Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.
Published by Nonesuch Press, New York, 1942
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. with 20 illustrations in (pastel) colour by Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator). This book is a "royal octavo," which is to say somewhat taller than usual octavo -- it measures 6-5/8th X 10-1/8th inches (16.7 X 25.7 cm.), in a tan slipcase with NO dust jacket as issued. No publication date stated, but presumably between 1939 and 1945 (1942 being our compromise estimate.) Laid in is an appropriate 4-page copy of "Sandglass," the monthly newsletter of the Heritage Club, Number XV:15. Unlike books promoting the castration (chemical or otherwise) of small children which shocked parents now sometimes seek to have removed from the children's sections of tax-funded libraries, which some now dub "book-banning" (despite the fact these titles are still widely available for purchase for private use), Voltaire's "Candide" really was banned (albeit not very effectively.) Despite the "Great Council of Geneva" and the administrators of Paris banning it shortly after its 1759 release, some 30,000 copies were printed in Kehl, right across the Rhine from Strasbourg, and gleefully brought over to Paris, where the book quickly became a "best seller." In 1762, "Candide" -- which ridiculed the hypocrisy of both church and state -- was further listed in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the list of books prohibited by that long-standing champion of free debate, the Roman Catholic Church. 170 years later, in February of 1929, a U.S. Customs official in Boston seized a number of copies of the book, deeming the book "obscene" and thus preventing them from reaching a Harvard University French class. According to Anne Haight ("Banned Books," 1970), the official who confiscated the books explained "About 'Candide,' I'll tell you. For years we've been letting that book get by. There were so many different editions, all sizes and kinds, some illustrated and some plain, that we figured the book must be all right. Then one of us happened to read it. It's a filthy book." And as late as 1944, the U.S. Post Office demanded that "Candide" be dropped from the catalog of major retailer Concord Books. There have been many theatrical adaptations, of course (to include the 1974 Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim comic operetta), though the best known modern adaptations are undoubtedly the 1958 Terry Southern/Mason Hoffenberg novel and subsequent 1968 all-star film adaptation "Candy." 147 pp.
Published by Literary Guild, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1929
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kent, Rockwell (illustrator). Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and printing not stated. Illustrated with b&w head & tail pieces by Rockwell Kent. Good, no dust jacket, Slight fading to spine & edges of covers. 19 x 27. hard cover. 112pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Blue cloth over boards. Publisher's board slipcase (wear to case). 20 Color Illustrations By Sylvain Sauvage.
Published by Hanover House, Garden City, NY, 1959
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar). Rockwell Kent (illustrator). Illustrated end pages. All illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Former owner's white-out inked name on ffep, else textblock is clean and tight. Binding bumped at spine extremities; Price-clipped dust jacket, numerous chips to front top and bottom edges, tear to head and foot of spine, lightly chipped corners, mylar sleeved. 111p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Full Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Sylvian Sauvage (illustrator). Copyright for this edition is 1977. 131 pages. Full leather with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Raised spine bands. All edges of text block are gilded. Silk moire end leaves and book mark.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1977
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator). Crisp and bright, with a bookplate at the half-title page but otherwise free from owners' marks or wear save that the page edges are silver and not the Easton Press usual gold. Full gray leather binding, bound-in ribbon marker, orange moire endpapers. xix, 131pp.; Tall 8vo.
Published by The Easton Press, 1977
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Lightly rubbed. 1977 Full-Leather. xix, [1], 131, [7] pp. Tall 8vo. Dark grey full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington, with an introduction by Paul Morand. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.
Published by London - New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. - Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928., 1928
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
xxxiv, 220 pages. Hardcover: H 24.5cm x L 16.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Black cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine and front board; slight scuffing to spine ends and board corners; spine heel bumped. Minor stain to text block's top edge; toning to deckle fore-edge and bottom edge. Illustrated endpapers; contemporary Detroit, Michigan bookseller ticket for Dennen's Book Shop at ffep's bottom left corner. Minor foxing on initial and rear leaves; interior pages overall remain quite clean although a few leaves have uncut fore-edges. Binding is firm. With 12 b/w plates on unpaged leaves. A handsome edition of the foremost classic satirical novella in French literature.
