Candide [Modern Library No. 47.1]
New York: Boni and Liveright, [1923-1925]. Early ML Printing. 16mo. 4.25 x 6.625 in. viii, [ii], 347 pp. + adverts. ML Binding Style 3, dark brown 'limp croft leather' (leatherette), with gothic Boni & Liveright device in black on upper cover, gilt title to spine; Brodzky endpapers. Light soiling to covers, else near fine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking dust jacket.
North Carolinia historian, scholar, & newspaper man Darley Hiden Ramsey's copy, with his ownership signature to front pastedown. An exceptionally fresh copy of an early ML edition.
Price: $60.00
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