Author: ZOLA, EMILE (1840-1902)
Title: L' Assommoir / Emile Zola ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Arthur Symons ; and a frontispiece after Toulouse Lautrec
Description: London : Privately printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie 1928. Limited Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Limited edition of one thousand copies. numbered and signed. This is no. 300. SIGNED by Arthur Symons.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 468 pages; Physical desc.: 468 p. : frontis. ; 23 cm. Subjects: French literature -- 19th century -- translations into English. Summary: This title is part of the 'Les Rougon-Macquart' series which tells about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. The behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics. chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.Weight in Kg appr.:

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