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1978107408Franklin 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
1973UVOLCAN00AFLimited Editions Club 1973. Fine. Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide Or Optimism. Aldington Translator Richard; Broyard Introduction Anatole; Neama Illustrator May. NY: Limited Editions Club 1973. #915 of 1500. 123pp. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Near fine in near fine slipcase with subtly rubbed extremities. Signed by Neama on limitation page. Candide broadside and The Monthly Letter laid-in. Limited Editions Club unknown books
1980109146The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. Part of "The World's Best-Loved Books" series. Bound in full leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
1977299843Norwalk: Easton 1977. hardcover. fine. Sauvage Sylvain. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. 131pp. Tall slim 8vo gilt-stamped grey leather all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Fine.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
197331777NY: 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
1973289305New York.: The Limited Editions Club. 1973. Limited edition #171 of 1500 copies. Hardcover quarter white leather over burgundy and white cloth gilt titles slipcase with paper label. . Fine in slipcase. . 8vo. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by May Neama. The Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
19287275<p>1/500 FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD.</p> VOLTAIRE SOC hardcover books
1973WB17070New York: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. 4to. Signed by the illustrator May Neama. Excellent copy in publisher's slipase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1975116894Skokie IL: Black Cat Press 1975. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.9 x 5.3 cm. polished paper covered boards title and author gilt-stamped on spine and front cover decorated endpapers. x 34 2 pages. Limited to 249 copies. Bradbury Black Cat Press 38. Epigrams attributed to the famous French Enlightenment philosophe. Frontispiece illustration of Voltaire. Introductory biographical sketch. Printed French-fold. Black Cat Press unknown books
192730578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. <br/><br/> Nonesuch Press hardcover books
177538798Amsterdam Geneva: Jean Robert 1775. Early reprint of 1770 first edition. Half-bound blue leather spine and edges blue cloth covered boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine navy endpapers. TEG red edgestain. Wear and rubbing to binding light soiling to leather and sunning to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown lacks front free endpaper. Age-toning to paper. An About VG copy. viii 174 2 blank pp. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>"Madame de Caylus was the mother of the noted French archeologist engraver and man of letters Comte de Caylus. She was a close relative of Madame de Maintenon who brought her up like her own daughter and introduced her to the life at court. She wrote valuable memoirs of the court of Louis XIV entitled 'Souvenirs'; these were edited by Voltaire and by many later editors." Encyclopedia Britannica. Voltaire studied and wrote about this historical period and was the first to edit the 'Souvenirs'. He added interesting observations critical remarks corrections of Madame de Caylus' statements - completing the vivid sketch of life at the court. Jean Robert hardcover books
1785118071De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique 1785. Volume 22 of L'imprimerie De La Societe Litteraire Typographique's complete works of Voltaire. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf with gilt tooling to the spine black morocco spine labels letterd in gilt gilt ruling to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt ribbon bound in marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece portrait of Luois XV. In very good condition. Desirable in a contemporary binding. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment Francois-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. De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique unknown books
1926WRCLIT68360London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd Mead and Co. 1926. Large octavo. Decorated orange cloth fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Frontis and plates. Spine faintly sunned a few finger smudges to cloth otherwise very good or better. First edition in this format with a portrait and 11 plates by Henry Keen. Translations by H.I. Woolf and with a new translation for this edition of "The White Bull" by Wifrid Jackson. Bookplate of Adrian Goldstone on front pastedown. John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Co. hardcover books
197750694Lincoln:: Penmaen Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. Bilingual text: French and English. Translated from the French by Anthony Hecht. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Arthur Wilson. Limited edition 100 copies. SIGNED by Hecht Ward and Wilson. Light mottling along front gutter else near fine in black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. No slipcase. . Penmaen Press, hardcover books
192950556London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 1400 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; orange paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine corners rubbed spine spotted textblock clean and sound in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and a toned spine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. <br/><br/> Scholartis Press hardcover books
1952262292Paris: Gibert Jeune 1952. paperback. near fine/near fine. 16 color plates 23 text decorations by Brunelleschi. 162pp. 12mo pictorial wrappers; uncut. Paris; Gibert Jeune 1952. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Fine in original tissue dust wrapper with a closed tear on the spine.<br/><br/> Gibert Jeune unknown books