Published by Easton Press, 1977
Seller: Zach the Ripper Books, Gillette, WY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Like new, Collector's Edition. Part of the 100 greatest books ever written series. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Bound in full grey leather stamped in gilt; raised spinal bands; all edges gilt. Satin ribbon. No jacket, as issued. Clean text, no bookplates or names. Very tight binding. Two small scuffs to the raised bands on the spine.
Published by Nonesuch Press, NY, 1973
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sylvain Sauvage Watercolors (illustrator). 1st. dark blue c w/decorative boards; in Very Good slipcase; owner's plate; 147 clean, unmarked pages.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1977
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Sauvage, Sylvain (illustrator). Collector's Edition. 131pp.; gray w/gilt-trimmed in gilt w/ribbon bkmk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Voltaire's classic illus.
Published by Gütersloh, Mohn - die Deutsche Buchgemeinschaft u.a. Buchclubs ohne Jahr (1970)., 1970
Seller: Antiquariat Johannes Hauschild, Gütersloh, NRW, Germany
4°. 191 S. mit 35 ganzseitigen Illustrationen. Goldgeprägter Karton, leicht lichtrandig, gutes Expl. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk Ct, 1977
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Xix, 131 Pp. Grey Leather, Gilt, Gilt Edges, Silk Bookmark And Endpapers. Fine. Bookplate.
Published by Nonesuch, 1939
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 147 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Brown slipcase. Colour illustrated plates. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Noticeable staining to hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Slipcase is moderately scuffed and torn with heavy chipping and splitting to joints.
Published by Nonesuch, 1939
ISBN 10: 1135802793 ISBN 13: 9781135802790
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Sylvain Sauvage, Color Illustrations (illustrator). Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
Published by Gütersloh, Mohn - hier Ausgabe für Bertelsmann Club, die Deutsche Buchgemeinschaft u.a. Buchclubs ohne Jahr (1970)., 1970
Seller: Antiquariat Les-art, Burgstetten, Germany
4°. 191 S. mit 35 ganzseitigen Illustrationen. Goldgeprägtes Okunstldr. auf 5 (unechten) Bünden. Vollgoldschnitt. Zweifarbiger Druck mit Kapitelüberschriften in Hellbraun. Wie verlagsneues Exemplar. Der Einband ist einem Einband des 18. Jahrhunderts nachempfunden. Mit Illustrationen des Pforzheimer Malers R. Ziegler (1891-1992). Sprache: de.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1973
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #1182 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert, tissue jacket. Large chips from jacket spine and top edge of front panel (these are notoriously fragile), jacket toned. 1973 Hard Cover. xv, 123 pp. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington, with an introduction by Anatole Broyard. Color illustrations by May Neama. Part of The Limited Editions Club's series of limited runs of classic works, which were purchasable by subscription only. Trade editions of these works were printed by The Heritage Press. Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work. "Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply "optimism") by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature. Martin Seymour-Smith has listed Candide as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written. Signed by illustrator.
Full leather. Condition: Fine. Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator). Collector's Edition, 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Gilt-stamped dark blue leather, all edges gilt, perriwinkle endpapers, bound-in ribbon marker, 8vo, 131 pp., color frontis., b/w illus. Top edges of endpapers just a bit sunned, tiny spot on title page.
Published by Nonesuch Press ( 1939), London and New York, 1939
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Boards in slip-case. Illus. Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator). 1st thus. Quarter-cloth clocth-backed patterned boards, colour illus, pp xx, 147. Page 48/49 has offesetting otherwise clean and in near-fine condition, in lightly stained but very good original slipcase. Voltaire's classic philosophical satire (first published 1759), with twenty illustrations in colour.
