Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Trade paperback, like new and obviously never read. Unmarked copy.
Cloth. Condition: FR/No Dustjacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). New Edition. New York, NY: Macmillan Company. FR/No Dustjacket. 1901. New Edition. Cloth. 8vo., x, 473 pp., (iv), Tips and spine edges rubbed and frayed, binding with light scuffing and tiny spots; cracked and shaken with soiled fore-edges and ownership on inside front cover plus some chewing of edges and browning of p115 .
Published by Blackwood, Scott and Company, London, 1900
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Good+. John Cameron (illustrator). Not dated c. 1900 Sole authorised English version octavo hardback, xii + 410 pages Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece by John Cameron. Good+ condition Maroon cloth Gilt art nouveau decoration on spine, author's initials gilt on front cover. No inscriptions. Quite a nice complete copy.
Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1898
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First American Edition. Maroon hardcovers show light wear at spine ends and corners. Owner's name and date in ink on FFE. These books are clean, tight and unmarked.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1897
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition. pp X. 410 + 32. 1st printing. Prior owner nameplate to FPD. Tiny mark to upper board. Internally fine.
Published by Chatto, London, United Kingdom, 1901
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo. 500pp. plus 4pp. Advertisements at front and 32pp ( March 1901 )A true first UK edition in original orange boards decorated in red and black. Some rubbing to the boards, uneven fade. Tight binding, Internally a scattering of spotting to the pages, small booksellers label to the front end pages.
Published by Chatto, London, United Kingdom, 1900
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo. 412pp. plus 2pp. Advertisements at front and 32pp ( March 1900 )A true first UK edition in original green boards decorated in Dark green and pink. Some rubbing to the boards, crease to rear board. Tight binding, Internally clean pages, heavy spotting to the end pages.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1898
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition. pp XII, 347 + 32. 1st printing. Prior owner nameplate to FPD. Spine sunned, wear to head of spine. Internally fine.
Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1900
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. No jacket. First American Edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Previous owner's ink name and date (June 7, 1900) on the front endpaper. Bound in the original green cloth. Gilt titles on the spine and front cover are still bright and shiny. Top edge gilt. From the Translator's Preface: "FRUITFULNESS is the first of a series of four works in which M. Zola proposes to embody what he considered to be the four cardinal principles of human life." Respectively, Zola's Quatre Évangiles [four gospels] were to feature principal characters named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Zola finished only 3 of them: Fécondité (1899, tr. FRUITFULNESS, 1900); Travail (1901, tr. LABOR, 1901); and Vérité (published posthumously, 1903, tr. TRUTH, 1903). The final book, JUSTICE, was not completed at the time of Zola's death in 1902 of carbon monoxide poisoning from a stopped-up chimney. Although nothing was ever proved, many people believed he had been murdered. After all, Zola had made plenty of enemies as a result of his role in France's notorious Dreyfus Affair. Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain, was convicted of espionage and sent to Devil's Island. In 1898, Zola risked his life and career in defense of Dreyfus by accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongful imprisonment. The catalyst was Zola's letter "J'accuse" published on the front page of a Paris newspaper, L'AURORE. Less than 6 weeks later, Zola found himself convicted of libel, sentenced, and removed from the Legion of Honor. To avoid prison, Zola had to temporarily flee to England. Dreyfus was eventually pardoned, and in 1906 exonerated by the Supreme Court. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition/No jacket. 8vo. ix, 487pp.
Published by Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London . 1901., 1901
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back publisher's original orange cloth covers, gilt stamping and faded cloth to spine, scarlet stamping to upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" viii, 500, 32 [pp] catalogue dated March 1901. Tanning to closed page edges and catalogue, offsetting to end papers. In Very Good condition without any fraying to cloth. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Published by Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London . 1893., 1893
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back publisher's original floral decorated brown cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine, floral end papers. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" xx, 354, 2, 32 [pp] catalogue dated April 1893. Tissue guarded portrait frontispiece of the author. Former name in pencil to front paste down, light foxing to fore edge and spine, spine tips and corners turned in. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Published by Chatto & Windus, Picadilly, 1896
Seller: ODYSSEY, Pointe Claire, QC, Canada
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Ed. Sole Authorized English . Type: Book 314 pp. + 32 pp. adverts. at rear, black cloth bdg. with red and green floral design stamped on front board and spine, titling gilt-stamped on spine, decorative end papers.(scuffed edges spine and corners of boards, ex-libris small paper laberl bottom inner front board, paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise a very clean and tight copy) In a custom-made high gauge mylar DJ. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Uk Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vii, 500. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at spine and blind at cover (variant binding, the book is also known in decorated cloth.) Very slight creasing, endpapers very slightly browned, otherwise very good indeed. In slightly rubbed and used very good-minus dust jacket, slightly chipped at lower spine and very slightly chipped at spine hinges.