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Brentanos, January 1928. Hardcover. Good.

Brentanos, 1928-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Illustrated. 1928 Brentanos green hardback with gold spine lettering. Frontispiece drawing of Voltaire. Ex-library. No dj.

Brentano's, 1928. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very GOOD/NONE . 291 pgs. b/w illustrations and endpapers. Unmarked hardcover with no dust jacket. 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.5in. Burgundy cloth boards with black titles on cover and spine. Areas rubbed on front cover; ends of spine are bumped. Rough-cut pages.

Blue Ribbon Books, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. No Edition Remarks. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.

Brentanos. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Owner's name on endpage. (Voltaire, History, France)

New York: Brentano's. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name blacked out. Spine weak. ; B&W Illustrations; 291 pages .

Montreal, Quebec: Louis Carrier & Company. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine faded. Spine weak and cracked. ; B&W Illustrations; 291 pages .

Blue Ribbon Books, 1928. Hardcover. Good/None. Early edition. No dust jacket. Nice deckled edges. Previous bookstore sticker on back endpaper, but all other pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is heavy sun-tanned and spine ends have softened. Otherwise minor shelf wear.

New York:: Blue Ribbon Books,, 1928.. Very good in purple cloth (some fading to the cloth) in a quite tattered and worn, but basically complete, dj.. Reprint. A biography of this great 18th century French writer. Illustrated.

New York: Brentanos, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Good loose binding, bumping of corners/ends, light soiling of panels/spine, small amount of white stains on back panel, foxing of end pgs, writing in pencil on 1st title pg. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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. Tall 8vo. [8], 291, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous plates. Brown pebbld cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. great art deco cover art of Voltaire, NF/NF, from the library of Herbert Gray Hills, of Hills Brothers Coffee, Piedmont, California, w/ bkplate on frnt pstdn. First edition, 3rd printing of this excellent biography of Voltaire, complete with the very scarce dustjacket.

Brentano's. CLEAN Fine 1928 third printing hardcover with very good- dust jacket. First and Second Printings Before Publication. . Fine. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. 1928.

Brentanos. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition; First and Second Printings Before Publication. Hardcover. ; Half black cloth cover over royal blue boards has wear at corners and caps and light general but overall in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Deckled fore edge. Pictorial endsheets and paste downs. B&W frontispiece and plates. Pages are clean and in very good condition. ; 291 pages .

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 .

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 .