Candide and Other Romances by Voltaire
by Voltaire. Translated by Richard Aldington with an Introduction & Notes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Norman Tealby. 1928 first edition. Size large octavo, 9.25" tall, 220 pages. Black buckram cloth covered boards with gilt titles and illustration to the front cover and spine, page edges are rough trimmed, end-papers printed with repeat pattern of flower baskets. Condition very good, corners and spine ends are rubbed, creasing at head and tail of spine, the rough trimmed page edges are browned, there are a few spots to the first and last 10 to 15 pages or so otherwise the pages are very clean throughout. Candide, The World As It Is: Babouc's Vision; Memnon, or Human Wisdom; Bababec and the Fakirs; Jeannot and Colin; The Story of Scarmentado's Travels; Lord Chesterfield's Ears
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017975
- Title
- Candide and Other Romances by Voltaire
- Author
- Voltaire. Translated by Richard Aldington with an Introduction & Notes
- Illustrator
- Norman Tealby
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 220
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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