Candide eller Optimisten (Norwegian) Agatha Christie Publisher's illustrated boards with lettering

Publisher's illustrated boards with lettering to front board and spine

the son of the author’s last governess

calligraphers

Dust jacket featuring wraparound artwork by Babs Webb (the only edition featuring this illustrated dust jacket)

A beautiful set overall and an excellent opportunity to acquire the entire MaddAddam Trilogy

Candide eller Optimisten (Norwegian) Agatha Christie Publisher's illustrated boards with letteringCandide eller Optimisten, by Voltaire. Bergen: John Griegs Forlag, 1945. Rare Norwegian edition. Smartly, but amateurishly, rebound in half red leather with handmade decorated paper boards, with four raised bands and gilt decorations and title to spine, and original front cover bound within. A very good copy, the binding square and tight, the pages clean and uninscribed, with only light rubbing to the leather exterior, mostly contained to extremities,