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La Curee
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924. Usually translated as "The Kill," this is the second book in Zola's long series (20 volumes) "Les Rougon-Macquart." This was made into a film by Roger Vadim in 1966, with Jane Fonda. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of an edition which was LIMITED to 2050 sets. A very nice edition, with a long introduction by Henry James. Black cloth binding with a reproduction of Zola's signature on the front; titling on a paper label on the spine. Clean text; xli, 323 pages; all rough-cut. The translation is by Alexander Texeira de Matos; it was the first unexpurgated translation, which came out in 1895. Attractive deco bookplate on the front paste-down. Rear paste-down has a publisher's titling label. Light push to the corners and rub to one side of the paper spine label. A worthy addition, and surprisingly scarce in the trade. In an archival plastic protector.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Au retour, dans l'encombrement des voitures qui rentraient par le bord du lac, la caleche dut marcher au pas. Un moment, l'embarras devint tel qu'il lui fallut meme s'arreter. Le soleil se couchait dans un ciel d'octobre, d'un gris clair, strie a l'horizon de minces nuages. Un dernier rayon, qui tombait des massifs lointains de la cascade, enfilait la chaussee, baignant d'une lumiere rousse et palie la longue suite des voitures devenues immobiles. Les lueurs d'or, les eclairs vifs que jetaient les roues semblaient s'etre fixes le long des rechampis jaune paille de la caleche, dont les panneaux gros bleu refletaient des coins du paysage environnant. Et, plus haut, en plein dans la clarte rousse qui les eclairait par-derriere, et qui faisait luire les boutons de cuivre de leurs capotes a demi pliees, retombant du siege, le cocher et le valet de pied, avec leur livree bleu sombre, leurs culottes mastic et leurs gilets rayes noir et jaune, se tenaient raides, graves et patients, comme des laquais de bonne maison qu'un embarras de voitures ne parvient pas a facher. Leurs chapeaux, ornes d'une cocarde noire, avaient une grande dignite. Seuls, les chevaux, un superbe attelage bai, soufflaient d'impatience.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006330
- Title
- La Curee
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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