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Rome (Two Volumes)
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Macmillan, 1896. This is a Very Good (Plus) set of the First American Edition. One of several "city" novels written by the great French naturalist. The translation is by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. (Vizetelly, who often published the copyright editions of various continental authors, had published the English edition in 1888; the title page stresses this as the "sole authorized edition.") Two volumes. Maroon cloth binding, ruled in gilt and with gilt lettering. Clean text; 434 pages and 478 pages, with four pages of publisher adverts in the rear. Rubbing, confined to the head and foot of the spine and tips; spines lightly faded. A very attractive set. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002759
- Title
- Rome (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1896
- 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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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