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193134803NY: Wise 1931. 8vo pp. 293 308 316 294. Frontis portrait. Red cloth. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. Cover little scuffed and worn one hinge tender o/w VG. Wise 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
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
1930161496New York: Three Sirens Press 1930. Octavo six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine head and tailpieces by A. Zaidenberg three quarter Japan vellum and cloth stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition with these illustrations There is also a 1930 Illustrated Editions Company edition precedence not known by us. Spine panel a bit tanned a very nice copy. #161496 Three Sirens Press unknown 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
1774D7279Geneve 1774. Nouvelle Edition augmentee. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked gilt-stamped ornament direct in spine compartments gilt-stamped lettering in brown and black leather spine label compartments 2 and 4 a.e.g.; complete set of 8 volumes 4to 200 x 256 mm; half-title present in first volume only engraved portrait of Corneille by Watelet after Pierre and 34 plates by various artists after Gravelot. Front board of Volume 1 detached; otherwise all volumes a bit scuffed and chipped along the edges. Sold as is. Cohen-de Ricci 225 this edition; Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 17 1764 original edition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1977288078Norwalk. : Easton Press. 1977. Hardcover full gray leather raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt silk end papers ribbon marker. . Bookplate to pastedown otherwise fine no dustjacket as issued. . Large 8vo. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Easton Press. 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
1769303292Edinburgh: Martin & Wotherspoon 1769. 342pp. 1 vols. 12mop. Old calf. Bookplate of DeWitt Clinton. Signature of his son George Clinton Jr. on the ffep. 342pp. 1 vols. 12mop. Martin & Wotherspoon 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
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
1920WRCLIT82231Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1920. Small quarto 26 x 20 cm. Cloth backed boards lettered in gilt. Tips a bit bumped lower edges shelf-rubbed very good. First this edition illustrated with 26 pencil drawings by Paul Klee. "This book is included as one of the few examples of Klee's book illustration as well as an important record of his early drawing style" - Artist & The Book. ARTIST & THE BOOK 143. Kurt Wolff Verlag hardcover books
1942WRCLIT57612Berne-Bümpliz: Éditions Les Belles Feuilles 1942. Small folio. Loose signatures laid into pictorial wrappers. Near fine in good quarter vellum chemise and slipcase the latter a bit worn with cracks and bumps at a few corners. First edition thus illustrated with ten large wood engravings a number of decorated initials and two decorations by Imre Reiner. From a total edition of 220 copies this is one of 170 copies on Rives signed by the artist with an extra suite of the woodcuts on Rives. An interesting production by the artist/designer/typographer. Éditions Les Belles Feuilles hardcover books
1975176NY:: Random House. Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. 0394499034 . Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Translated from the French. First edition thus. Produced on the occasion of Random House's 50th anniversary. Small folio in tan cloth with red and gilt labels on front and spine. Fine in a very good minor edge wear and age toning illustarated slipcase. . Random House, hardcover books
195340464London: Cassell 1953. First Edition. 8vo pp. xxiii 428. Index. Blue cloth. Cover worn at edges o/w a VG copy. Cassell unknown books
17681591281768. First Edition. paperback. 182pp. half-title; woodcut title page vignette. sewn; unlettered buff wrappers. N.p. Geneva 1768.<br/><br/> One of Voltaire's best known prose works it came out in many editions the same year. This is presumably the first and conforms to the copy in the Bibliotheque Imperiale.<br/><br/> unknown books
1913WRCLIT46453Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1913. Printed wrappers. Woodcut portrait by P.-E. Vibert. One of 1240 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1568. Very good unopened. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1917WRCLIT46452Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1917. Printed wrappers. Woodcut frontis by Charles de Fontenay. One of 1420 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1550. Very good unopened. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1926WRCLIT59286Paris: René Kieffer 1926. Small quarto. Handsome color lithographed pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. About fine in nicked glassine wrapper. First edition in this format. Illustrated with over thirty vignettes and decorations by Braun colored via pochoir. From an edition of 550 numbered copies this is one of five hundred copies on vélin blanc. Monod asserts that despite the colophon publication actually took place in 1930. MONOD 11440. René Kieffer unknown books
1957WRCLIT54227Paris: Plon 1957. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Color frontis portrait. First edition ordinary issue. Edited by Theodore Besterman. Wrappers lightly soiled internally fine. Plon 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
16849Voltaire. Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire Tome Quarante-Deuxieme. Dictionnaire Philosophique M-P. 1784: Published by De l'Imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire most likely in Paris. First Edition. Octavo. Leather boards title plates to spine. 475 pages. Beautifully marbled edges and endpapers. 0 copies of this edition held in any U.S. Libraries or institutions per OCLC Worldcat. Includes entries on "Magie" "Messes" "Martyrs" "Oracles" "Plagiat" and more. The Dictionnaire was both extremely popular and widely censored making such an early first edition as this one quite uncommon. It was a lifelong project for Voltaire and represents the culmination of his views on Christianity God morality justice and other subjects. In very good condition. Leather scuffed and and Ex-Library stamp to the title page. Mild toning to pages but otherwise clean and textblock tight. In French. <br/><br/>The Enlightenment saw the creation of a new way of structuring information in books: alphabetization. Having witnessed first-hand the popularity and many advantages of this form Voltaire set to work on his own dictionary with some modifications. Unlike the lengthy-- and thus expensive-- compendiums of his peers Voltaire's Dictionnaire would be affordable and fit in one's pocket. "Revolutionary material" Voltaire commented "must be small enough for people to carry with them." The Dictionnaire espouses tolerance freedom of the press and decries the Catholic Church's injustices. While the Dictionnaire was immensely popular and sold out many times in Voltaire's lifetime it was also censored in many countries including Switzerland Geneva and France where this copy was printed. In these countries all available editions of the book were collected and burned in the town square. Voltaire who remained an anonymous author was repeatedly asked if he minded that the Dictionnaire was being burned but he calmly replied that he had no reason to be upset. unknown books
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
19781506095The 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
19771507148Easton Press 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Full-bound leather with gilt lettering decorations and edges. Moire endpapers. Collectors Edition. Previous owners bookplate on reverse side of front free end paper. Easton Press hardcover books