Published by easton press norwark conn, 1977
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1977 Easton Press Collector's Edition Genuine Leather hardcover LIKE NEW has gold accent on cover/spine/page edging, includes a attached satin bookmark ribbon, no dustjacket issued.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1973
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Thus. First LEC printing. Number 310 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Quarto (29cm). White leather over maroon and white gilt-stamped boards; 123pp; illus. Very slight toning to leather on spine, else a Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. Monthly Letter laid in.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rockwell Kent (illustrator).
Hellerau: Avalun-Verlag (= 40. Avalun-Druck), 1925. Curryfarb., goldgepr. Orig.-Halbleder-Bd. mit braun gestreiften Decken u. Lederecken. 216 nn. Seiten mit 34 Steinzeichnungen von Richard Dreher. - 21,5 x 14. * Bibliophiler Druck-Nr. 143 von 420 numerierten Exemplaren, unser Exemplar nicht im Impressum signiert. - Der Druck des Textes in Petit Flischmann-Antiqua besorgte Jakob Hegner in Hellerau bei Dresden, die Steinzeichnungen wurden von Alfred Ehrhard auf der Handpresse der Staatl. Akademie für bildende Künste in Dresden abgezogen. Jedes Ex. wurde in der Werkstatt von P. A. Demeter, Hellerau, handgebunden. - Ein fest montiertes "Exlibris Zuckmayer" auf dem unteren Innendeckel; ein locker montiertes Sammler-Exlibris (v. Hannes Gaab) auf dem Vorsatzblatt. - Ebd. schwach berieben; innen sehr gut erhalten !.
Published by Hanover House, Garden City, 1959
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hard Cover -. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Kent, Rockwell (illustrator). Edition and Printing Not Stated. Inscribed & signed by author in his tiny writing on the half-title : "To / Naomi and Ted [Seigel] / affectionarely / --- / from / Sally & Rockwell / 1959". Edition and printing not stated. Good in good dust jacket. Book : slight darkening to spine & edges of covers. Jacket : slight darkening to spine & rear panel, chipped at top & bottom of spine, 1/4 inch chip missing near center of front spine hinge, several tears along top of front panel with internal tape repairs, 3.5 x .75 inch piece almost detached at top center of rear panel. Jacket in archival protector. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 112pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed & Signed By Author. Book.
Published by The Inky Parrot Press, Oxford, 1985
ISBN 10: 0948415010 ISBN 13: 9780948415012
Seller: Earl The Pearls, Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Priestner, Wilson (illustrator). Hardcover in Slipcase. Signed by the illustrator. Number 107 / 360. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks. Spine show an even lightening. BC06Ee.
Published by The Literary Guild, 1929
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1929 SIGNED Candide VOLTAIRE Enlightenment Philosophy ROCKWELL KENT Illustrated "Candide" by Voltaire is a seminal work of the Enlightenment, first published in 1759, is a satirical novella that follows the protagonist, Candide, as he transitions from naive optimism to pragmatic realism after facing numerous hardships. The work critiques societal institutions like religion and philosophy, particularly Leibnizian optimism, leading to its initial banning. However, its insightful exploration of the human experience has since made it a cornerstone of Western literature. This rare edition is enhanced by the Art Deco illustrations of the renowned American artist, Rockwell Kent. Item number: #41329 Price: $499 VOLTAIRE, Jean François-Marie Arouet de; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.); [ALDINGTON, Richard (Transl.)]; [MERRILL, Charles Edmund (Contrib.)] Candide. New York: The Literary Guild, 1929. Signed Limited edition Details: Collation: Complete o 111, [1] o Illustrated throughout Provenance: o Illustrator signature Rockwell Kent o Handwritten Marie A. Murphy Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Grey cloth Size: ~11in X 7.5in (28cm x 18.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 41329 Photos available upon request. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).