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1930Best.-Nr. 30082New York: Modern Library June 1930. Stated 1st Edition. Flex hardcover in brown cloth boards w gilt stamp & gilt spine titling; no jacket. Good unmarked contents slight edgewar tigh binding bright gilt. Satirical novell first published in 1759 by philisopher author. Nice bright tight 1st edition copy from new plates with both Parts I & II. It is rare for Modern Library to state their first editions and this one is very scarce. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 236 pp books list decorative endpapers. Modern Library hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 5ivAh0007New York: Carlton House 1930. Book. Good. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 236 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Previous owner's name inscribed on title page. Slightly bumped cover board corners. No dj. Small tear on spine. Carlton House Hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. UVOLCAN05acmfSignet Classics 1981. Very Good. Voltaire. Candide. NY: Signet Classics 1981. 351pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and yellowed edges. Signet Classics paperback books
1927Best.-Nr. 14954New York: The Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. With ten etchings by Clara Tice. Limited to 250 copies this one out of series but still signed. Good. Red leather binding by Whitman Bennett rubbed at the joints and edges. Square bound with some reading wear scuffed gilt top edge hinges weak bookplate inside the front board. The Bennett Libraries Inc hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 449802New York: World Publishing Company 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 144pp. Blue quarter cloth with tan cloth flexible boards and red and girl titles and decorations. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. Age-toning with bumped spine ends and corners with light wear along the spine good lacking the dust jacket. World Publishing Company hardcover books
1929Best.-Nr. 172446New York: The Literary Guild 1929. Hardcover. VG- light interior and exterior discoloration. some scuffing and scratching to boards. light corner and edge wear to boards. Blue cloth boards with silver stamped design and lettering. 111 pp. Illustrations. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Translation by Richard Aldington. The Literary Guild hardcover books
1947Best.-Nr. 68596Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. This is number 882 of 950 copies signed by the artist and editor Samuel M. Adler and Carl Van Doren. 128 pages. Gray cloth with red and gilt stamping. This is a bright nice copy. Very Good. . The World Publishing Company hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 014595New York: Hermitage House 1949. First Edition. Fine in close to Fine slipcase. Sydney Joseph. Decorated boards. Voltaire's classic with mildly erotic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. One of 1500 copies this copy not numbered as apparently many were not. Hermitage House hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 30105NY: Arden 1930. 8vo pp. 144. Profusely illustrated. Small water stains cover little stained o/w VG. Arden unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 056007New York: Hermitage House. Near Fine. 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with the original slipcase "This special edition is limited to 1500 copies" this copy is not numbered illustrator Sydney Joseph's signature on the half-title page makes this copy very special a non-authorial inscription is present on the first blank end-paper and there are a few minor areas of surface-rubbing along the spine the binding is clean tight and attractive and the contents are fine the slipcase has moderate edge-wear along the top of the mounted title label the wear does not affect the title or the accompanying illustration some edge-wear is also present to the top corners the case is clean and has no splits or tears we rate it VG a unique treasure; 141 pages; Signed by Author . Hermitage House hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 322184New York: Random House 1928. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent. Slim 4to handsomely rebound in full beige morocco brown leather spine label and gilt decoration on spine and covers. New York: Random House 1928. A fine copy. Limited Edition one of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. Random House unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 311598New York: Random House 1928. Limited. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Extensively illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent with each drawing hand-colored. 112 pages. Short slim 4to handsomely rebound in 1/2 brown morocco and beige cloth boards. New York: Random House 1928. A fine copy of the special limited printing with color images printed by Elmer Adler's Pynston Printers. From a total of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent this is one of only 95 hand-coloured in the studio of the artist This copy is un-numbered. A splendid production issued to celebrate the inauguration of Bennett Cerf's new company Random House. The logo for Random House used to this day comes from the final illustration in the book -- an idealized country home filled with the ideas of the Enlightenment. Random House unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 322184New York: Random House 1928. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent. Slim 4to handsomely rebound in full beige morocco brown leather spine label and gilt decoration on spine and covers. New York: Random House 1928. A fine copy. Limited Edition one of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. Random House unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 311598New York: Random House 1928. Limited. hardcover. fine. Kent Rockwell. Extensively illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent with each drawing hand-colored. 112 pages. Short slim 4to handsomely rebound in 1/2 brown morocco and beige cloth boards. New York: Random House 1928. A fine copy of the special limited printing with color images printed by Elmer Adler's Pynston Printers. From a total of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent this is one of only 95 hand-coloured in the studio of the artist This copy is un-numbered. A splendid production issued to celebrate the inauguration of Bennett Cerf's new company Random House. The logo for Random House used to this day comes from the final illustration in the book -- an idealized country home filled with the ideas of the Enlightenment. Random House unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 000011623New York: Williams Belasco and Meyers 1930 1930. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 4 7-144 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine gold decoration on the front board. Price of $7.50 on the front panel of the dust jacket. With six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. With the glassine dustwrapper. Included is a publisher's announcement advertising Blaine's Candide and Aubrey Beardsley's Salome. A striking edition of Voltaire's masterful lampoon of Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" theory. The jacket and the glassine wrapper have a few chips. Williams, Belasco, and Meyers [1930] hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 000010961New York: Illustrated Editions Company 1930 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 5 8-144 pp. Quarter brown cloth over blue paper boards with a red and gold decoration on the front board gold lettering blocked in red on the spine with a gold decoration on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and with five full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. A name on the free front endpaper and heavy toning to the pastedowns; jacket shows significant foxing to the reverse and two chips. Illustrated Editions Company [1930] hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 190846New York: Random House 1929. First thus. HC w DJ. Good/Fair. Good/Fair. Magenta cloth gilt titling & decoration moisture stained light soiling to edges FO gift inscription to FFEP FO name to prelim shaken. Unclipped DJ no price edgeworn rubbed soiled moisture stain to front now in Brodart. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. The first of the Random House Reprints set by hand in Garamond type and printed on a specially made paper by the Pynson Printers. Contains all the illustrations made by Rockwell Kent for the Random House limited edition of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Random House hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 280735New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reissue 1 of 10000 copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Fine in boards as issued in fine slip case. Random House hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 122754New York: Random 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine. Pen marks on top corner on front endpaper. Random hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 158783New York: Heritage Press No Date. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Fine condition hardcover. Later Printing. With Sandglass in a Very good slipcase with a little wear around opening edges. Heritage Press hardcover books
1929Best.-Nr. 211325New York: Random House 1929. Very Good. Later. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Very good minus. Water stained on covers and spine. Former owner's signature. Random House unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 211224New York: Modern Library 1900. Very Good. Very good. Book is rubbed at spine ends and corners corners bumped foredges soiled pages yellowed. Modern Library unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 120092New York: Bantam 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Rep. Very good in wrappers. paperback Yellowing cover and pages. Slight warping. Bantam unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 280735New York: Random House 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reissue 1 of 10000 copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Fine in boards as issued in fine slip case. Random House hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 70044New York: Hermitage House 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Illustrated by Sydney Joseph. Spine lettering dimmed and back panel lightly spotted thus very good in pictorial boards without the original slipcase. Number 893 of 1500 copies printed of this limited edition. Hermitage House hardcover books