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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
FORT958212The Franklin Library. Used - Very Good. Limited Edition. Fully-bound in richly coloured leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; Gold decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt. The Franklin Library hardcover
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
Q-0393096491W. W. Norton & Company 1966-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W. W. Norton & Company paperback
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
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
1785271221785. pages de titre absentes - Kehl de l'Imprimerie de la sociÂŽtÂŽ littÂŽraire typographique 1785. 2 vol. au format in-12 177 x 113 mm de 1 f. bl. 428 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 399 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ porphyre guirlande fleuronnÂŽ dorÂŽe encadrant les plats dos lisses richement ornÂŽs d'un filet d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs caissons dentelÂŽs dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes larges fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs piÂces de titre de maroquin ÂŽbÂne piÂce de tomaison de maroquin fauve titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue jeu de petits filets obliques dorÂŽs sur les coupes tranches jaspÂŽes. Ensemble - sous reliures dÂŽcoratives du temps - complet des deux volumes constituant Les Annales de l'Empire ; ici proposÂŽs dans la cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition des Oeuvres complÂtes de Voltaire ÂŽtablie par les soins et aux frais Beaumarchais dite ÂŽdition de Kehl. ''Cette cÂŽlÂbre ÂŽdition ÂŽtait la plus complÂte la plus belle et la mieux ordonnÂŽe qui ežt paru jusqu'alors des Oeuvres de Voltaire. C'est sous le point de vue typographique que Beaumarchais mÂŽrite des ÂŽloges''. in Brunet. ''Cet ouvrage ne manque pas d'intÂŽrÂt pour ce qui concerne la conception de son auteur pour ce qui relÂve de l'ÂŽvolution des sociÂŽtÂŽs. L'ouvrage contient un vÂŽritable panorama des faits non seulement militaires politiques et religieux mais aussi sociaux.'' B. Bernard in Dictionnaire Voltaire p. 20. Graesse VII TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 390 - Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1353 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 63884 - Rahir La BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 679. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. LÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations superficielles affectant les reliures. Pages de titre absentes. Quelques rousseurs ou t‰ches claires dans les corps d'ouvrages. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1739852London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton at the Crown in Ludgate Street 1739. First edition. Near fine. Small octavo. 2442 pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page: Price Six-Pence. One page advertisement after conclusion of the translated text. <br /> <br /> First edition. An exceptionally scarce prospectus for Voltaire's landmark French enlightenment philosophy "Le Siecle de Louis XIV." Voltaire's revolutionary philosophical approach that argued intellect over military might was not completed or published until 1751 making this fragile 1739 pamphlet a remarkably early standalone English translation. ESTC T112827. Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street unknown
173650575bdParis: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache 1736. First Edition. Octavo 1/4 red levant & red cloth hardcover leather uncut iv i-viii 1-80 i pp. Woodcut ornaments. One of Voltair’s better received theatrical presentations with a setting in the New World. Very Good bearing the bookplate of collector and French translator Richard F. O’Gorman. Jean Baptiste Claude Bauache, 1736. First Edition. hardcover
1736elala1494Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche 1736. 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l. vii 1 80. woodcut ornaments initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen Moreau Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition published same year as the first by the same publisher with errata corrected. This tragedy revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru who is in love with the virtuous American princess who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaires theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313. Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736. unknown
