Candide or Optimism
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet De
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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£40.70£32.56
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About This Item
Norwalk, Ct: Easton Press, 1977. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collector's Edition. One of the" 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" published by Easton. Slate gray leather , fully decorated in gilt, 2 raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. All page edges silver gilt. Orange silk moire EPs. Color characture of Voltaire as frontispiece. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington with a Introduction by Paul Morand and Illustrations by Silvain Sauvage. Yellow satin ribbon bookmark. This copy is FINE. No noticeable blemishes inside or out. Unmarked, crisp, and beautiful. Looks and feels unread. 131 pp. An exquisite example of Easton quality..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001838
- Title
- Candide or Optimism
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Ct
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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Bailey Bonzo Books
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