VOLTAIRE IN EXILE: The Last Years, 1753-78. by Ian Davidson. New York: Grove Press, (2005). First U.S. edition, first printing. "First American Edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page. The British edition was first published in 2004. Illustrated with nineteen photograph illustrations on glossy black-and-white plates to a center section. A thorough, revealing, in-depth biography of Francois-Marie Arouet--who wrote under the pen name Voltaire, portraying the fun and artistic later years of the playwright, poet, essayist, philosopher, humorist, intellectual, and influential complex man. Nice first printing Gift. Lightly crimped to the upper and lower spine edges, else very nearly fine, square, tight and firm in textured cream-yellow boards over cream-yellow linen with metallic-red embossed titles to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band, red end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with spine panel still brightly colored and UN-faded; original printed $24.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 343 pages; End-Notes; Bibliography; Index; plus illustrations. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT LITERARY CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY BOOKS THANKS!