Introduction by Ernest Boyd (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. In green cloth, shelfwear to extremities, light fading/spotting to sping tip bottom and board corner. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

254pp. Illustrated in black and white 1st edition so stated Light cover fading and soil, top edges lightly soiled, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. MODERN LIBRARY, GOOD CONDITION, FLEXIBLE HARD COVER, DARK BROWN, GOLD LOGO FRONT, PRINT SPINE, TEAR INSIDE AGAINST SPINE- NICE AND TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. ONLY MARK IS BLUE RETAILED BY MACYS STAMP IN FRONT. Émile François Zola; 2 April 1840 ¿ 29 September 1902 was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Émile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, the object of which was to tell "The Natural and Social History of a Family under the Second Empire", the subtitle of the series. Nana tells the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte during the last three years of the French Second Empire. GREAT BOOK. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.…

Semi-Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Very Good copy. 12mo., xv, 303 pp., with 2 pages of the publisher's ads at the rear. Bound in brown leatherette. Light shelf wear, mostly at the spine's ends. An early Modern Library, with copyright by B. W. Huebsch. The ads at the rear list the highest numbered ML as #133.…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, pink and white decorations; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Sylvain Sauvage. Very good condition: spine moderately faded and with very slight scuffing; lower front corner is lightly bumped; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition: discoloration; 1" missing at head of spine; moderate wear otherwise. Might require extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. dj. Very Good, bound in full cloth. Very Good dust jacket; minimal edge wear to dj. Bound with decorated end papers. No in-text writing. Price-clipped. 8vo, 7 1/4"h x 5 "w.

(193 x 124). pp, xxi, (1), 169, (1). Some light browning and small ownership name at head of front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Brown cloth, rubbed and marked. Rubbed title label on upper board and browned title label to spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FRONT DJ Shows man at door Holding candle with bizarre reflection on door as he opens it & is titled in Red ,J Inner FlapPrice Clip but 95 Cents INTACT, Illustrated Green & White Rockwell Kent RUNNING streamer MAN Endpapers are an aqua blue color Former Owner Inscription, HBDJ, with top edge stained blue. .1929, STATED 1st Modern Library Edition on copyright pg, 1st Edition THUS, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Jacket Priced 95 cents with 159 title listed on rear panel with pre Zip code Coupon . Small 4 1/2 X 6 3/4 in. Blue BALLOON flexible Cloth cvr with Gold Gilt man running with Streamer on Front Light WearCloth cvr , . 12mo., xii, 492 pg NO ADS IN BACK., DJ FOXED, Lightly Frayed with TINY holes at DJ Fold & EXTREMITiES Is Titled in Red on Front DJ, ; Titled & Grape Vine design Decorated Gold Gilt on Cvr SPINE, Interior nice clean light wear Fox, Spine DJ end Tiny chips Tears, Jacket has some chipping along rear top edges and some small loss at the extremes. Red lettering on jacket is all present and still bright. Spine lettering still clear. An attractive copy.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1928, STATED 1st MODERN LIBRARY edition ON COPYRIGHT PG, 144 Titles Listed at Rear of bk, .,IN EARLY DUSTJACKET which Mentions 236 TITLES on Back DJ, Bk VG+/ Early DJ GOOD CONDITION , Small FLEXIBLE Brown LEATHERETTE light Spine Cvr rub, BK SPINE#4, 517 PGS, WITH ADS Ending with Nana in b ack of bk, Style 4 (Kamins) ,DJ Spine slightly Darkened with rub edges & Tiny End Chips: gold text; yellow double bars at spine top and bottom - Front: Bernhard torchbearer image , used, GOOD cover shows scrubs at upper and lower ends of spine and along spine folds - sound binding - slight tanning to paper - no internal markings or names. Small 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 in. TOPSTAIN Outer Pgs edge ,NANA is Humorous Tale of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte (fashionable prostitute) during the last three years of the French Second Empire. It's Interesting to watch her manipulate the richest of men into giving HER exactly what SHE wants before she gives them exactly what THEY want. Once banned for its perceived obscenity. BERNHARD DESIGN ENDPAPERS, (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS ON ABEBOOKS. RARE, DIFFICULT TO FIND: BOOK: Covered in Rust colored Balloon Cloth; Reddish topstain; Kent Endpapers; First Modern Library Edition, 1931, listed on Copyright page. DJ is covered in mylar; light green with red trim; 190 titles listed on back; 95 cents price; has two short tears on top front also middle of spine seam; tanning on spine; chips on top and bottom spine edges (See Scans). All orange and beige Kent Endpapers complete. SYNOPSIS: The protagonist of the novel ignores all social conventions and specializes in seducing virgin country girls. In one notorious scene, a girl tries to wash embarrassing white stains off her dress after sexual intercourse with Sanin(e). Book was censored when it first came out. PLEASE NOTE: As sometimes happened with the Modern Library printings, the dust jacket "leaping torchbearer" is going to the left and has 190 titles listed at back (indicating First Edition), while the book cover has a leaping torchbearer going to the right (with a First Modern Library 1931 on copyright page). Despite these oddities, this is the actual a First Modern Library book and dust jacket of Sanine. …