine where the glassine is torn. Previous owner's name on the first page otherwise internally extremely clean and with the publisher's promotional announcement still intact. A near fine copy. In the French language. ; Octavo. Kra, Éditeur unknown
1945réf. 680Monte Carlo: : Editions du Livre 1945. . Limited to 1000 numbered copies. . 8vo . Illustrated with 9 lithographs by Marius Petit. red roan and boards t.e.g. Extremities lightly rubbed else fine. Editions du Livre, hardcover
2007réf. Q-1585102474Focus 2007-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Focus paperback
1948réf. 6040Mount Vernon New York: Peter Pauper Press n.d. but 1948. Very Good. 26 cm; 158 pages. Printed in red and black ink. Tinted illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Bound in decorated paper-covered boards. Paper title label on spine. No slipcase. Title label discolored and slightly frayed at one edge. Covers lightly toned. Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
1922réf. 198963London: Routledge 1922. Hardcover. Good Boards are moderately edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; board corners are slightly bowed in; textblock edges are toned and lightly foxed; interior is clean but does have occasional smudging; binding appears solid. Odle Alan. Green and brown boards with mounted title card on the spine; XVI 223 pp.; richly illustrated. Gorgeous drawings by Alan Odle. Routledge hardcover books
2005réf. 105450New Haven:: Yale Univeristy Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0300106556 . Translated by Burton Raffel. First printing thus. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 132 pages . Yale Univeristy 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
1977réf. 90897Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. B00H9Z9SJI . 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. Near fine.; 131 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
réf. 43771Norwalk:: Heritage Press. Near Fine. N.D. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Paul Morand. "Sandglass" laid in. A reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine some sun fading slipcase. . Heritage Press, hardcover books
1973réf. 31777NY: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. B000OO2W5S . Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. Introduction by Anatole Broyard. Illustrated by May Neama. This copy is number 969 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. Near fine in a very good some light mottling slipcase. . Limited Editions Club hardcover books
197412mo, 144 pages, not illustrated. Covers creased. Pages browned. Translated by John Butt. eng
1973réf. 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 books
1973réf. 018769New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a 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 #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by May Neama and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1973réf. 016567New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near 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. Illustrated with color plates by May Neama. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of Avon CT. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1973réf. 015437New York: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and Fine slipcase with some small white paint specks. 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 #1256 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 books
1939réf. 226147England: Nonesuch Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good plus. Hardcover lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners has wax paper type dust jacket that is browned. In slipcase in very good plus condition lightly rubbed at corners and edges. Nonesuch Press 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
1927réf. 315984New York: Bennett Libraries 1927. hardcover. fine. Clara Tice. 8vo 10 colored etchings by Clara Tice with captioned tissue guards rubricated title page publisher's burgundy morocco by Whitman Bennett and designed by Tice with nudes to spine and front cover in gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed. New York: The Bennett Libraries 1927. A fine copy. First Tice edition limited issue. Number 155 of 250 copies on Pannekoek paper this copy additionally signed by Tice though uncalled for in the limitation. This copy is unique as it is from the personal library of Clara Tice with her charming bookplate on the fly-leaf. Bennett Libraries unknown books
1977réf. 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
1939réf. 44846London The Nonesuch Press 1939. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY RICHARD ALDINGTON. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL MORAND. ILLUSTRATED BY SYLVAIN SAUVAGE. 4to. 147pp. 20 coloured plates and other text illustrations. PRESENTED BY RICHARD ALDINGTON TO JOHN ARLOTT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Aldington 1892-1962 was an English writer and poet. Arlott 1914-1991 was a famous cricket commentator and author. unknown
réf. 42278London: The Folio Society 2011. 4to 205pp. one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator coloured illustrations full plum goatskin decorated in gilt matching slip-case a fine copy. London: The Folio Society, 2011 unknown
1977réf. 335713Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Very Good Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Owner personalization pressed into half title page.; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
