Author: Voltaire | Rockwell Kent [Illustrator]
Title: [SIGNED] [ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] CANDIDE
Publication: New York: Random House, 1928
Edition: First Edition Thus
Description: Hard Cover. Quarto; in tan polished linen cloth, with embossed titling and decorations picked out in gilt, and double rules to the perimeter of the upper board in gilt as well; 111 page, followed by the colophon; the edition is limited to 1470 numbered copies, of which this is #1324, signed by Rockwell Kent on the colophon; the spine has darkened a bit.~~Bennett Cerf was the force behind the storied publishing which he founded in 1927 with the idea that they would "publish a few books ... at random". Rockwell Kent happened to be present at the genesis of the firm. He quickly sketched out the Random House logo. And then ... this book was the first book published the company the following year, with the logo printed in a pattern on the endpapers in green and in tan.
Near Fine binding.
Seller ID: 297759