Abbe Mouret's Transgression
by Zola, Emile
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1900. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition in English. Translated from the French and with an Introduction by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. Blue decorative cloth binding, with a design of hearts and thorna in black and red. Titling on the cover in red, gilt on the spine. Clean text; x, 305 pages, with a 32-page publisher's catalog dated Jan. 1900 in the rear. Corners bumpe, a bit of a lean, spine faded to a tan colour This is an ex-libris copy, with a pocket on the FFEP, catalog numbers on the title page and on its reverse. . First UK Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005437
- Title
- Abbe Mouret's Transgression
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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