Candide, or Optimism
by Voltaire; illustrated by May Neama
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. SIGNED by illustrator May Neama on rear limitation page, #1316 of a limited edition of 1500; very good in cloth boards with leather spine, no jacket as issued; some soiling to boards, minor fraying to one board corner, one set of dirty fingerprints on next to last blank page else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding; first printing thus
Synopsis
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many generations have found that its laughter does not grow old.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Kaye Books & Memorabilia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50415
- Title
- Candide, or Optimism
- Author
- Voltaire; illustrated by May Neama
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
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