CANDIDE
by VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Illustrated by Sydney Joseph
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hermitage House, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. Sydney Joseph. Small 4to, clothbacked boards; bookplate of Vincent Strangio, top corner bumped, water spot on rear cover at bottom.
You'll want to re-read this classic just to enjoy the saucy monochromatic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. This copy is number 978 of 1500 examples. Joseph did a number of cover illustrations for the Conde Nast syndicate.
You'll want to re-read this classic just to enjoy the saucy monochromatic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. This copy is number 978 of 1500 examples. Joseph did a number of cover illustrations for the Conde Nast syndicate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0010466
- Title
- CANDIDE
- Author
- VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Illustrated by Sydney Joseph
- Illustrator
- Sydney Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Hermitage House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE, CURIOSA, PHILOSOPHY, SYDNEY JOSEPH,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...