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1992BN257819Frankfurt am Main ; Wien : Büchergilde Gutenberg 1992. 1992. Aus dem Briefwechsel Voltaire - Friedrich der Grosse. hrsg. vorgestellt und übers. von Hans Pleschinski <br/><br/>Aus dem Briefwechsel Voltaire - Friedrich der Grosse. hrsg. vorgestellt und übers. von Hans Pleschinski Pleschinski Hans König von Preußen Friedrich II. der Große und Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire Frankfurt am Main ; Wien : Büchergilde Gutenberg unknown
1975003602New York: Random House 1975. Commemorative Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. 11 1/2" X 7 3/4. Rockwell Kent DJ. Facsimile of 1928 edition which was the first book to bear the Random House imprint celebrates the 50 years that have passed since Bennet Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought The Modern Library to create Random House. Book contains all of the original illustrations including chapter heads and miniature drawings. 113 pp. Orange cloth covered boards have gilt text in dark red title box on spine and dark red decorative box with gilt decorations and ' C ' on front panel. Bits of white showing on spine ends and corners. Paper covered slipcase has pictorial front. Slipcase has light soiling. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 133602 <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
193030<p>Autographed by the illustrator Rockwell Kent.</p><p>Marbled book sleeve in good condition with moerate sunning and slight edge ware.</p><p>Red polished calf with gilt inlays floral gilting on spine with green author and title placards. Spine has moderate sunning.</p><p>Gilted pages in very fine condition.</p> Random House
1975307365New York: Random House 1975. Facsimile; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Very light shelfwear on panel corners and spine crown and heel. Random House hardcover
1929110205Random House 1929. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Rockwell Kent. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. First printing after 1928 limited edition. Covers shelfworn. Front hinge cracked. dust jacket shelfworn and mildly chipped. Random House hardcover
1929148862New York: The Literary Guild 1929. 1st edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback with dust jacket 11pp. illusts. A resetting of the limited edition with these illustrations which was published by Random House a year earlier and is regarded as one of the landmarks of the American illustrated book. Random House commissioned Rockwell Kent 1882-1971 to illustrate Voltaire's Candide as the first book under its imprint. Light spots to unclipped dust jacket o/w a nice copy The Literary Guild hardcover
1930000010961New 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
1930000011623New 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
1929190846<p>New York: Random House 1929. First thus. HC w DJ. MV 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.</p> Random House hardcover
1975280735New 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
198109742Oxford 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
1929853551929. KENT Rockwell. VOLTAIRE Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Orig. cloth non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Random House 1929. First trade edition. This edition has an additional three page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition contains all of Kent's illustrations as found in the first limited edition with some minor changes in the translation from the French. Jacket lightly toned else very good or better. unknown
1928001057New York: Random House 1928. Book. Illus. by Kent Rockwell. Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A fine copy in a clean slipcase with bumped corners and slightly torn at the bottom. There is no dustjacket. This is a special edition of Voltaire's Candide with 110 illustrations in all including some specially designed chapter heads. Every page has an original illustration by Rockwell Kent. Random House Hardcover
1929189801New 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
198511242Inky 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
1929BOOKS17021New York NY: Random House. Good plus condition-spine faded hinges cracked/loose/No Dustjacket. 1929. reprint. 8vo. 112 pp. . Random House unknown
19300009107New 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. <br/><br/>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
1985BC06E-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
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
1975368238New 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
1978Q-0553120026Bantam Classic 1978-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Classic paperback
192027654MODERN LIBRARY 1920 This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930 with 268 Titles Mentioned on Dustjacket Back. HBDJ BK VG- / GOOD DJ SMALL Chip top front edge in Blue Margin Copyright states it was first publ. in 1920 in ML and the plates soon Destroyed. This COPY is a first edition from new plates with Parts I and II printed June 1930. . sunned chipped and scuffed spine 1st edn thus 268 book titles mentioned on Back DJ limp green covers. Small Octavo.16mo Upper page ends are dyed green in color OR TOPSTAIN light FADE Dimensions: 4.50" x 6 3/4 in 236 pgs 5 pgs ADS Small Octavo GREEN Flexible Cloth The publisher's logo is embossed into the front cover in lightly worn gilt. The Title is embossed into the spine in Faded Gold Gilt light wear rub.Order coupon on rear panel of DJ with 95 Cents Tiny chips tears wear Extremities DJ Toledano #2 in green CLOTH. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
19291919New York: Literary Guild 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in Fair/Good dustjacket Literary Guild hardcover
196229867HBDJ 1962. EARLY ISSUE VG/VG BLUE Hardcover WITH COPPER TITLES ON SPINE CVR. Very Good in VGdust jacket. Light chipping at spine crown/heel. Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover larger format ORANGE TOPSTAIN 352 pgs NO ADS INBACK BACK OF DJ HAS LITE SOIL SAYS FEW OF 500 AUTHORS He grows up in the baron's castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss who teaches him that this world is "the best of all possible worlds." Candide falls in love with the baron's young daughter Cunégonde. The classic attack on "Optimism" in which we meet Dr. Pangloss and Cunegonde in addition to Candide. Voltaire spent 3 days composing his Satanic Masterpiece in 1759 Satire includes Zadig Micromegas master simple etc Wit Still Sparkles Satire still Stabs & THE PROSE RETAINS ITS ATHLETIC GRACE.<br /> EVERYMAN’S Library LONDON Printed in Great Britain at Aldine Press hardcover
1928645163Random House 1928. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. Copy #1353 of 1470 numbered copies the entire edition signed by artist. Housed in a beautiful custom leather binding in half blue morocco over matching cloth spine with raised bands and gilt tooling edges untrimmed spine a trifle faded with very slight traces of wear. Kent Rockwell illustrator; Over 100 Engraved Illustrations. 111 1 pages. Uncredited English translation; introductory bibliographical note by Charles Edmund Merrill Jr. Notable for being the first book ever to carry the Random House imprint. Printed on all rag French paper by the Pynson Printers April 1928; signed and numbered by Kent on limitation page. Random House unknown