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12 mo. hardcover, VG in blue boards in edgeworn brown pictorial dj, 545 pp. A superb study of a milieu, rendered in the scrupulous and not always-despite detractors-heavy manner of the naturalist school. 545 pp. plust list of Modern Lib. giants. Intro. By Ernest Boyd, dated 1927. Complete and Unabridged in One Volume.

1942 printing of original 1941 mass market paperback (no. 104). Cover somewhat worn and lightly creased, but still very attractive. No marks. Binding sound but probably brittle due to age so should be handled very gently. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

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Mass market paperback, light scuffing on cover else interior VG. unmarked. 412 pp. The story of a French courtesan. The French novelist's classic study of a prostitute's dissolute existence and spiritual disintegration reflects his concern with the influence of heredity and environment. New introduction by Henri Peyre.

4X7. First collier books edition 1962, softcover with wear and fading, some pencil markings to front cover; pages 97-112 uncut; creasing and rubbing to spine covers; some staining to front cover; book price on front cover 66 cents; with a new introduction by Henri Peyre; The powerful, uncompromsisng and unsurpassed story of a French courtesan _PAB_

Paperback. 413 pp. Introduction by Henri Peyre. A solid copy with very little wear. "The French novelist's classic study of a prostitute's dissolute existence and spiritual disintegration reflects his concern with the influence of heredity and environment.

Stated first print. Some cover, corner, crease. Pages very good. Classic cover art. Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was la Ville Lumiere, a perfect victim for Zola's scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moral corruption. The fate of Nana, the Helen of Troy of the Second Empire, and daughter of the laundress in L'Assommoir, reduced Flaubert to almost inarticulate gasps of admiration: 'Chapter 14, unsurpassable! ...Yes! ...Christ Almighty! ...Incomparable...Straight out of Babylon! ' Boulevard society is presented with painstaking attention to detail, and Zola's documentation of the contemporary...489 pages. Stamp inside cover.

Good vintage paperback wear to spine and back cover.