Candide
by Voltaire - Francois Marie Arouet
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979 Illustrations by Antoni Clave'. Translated by Tobias Smollet. 8vo 155 pages. Black cloth extravagently stamped in gilt - resembles leather. Three raised bands on spine. Page edges gilt. Pictorial endpages. Blank bookplate on prelim. Gilt rubbed a little on top page edges. near Mint condition. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15805
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire - Francois Marie Arouet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
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Cultural Connection
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Cape Coral, Florida
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- 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....
- 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...
- Near Mint
- a synonym for Near Fine.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...