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2002Q-0679642587Modern Library 2002-03-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Modern Library hardcover
nosku705Includes EROTIC and other woodcuts by Howard Simon. The hardcover stated Washburn Edition from 1929. Other than a small clip at the top of the flyleaf both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc. and the pages and binding are tight as a drum. If you like to negotiate buyers are ALWAYS welcome to make me an offer I can't refuse.Very Good hardcover
W08OS-01243Williams Belasco Meyers. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Hinges cracked. Satire Classic Fiction Williams, Belasco, Meyers unknown
201175062London: The Folio Society 2011. Small 4to.Signed Limited Edition. Limited edition signed by Quentin Blake. 205 plates pp. Attractive full burgundy leather with a gilt blocked design by Blake to spine front board and slipcase. Top edge gilt. Full-page colour and in-text b/w illustrations also by Quentin Blake. Signed to front edition page being no. 461 of 1000 copies for sale. Voltaire's classic philosophical tale of Pangloss and Candide a satire of Leibnizian optimism and all forms of prepackaged belief systems and a rumination on free will and human nature. . Fine. Full Leather. Limited Numbered Edition. 2011. The Folio Society 2011 hardcover
1898991G5London: George Redway 1898 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 7". Adrien Moreau. A very scarce limited edition copy of this English translation of the French satire Candide ou l'Optimisme. A very scarce limited edition copy with the entire issue of this work limited to 600 copies and the large paper edition limited to 100 copies.Printed on Japanese vellum this is a large paper copy and is number 45/100 inscribed to the edition page.In publisher's original maroon Japanese silk binding. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece an extra set of 'en-tetes' in colour and monochrome 'en-tetes' by Adrien Moreau. This volume holds the English translation of the French satire Candide ou l'Optimisme written by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment first published in 1759.The story follows a young man Candide who lives a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss. This lifestyle is abruptly ended followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world.Translated with an introduction by Walter Jerrold. In publisher's original Japanese silk binding. Externally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine with slight loss. Small loss to joints and spine. Mark to rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good George Redway hardcover
19486040Mount Vernon New York: Peter Pauper Press n.d. but 1948. Very Good. 26 cm; 158 pages. Printed in red and black ink. Tinted illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Bound in decorated paper-covered boards. Paper title label on spine. No slipcase. Title label discolored and slightly frayed at one edge. Covers lightly toned. <br /><br /> Peter Pauper Press hardcover
2007Q-1585102474Focus 2007-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Focus paperback
1998Q-0312148542Bedford/St. Martin's 1998-09-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bedford/St. Martin's paperback
1993Q-0486276252Dover Publications 1993-08-11. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
Q-0140440046Penguin Classics 1950-06-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
2006Q-0300119879Yale University Press 2006-12-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Yale University Press paperback
2005Q-0812972015Modern Library 2005-10-11. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Modern Library paperback
2005Q-0679643133Modern Library 2005-01-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Modern Library hardcover
2005Q-0300106556Yale University Press 2005-03-11. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Yale University Press hardcover
18943537053Paris.: A. Le Vasseur et Cie. 1894. Paperback. Good. 16 tda hol piel con cortes dorados. 2 v. Encuadernación en Cons cub orig. Idioma frances . Literatura.82 82 A. Le Vasseur et Cie. paperback
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1901034189Akron Ohio U.S.A.: The Werner Company 1901. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Bound in black half-morocco with marbled boards and endpapers gilt top edges title gilt on the spines. Very slightest fore-edge sagging; little wear overall. Illustrated with plates portraits. reproductions of rare engravings steel plates photogravures and curious fac-similes done by the craftsman of the Hubert Guild. 286 pages. Volume XXXVII from The Works of Voltaire. The Werner Company Hardcover
