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Drunkard
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Elek. 1958. 1st ed thus, original black cloth boards with gilt lettering to boards, dustjacket, pp 408. Dustjacket worn to edges with small closed tears, very small chip to lower corner, small damp stain on the reverse side which is not viisble from the front. Near-fine in very good dustjacket. Drunkard (L'Assommoir) is part of Zola's Rougon-Macquart sequence. It was criticised at the time for being vulgar. In his 1877 preface, which is included here, Zola writes: "It was attacked with unexampled brutality, denounced, accused of every time. [...] My work will defend me. It is a work of truth, the first novel of the people which is not false". An uncommon edition in a striking dustjacket. 1st thus. Boards in d.j..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102988
- Title
- Drunkard
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Illustrator
- Trans. Arthur Symons; introd. Alec Brown
- Format/Binding
- Boards in d.j.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elek
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Alcohol, Class, France, Literature, Money, Paris, Workers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Cloth
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- 1st Thus
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...