Nana (Modern Library #142.1) by ZOLA, Emile - [1954]

New York: The Modern Library. Fair in Poor dust jacket. [1954]. Hardcover. With an introduction by Ernest Boyd. Complete and unabridged. Likely published c.1963 (no publication date appears in the book). Reverse of dust jacket lists 370 titles in ML catalog. Green cloth-covered boards --- The covers of the volume are soiled and with some interior pages with light soiling, but interior is firm and otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket is very rough, with detached front flap (which is present) and full-length tear at spine, much chipping & tearing, original $1.45 flap price, but front cover illustration is bright and relatively undamaged. In removable archival mylar protector. --- In Toledano binding #8. In grey Kent endpapers, jacket style i, ML #142.1. --- Once banned for its perceived obscenity, 'Nana' is the 9th in author's 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series. Emile Zola (1840-1902) published 'Nana' in 1880. ; 12mo 7" to 7-1/2" tall; xii, 545 pages .