Voltaire: Genius of Mockery by Victor Thaddeus - 1928

NY: Brentano's. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Hardcover without dust jacket. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and border on cover. Printed endpapers. Fore-edge deckle. 8vo. (xii), 291 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Includes Epilogue, Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Gilt on spine faded, moderately shaken, rear hinge starting, boards slightly bowed. VERY GOOD. "Of all the intellectual weapons that have ever been wielded by man, the most terrible was the mockery of Voltaire. Bigots and tyrants who had never been moved by the wailings and cursings of millions, turned pale at his name." - Lord Macaulay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: Brentano's, 1928. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 291p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine and edges foxed. Former owner's signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is scuffed along the edges and has a very small red stain on the back panel. Otherwise intact. A biography of the influential Enlightenment philosopher. Contains black and white plates.

New York: Brentano's, 1928. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and blue cloth. 291pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Early (not first) printing, a tight and attractive copy. Ownership signature on half-title page of a Patty Foresman (of the Scott, Foresman & Co. publishing firm Foresmans).

New York: Brentano's. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Soiling to front and rear panels. Spine slightly loose. Edge wear. Darkening to upper edge of front and rear panels. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Brentano's. 1928. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Gilt lettering on front panel and spine robust. Minimal wear to upper right corner of front panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .