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The Best Known Works of Emile Zola
by Zola, Emile
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: The Book League of America, 1941. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Book League of America, 1941. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. A decent reading copy of this classic French novelist's works. 19th century literature. Includes Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Nantas, Captain Burle, The Deatrh of Olivier Becaille, The Inundation, Nais Micoulin, and MME Neigeon. The heroine of Nana, one of his best-known works, is the product of her squalid environment and leads a dissipated life. Zola's theme is the transmission of traits through heredity and the significant influence of the environment in shaping human beings. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind-stamp design on front, generally clean, faded looking. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages are toned, clean, no underlining, no highlighting. 457 pages. 8 x 5.5 inches. 1941, The Book League of America, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028976
- Title
- The Best Known Works of Emile Zola
- Author
- Zola, Emile
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Book League of America
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, FRENCH 19TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- 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...
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