Candide
New York: Williams, Belasco, and Meyers [1930], 1930. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 7-144 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, gold decoration on the front board. Price of $7.50 on the front panel of the dust jacket. With six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. With the glassine dustwrapper. Included is a publisher's announcement advertising Blaine's Candide, and Aubrey Beardsley's Salome. A striking edition of Voltaire's masterful lampoon of Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" theory. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000011623
The jacket and the glassine wrapper have a few chips.
Price: $300.00
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