17551108080007Amsterdam 1755. Leather Bound. Good. 12mo. French. 2 volumes bound in 1. Fully bound in contemporary brown leather. 5 raised bands 6 compartments. Burgundy title plate on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative borders along spine. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight cracking along spine edge. Scuffing to spine. Rubbing to boards. Extensive bumping and fraying to corners. Light chipping to board edges. Chipping and minor loss to spine ends. Red page ends. Notes on front endpage describing Voltaire as author. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Good text block and legible text. A fairly well-preserved volume in readable condition. This volume though officially unnatributed to him was a work of Francois-Marie Arouet better known by his pen name: Voltaire. It collects all installments of his history of the war of 1741 being the War of Austrian Succession. An exceptional addition to the library of any scholar on World History. Bengesco 1232. Amsterdam hardcover
1901034179Akron Ohio U.S.A.: The Werner Company 1901. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Bound in black half-morocco with marbled boards and endpapers gilt top edge title gilt on the spine. Minor chipping about the middle of the cover top edges otherwise little wear at all. Illustrated with plates portraits. reproductions of rare engravings steel plates photogravures and curious fac-similes done by the craftsman of the Hubert Guild. 316 pages. Volumes XXXIII from The Works of Voltaire. The Werner Company Hardcover
1901034175Akron Ohio U.S.A.: The Werner Company 1901. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 2 Volumes. Bound in black half-morocco with marbled boards and endpapers gilt top edges title gilt on the spines. Volume one rear top corner is chipped but not bumped; volume 2 spine top edge has a small piece chipped away otherwise little wear at all. Illustrated with plates portraits. reproductions of rare engravings steel plates photogravures and curious fac-similes done by the craftsman of the Hubert Guild. 304 308 pages. Volumes XX and XXI from The Works of Voltaire. The Werner Company Hardcover
CA05C-00139Kurt Wolff. Collectible - Acceptable. Munich: Kurt Wolff 1920. Sm 4to hardcover. 89pp. German. Illustrations by Paul Klee. Poor book. Heavily dampstained and soiled. Hinges cracked and front endpage missing. Classic Literature Paul Klee Books in German Inquire if you need further information. Kurt Wolff hardcover
1922185531Munich: Julius Schroder Verlag 1922. Hardcover. VG: Cover has general discoloration and staining. Spine has damage along seem and top/bottom edges. Bookblock has age toning. Ownership sticker from previous owner on front end page. Off white cloth boards with red title lettering and gilt design. Decorative end pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Custom partial slipcase. 79 pages 1 unnumbered page; 20 illustrations. "This work with 20 etchings by Fritz Heubner was published in 1922 on behalf of Dr. jur. Julius Schröder Verlag Munich Friedrichstrabe 9 as the eighth print in the series of 'Masterpieces of World Literature with Original Graphics' in a one-time special edition of 250 copies by Knorr & Hirth and Heinrich Wetteroth in Munich printed on real Rhenish hand-made paper and bound by Knorr & Hirth . by hand "- Colophon./ Publisher's vellum covers printed in red and is valid with elaborate sculpture in center front cover top applies to edges and illustrated end papers. Julius Schroder Verlag hardcover
186570000Paris: Leclere Libraire-Éditeur 1865. Later printing. Leather Bound. Very Good. xv 211; 169pp. Quarto 25.5cm. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Gilt stamped lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Gilt topstain. Mild scuffing to extremities. Light sporadic moisture staining to the leather of each volume. Textblocks a bit wavy. Bookplate affixed to each front free endpaper. In the original French. Illustrated.<br /> <br /> A satirical poem about Joan of Arc. The poem began to circulate in the 1730s and was immediately controversial. Though outlawed throughout much of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries it became one of the most widely read texts about the life of Joan of Arc. Leclere, Libraire-Éditeur unknown
1899H26296London: Printed for the Lutetian Society 1899. 1899. Hardcover. Very good. One of 500 copies this one unnumbered. Vol. 2 only with Cantos 12-21. 8.5 x 7 inches half blue morocco and marbled boards very good light rubbing fading and wear to binding contents very good. With bookplates of Augustine Birrell and Edward S. Marsh. With 9 copperplates from a 1797 edition bound in at appropriate places. The previous owner Augustine Birrell was a British Liberal Party politician who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916 known for his humorous essays. Marsh was a well known bibliophile of the turn of the century from Brandon VT. Printed for the Lutetian Society hardcover
