His Masterpiece, (L'oeuvre)
by Emile Zola
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1902. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First printing in English. Edited with a preface by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. BOOKPLATE OF JAMES HUNEKER, WITH NUMEROUS PENCELLED ANNOTATIONS BY HIM. Incredibly interesting how writers view fellow writers. Spine slightly bumped and out of round, internally fine, with ads in front and back browned because of inferior paper.
Synopsis
HIS MASTERPIECE,' which in the original fr bears the title of L'Oeuvre, is a strikingly accurate story of artistic life in Paris during the latter years of the Second Empire. Amusing at times, extremely pathetic and even painful at others, it not only contributes a necessary element to the Rougon-Macquart series of novels - a series illustrative of all phases of life in France within certain dates - but it also represents a particular period of M.
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- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000526
- Title
- His Masterpiece, (L'oeuvre)
- Author
- Emile Zola
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Pages
- 346
- Keywords
- James Huneker library copy. heavily annotated, by Huneker.
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...