Nana
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light spine creasing; light soiling. Cover seals beginning to separate at edges. Small stic
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Pocket Books, 1941. 1st Pocket Book edition. #104. Unabridged.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light spine creasing; light soiling. Cover seals beginning to separate at edges. Small sticker scar, inside front cover.. 1 489 p. Mass-market early PB. About the Author, publisher catalogue at back. Stiff covers and red end papers. Red page block edges. Illustrated vintage cover (barely clad woman). 'Perma-Gloss' seal over covers. Very good quality paper, clean & bright. French literature, 19th century, translated (no credit given) into English. Realist Emile Zola created the siren Nana, a voluptuous courtesan of Paris who squandered fortunes, ruined lives with careless abandon, and spent her final days disease-ridden, in squalor. A vintage classic paperback.
Synopsis
A neuf heures, la salle du theatre des Varietes etait encore vide. Quelques personnes, au balcon et a l'orchestre, attendaient, perdues parmi les fauteuils de velours grenat, dans le petit jour du lustre a demi-feux. Une ombre noyait la grande tache rouge du rideau; et pas un bruit ne venait de la scene, la rampe eteinte, les pupitres des musiciens debandes. En haut seulement, a la troisieme galerie, autour de la rotonde du plafond ou des femmes et des enfants nus prenaient leur volee dans un ciel verdi par le gaz, des appels et des rires sortaient d'un brouhaha continu de voix, des tetes coiffees de bonnets et de casquettes s'etageaient sous les larges baies rondes, encadrees d'or.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.40240001418
- Title
- Nana
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Mass-market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light spine creasing; light soiling. Cover seals beginning to separate at edges. Small stic
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Pocket Book edition. #104. Unabridged.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Paris, France|Entertainer|French 19th century literature|Vintage paperback|Courtesan|Prostitution|Realist literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Biblio member since 2017
Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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