197319062605New York: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Neama May. No. 351 of 1500 copies quarto size 141 pp. signed by May Neama with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A master of letters and wit French writer Francois-Marie Arouet best known by his pen name Voltaire wrote on numerous subjects and in numerous forms often advocating for civil liberties and criticising institutions such as the Catholic Church. "Candide" remains his best known work a satire critical of the German philosopher Leibniz and his optimism.<br/><br/>This publication by the Limited Editions Club is illustrated by May Neama whose watercolours though colourful and playful illuminate the tension in the story as Candide's colourful and optimistic world is shaken and ultimately dismantled as he experiences hardships in the world.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter white leather with maroon cloth boards gilt lettering and ornaments inside a white rectangle diagonally across the front and rear boards gilt lettering and ornaments on the spine frontispiece a watercolour by May Neama title page in orange and black full-page watercolours by Neama throughout some chapters with monochrome tailpieces in burgundy; monotype Deepdene Curtis white wove paper quarto size 11.5" by 7.75" pagination: i-iv v-xv xvi 1-2 3-123 124 1 colophon one of 1500 copies this number 351 signed by May Neama on the colophon. With the announcement one sheet and the LEC Monthly Newsletter one sheet folded once to make four pages with a horizontal crease for mailing. In a glassine wrapper housed in a slipcase covered in maroon cloth with cream paper spine label with burgundy lettering and ornaments.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight with no rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clea crisp as new. The announcement and Monthly Newsletter are near fine clean without wear with a few shallow creases to the bottom margin of the Newsletter and a small stray mark at the bottom of the announcement. The glassine wrapper is near fine clean with a few small chips to the corners and tail of the spine with light edge wear to the bottom edge. The slipcase is fine strong and sturdy clean with the hint of a stray mark or two without wear. <br/><br/>___CITATION: LEC Bibliography no. 456.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
181157786Otsego N.Y.: printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney Jun 1811. 8vo pp. 6 7-275 1; contemporary full calf; joints worn; covers rubbed mild staining; otherwise good and sound. American editions in 1803 New York and 1808 and 1810 both Frederick-Town Md. preceded this. Contemporary presentation on front free endpaper from Col. R. A. Hunter to E. H. Oswald Alexandria La. dated November 1876. Pencil ownership doodles and inscriptions on rear pastedown. American Imprints 24349. <br/><br/> printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney, Jun unknown books
1981123982Berkeley CA: The Arif Press 1981. cloth label on spine. Arif Press. 12mo. cloth label on spine. 16 2 pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by P.H. Hanson. Frontispiece facsimile of 1784 engraving. The Arif Press unknown books
16958Voltaire. Candide. Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library First Edition 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Limited Edition. Original binding. Bound in one quarter premium full leather. Covers Accented in Gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges with silk ribbon page marker and decorated endsheets. Translation of Tobias Smollet This version also includes many with illustrations of Antoni Clave. Candide is a satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. A beautiful book in pristine condition.<br/><br/>Candide is living a sheltered life with his mentor Professor Pangloss who's mantra is "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds" but as the fantastical and fast-moving plot continues Candide slowly and painfully is disillusioned as he witnesses and experiences great hardships. Voltaire concludes Candide with a practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon. unknown books
1981WRCLIT20753Cambridge: For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club 1981. Quarto. Half morocco t.e.g. Manuscript facsimiles. Edited by Desmond Flower. First edition. Tiny duplicate deaccession stamps on verso of title and once in text carefully erased but still faintly visible otherwise fine. For Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club unknown books
1787WRCLIT71108A Geneve 1787. 164pp. 12mo. Old mottled calf gilt label. A number of edges untrimmed. Some spotting and smudging binding rubbed and joints cracked; just a good copy. The second edition noted in Barbier of one of the popular biographies of Voltaire first published the previous year with a portrait not carried over to this edition. BARBIER IV:1018. unknown books
192952309London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 70 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the translator this copy no. 7 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; quarter brown pigskin over brown batik-covered boards title gilt direct on spine t.e.g.; corners bumped; near fine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. <br/><br/> Scholartis Press hardcover books
182755591New York: G. H. Evans 1827. First American edition 8vo pp. 8; removed from binding; very good. This edition not in American Imprints or OCLC but both record an 8-page "2nd New York edition" published by Evans in 1829. <br/><br/> [G. H. Evans?] unknown books
1899007638London: The Lutetian Society 1899. One of an edition of 500 numbered copies this copy unnumbered. A new and complete translation into English verse revised corrected and augmented from the earlier English translation of W.H. Ireland and the one attributed to Lady Charleville with the variants now for the first time translated by Ernest Dowson. Near Fine in quarter blue buckram over white buckram gilt lettering and rules Near Fine slight soiling to the white buckram. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lutetian Society Hardcover books
