Candide; or, Optimism
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de / Tobias Smollett - translation
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as issued
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Sauvage, Sylvain. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Deluxe Limited Hardcover. Slim Octavo. 216 pp. a satirical novella - 30 titled chapters. 6.1" x 9.2" tan leather boards. Gilt design, letters, and text block. Raised spine bands. Silk e.p.'s. Binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009061
- Title
- Candide; or, Optimism
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de / Tobias Smollett - translation
- Illustrator
- Sauvage, Sylvain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Deluxe Limited Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- Slim Octavo
- Keywords
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire - François-Marie d'Arouet (1694-1778) - pen name Voltaire
- Bookseller catalogs
- FRENCH LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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