Candide
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Franklin, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A Fine hardback Limited Edition in full real leather binding (not faux leather, not leatherette) with raised bands spine, gilt lettering spine, gilt decoration covers, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark. 8vo. 214 pp. no bookplates, 8vo, hardcover bound in saddle colored full leather with raised bands on spine, gilt titles and handsome gilt decorations on boards and spine, burnt orange moire silk endpapers with matching silk ribbon placeholder bound in, 215 pages. All Edges Gilt (perfect). The translation of Tobias Smollett with the illustrations of Sylvain Sauvage. Part of the series: The 100 Greatest Books of All Time, a limited edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107408
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...