L' Assommoir / Emile Zola ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Arthur Symons ; and a frontispiece after Toulouse Lautrec
1928, Limited Edition. London : Privately printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited edition of one thousand copies, numbered and signed. This is no. 300. SIGNED by Arthur Symons.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages; Physical desc.: 468 p. : frontis. ; 23 cm. Subjects: French literature -- 19th century -- translations into English. Summary: This title is part of the "Les Rougon-Macquart" series which tells about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. The behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability. Item #177637
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