Candide
by VOLTAIRE & KENT, Rockwell
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1928. Limited. hardcover. fine. Kent, Rockwell. Extensively illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent, with each drawing hand-colored. 112 pages. Short slim 4to, handsomely rebound in 1/2 brown morocco and beige cloth boards. New York: Random House, 1928. A fine copy of the special limited printing with color images, printed by Elmer Adler's Pynston Printers.<br/> <br/> From a total of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent, this is one of only 95 hand-coloured in the studio of the artist [This copy is un-numbered]. A splendid production, issued to celebrate the inauguration of Bennett Cerf's new company, Random House. The logo for Random House, used to this day, comes from the final illustration in the book -- an idealized country home filled with the ideas of the Enlightenment.<br/> <br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311598
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- VOLTAIRE & KENT, Rockwell
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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- Morocco
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