Candide
London and New York: Illustrated Editions Company, ( 1930). Illus. Mahlon Blaine. Octavo, original cloth binding (three-quarter blue cloth with illustration stamped in red and gilt upper board, tan-coloured spine with the illustration repeated in outline, lettering in gilt on red panels), pp 144. Many b&w illustrations: six plates and numerous illustrations in text by by Mahlon Blaine, tailpieces by A. Zaidenberg. Light rubbing to edges and corners, very small closed tear with frayed area rear board. Page repair to the margin of p. 129. Very good condition.
Voltaire's classic philosophical satire (first published 1759), with striking illustrations by Mahlon Blaine (1894-1969), who "was a major figure in book illustration before the Depression [...] His book illustrations of the 1920s and 1930s were visibly much influenced by Aubrey Beardsley". (SF Encyclopedia.). This edition printed in 1930. Item #106112
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