CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
by De Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- FINE
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover. FINE. Sauvage, Sylvain. This Easton Press Collector's Edition is bound in dark-grey, genuine leather, with elegant gilt design to boards, gilded page-edges, and endpapers of champagne-colored, silk-moire fabric. The classic hubbed spines of three raised bands have 22K gold accents and there is a permanent satin ribbon page marker. The pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface. Frontispiece by Charles Attebery. 131 pp. Clean, tight, bright. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington. With an Introduction by Paul Morand and illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. "Candide is a sequence of burlesque, breath-taking catastrophes developed in a long crescendo that gradually dies down and comes to a harmonious close in the rustic setting of a little garden," (introduction).
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72657
- Title
- CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
- Author
- De Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet
- Illustrator
- Sauvage, Sylvain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 18th-century French writer
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The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
PAYPAL ACCEPTED and ENCOURAGED!!
Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
Delivery confirmation available upon request.
UPS and FEDEX Expedited Services available if requested and will be rated accordingly.
We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
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