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Candide
by VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. 111pp. Numerous small engravings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of the handsome 50th anniversary facsimile reprint edition of Random House's very first release, but tight and quite handsome.
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Details
- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 49363
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; World Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Paper-Over-Boards
- A hardcover book designed to be presented without a dust jacket. In modern hardcover publishing, the dust jacket covering the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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