The Downfall (La Debacle). A Story of the Horrors of War
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. The longest of Zola's Rougon-MacQuart Series, set in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. First published in English in 1892; this is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the Third Edition (stated). Translation from the French by Ernest A. Vizetelly (identified on the TP as "War Correspondent 1870-1"). Attractive decorative binding; black and orange cloth with floral decorations in gray; black label with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; two pages of Opinions of the Press; xiv, maps, 534 pages; with a 32-page publisher's catalog dated October 1892 in the rear; decorative endpapers. Light rubbing to the tips, spine darkened but gilt remains bright. A sound and very attractive copy.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. But after they are thrown together during the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, the pair are compelled to understand one other. Forging a profound friendship, they must struggle together to endure a disorganised and brutal war, the savage destruction of France's Second Empire and the fall of Napoleon III. One of the greatest of all war novels, The Debacle is the nineteenth novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A forceful and deeply moving tale of close friendship, it is also a fascinating chronicle of the events that were to lead, in the words of Zola himself, to 'the murder of a nation'.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005469
- Title
- The Downfall (La Debacle). A Story of the Horrors of War
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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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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