A Love Episode
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Livingston (MT): Hutchinson & Co., 1895. The eighth in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which first appeared as a novel in 1878. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First English Edition, noted by the publisher as the "sole authorized version." Translated, and with a Preface by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. Maroon cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; xi, 386 pages, with a two-page advert in the rear. Containing 94 wood engravings by E. Thevenot. There is no publication date, but bibliographers agree on 1895. Bumped, rubbing to the margins, endpapers tanned. The spine has faded but the gilt remains presentable. The signatures have cracked at page 144-145, hence the "minus" condition, but the book remains sound otherwise.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. Illus. by E. Thevenot. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005427
- Title
- A Love Episode
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Illustrator
- E. Thevenot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Livingston (MT)
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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