Candide New not touched by restorers

not touched by restorers

Jim Carroll’s legendary book about growing up in the mean streets of New York with hard drugs at age 13 to 15

Text block edges toned

David McKay Company

A few small closed tears at the top of the spine

Candide New not touched by restorersCandide by Voltaire, First edition, first French published edition, Paris, 1759 $25,000 Voltaire did a brilliant job of getting this book out without the censors finding it. He had it published in 1759 in Geneva, London and Paris among other spots across Europe. The subject was so controversial (attacks on both Church and State) that publishing in Paris could result in Bastille prison time, something that Voltaire was familiar with. He published the