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The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War
by Émile Zola; A. Vizetelly (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$62.99NZ$47.24
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About This Item
The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War by Émile Zola, translated by A. Vizetelly, War Correspondent 1870-1
Hardback, 1892, first English language edition, published by Chatto & Windus, London, 534 pages + xvi + 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/2". Black cloth binding, pictorial detail to front board and spine, gilt lettering to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding, fading to pictorial detail, particularly on spine. Tearing to outer hinges and tearing and chipping to head and tail of spine. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and especially at corners, which are torn and bumped. Some slackness and strain to binding, some cracking to inner hinges, but holding. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Embossed seller stamp to front free endpaper, occasional thumbing and other marking to page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-080
- Title
- The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War
- Author
- Émile Zola; A. Vizetelly (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- 534 + xvi + 32
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- War; Military; Franco-Prussian War; Journalism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Marginalia
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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