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1907Best.-Nr. 1020N47London: Chatto and Windus 1907. Paperback. Good. 8.5" by 6". None. The popular and translated edition of the first novel within Zola's seminal series satirising the Second Empire following the fictional Rougons-Macquart family. The popular English edition of The Fortune of the Rougons the first novel within the celebrated Les Rougon-Macquart series written by French author and pioneer of literary naturalism Émile Zola translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. Published in 1907 first published in 1871. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Contains original advertisments to the pastedowns. Set during the 1851 coup d'Etat which led to the reign of Napoleon III and the rise of the Second French Empire Zola writes the origin story of the fictional Rougons-Macquart family which become central to his seminal satire on imperial France. Vizetelly translated many of Zola's works and was the author's ally during the Dreyfus Affair. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally slight fading and spotting to paper wraps with creasing to the spine and edges. Small chips to the head and tail of the spine. Small splits to heads of joints a larger splits to tails of joints. A puncture near bottom of rear wrap. Slight spotting to pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with age toning and a faint spot to the rare leaf. Good Chatto and Windus paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 104082Fine Editions Press 1946 Tight square binding. Gold gilt to top edge of text block. Bookplate on FFEP and owner's mailing label adhered to half title page. Additional previous owner's signature on FFEP. Save those three material changes the text block is clean and unmarked. Cloth over quarter leather with decorative gilt. Both ends of book spine show wear and degradation of leather. Unbumpbed corners. Overall a handsome copy of this 1880 title. 468 pages. Illus. by illustrated Alexander Dobkin. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Fine Editions Press hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 1010H30London: Chatto & Windus 1893 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. First English edition of Zola"s Doctor Pascal the scientific and philosophical finale to the Rougon-Macquart series. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. First English edition translated from the French by Ernest A. Vizetelly. The original Le Docteur Pascal was first published in 1893 as the final novel in Zola"s Rougon-Macquart series.A scientific and philosophical novel centred on Doctor Pascal Rougon who studies heredity within his own family tracing patterns of illness and degeneration across generations. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Zola. 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to rear. Emile Zola 1840-1902 was a French novelist journalist playwright and leading figure of French Naturalism who sought to apply scientific principles to fiction. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight discolouration to spine and extremities. The odd faint handling mark to rear board. Slight crease to cloth of rear board. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned. One or two spots to fore edge. Very Good Indeed Chatto & Windus hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. DADAX0548012334Kessinger Publishing 2007-07-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.63x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. DADAX116848152XKessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x1.05x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
1943Best.-Nr. 947M17Chicago; Canada: Royce Publishers 1943-1945. Paperback. Very Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A set of colourful "Quick Readers" pocket-sized paperbacks prompted by wartime paper shortages with stories by a range of well-known authors. A three-volume set of "Quick Readers" in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with a trompe l'oeil design to the spines.Illustrated with twelve monochrome in-text illustrations to Nana thirty-one to More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole! and eight to Passage for One. Collated complete.Three charming illustrated volumes from Royce Publishers' Quick Reader series in colourful paper wraps two of which were published in Chicago and one in Canada. These pocket-sized volumes were designed to deliver quick entertainment during wartime paper shortages and also fuelled the popular sentiment of sending books to soldiers. Royce Publishers took advantage of the rise in popularity of affordable paperbacks at this time. Due to their small form both Nana and Passage for One are considerably abridged. The third volume contains six reprinted humourous stories from a variety of authors.The last two volumes are scarce.This set comprises: No. 103: Nana by Emile Zola 1943 Chicago No. 112: More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole!: Six Stories by H. Allen Smith Ogden Nash Saki S. J. Perelman Ring Lardner Samuel Hoffenstein Guy de Maupassant and Artemis Ward 1944 Canada No. 134: Mr. Pinkerton: Passage for One by David Frome 1945 Chicago In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally smart and bright. Light shelf wear to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the exception of 'More Fun' the pages of which are lightly age-toned. Very Good Royce Publishers paperback
2012Best.-Nr. DADAX3847264184TREDITION CLASSICS 2012-05-11. hardcover. New. 5.00x0.50x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. TREDITION CLASSICS hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. DADAX2012559735Hachette Livre - BNF 2012-05-01. paperback. New. 6.14x1.26x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Hachette Livre - BNF paperback
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1884Best.-Nr. 849P42London: Vizetelly & Co 1884. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce early edition in English of one of the most popular novels by Emile Zola one of his volumes in 'Les Rougon Macquart' cycle. The fifth edition in English very scarce to see in such an early English edition.One of Emile Zola's most popular novels following the rise and fall of a French courtesan and those who surround her.The ninth novel in Zola's 'Les Rougon Macquart' cycle this has became one of his best known novels.Bound without the twenty-four plates.Bookplate of William Cuthbert Brian Tunstall to the front paste down. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally a little rubbed to the leather. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Small crack to the tail of the front joint. Front hinge is a little strained rear hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Stamp to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few scattered spots. Ink inscription to the head of page 5. Bound without the plates. Good Vizetelly & Co hardcover
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1928Best.-Nr. 639P8London: T. Werner Laurie LTD 1928. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 9" by 6". Toulouse Lautrec. A limited edition copy of Emile Zola's enlightening novel 'l'Assommoir' with a frontispiece signed by the translator held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition work limited to one-thousand copies numbered and signed. This copy is numbered nine-hundred and eighty-nine. Signed by the translator Arthur Symons to the edition page. Held in the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. 'l'Assommoir' is one of Zola's novels in his Rougon-Macquart series. This novel is a study of alcoholism and poverty in the working class life in Paris. Emile Zola was an influential writer writer who is known for leading the literary school of naturalism. His novels show the prosperity and poverty in France during the nineteenth century. Translated from French by Arthur Symons. Symons was a poet editor and critic. His other works include 'A Book of Parodies' 'Tristan and Iseult: A Play in Four Acts' 'Love's Cruelty' 'Figures of Several Centuries' 'The Cafe Royal and Other Essays' and more. With a frontispiece after 'The Drinking Place' by Toulouse Lautrec. Additional spine label bound in to the rear. In the original publisher's quarter paper vellum binding with cloth to the boards held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally smart. A little discolouration to the spine. Some minor spots to the spine and boards. A little bumping to the extremities. Dustwrapper with some discolouration to the spine. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine of the dustwrapper. Minor edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd light spot. Very Good Indeed T. Werner Laurie LTD hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. 2-8446044595Ediciones Akal 2017. Paperback. New. Spanish language. 8.66x5.59x1.18 inches. Ediciones Akal paperback
2015Best.-Nr. 2-8804657456Romanzi 2015. Hardcover. New. Italian language. 7.01x4.65x2.36 inches. Romanzi hardcover
