ZOLA, Émile. The Monomaniac. (La Bête Humaine.) Translated and edited, with a Preface by Edward Vizetelly. Hutchinson & Co. (Hutchinson's Colonial Library.) 1901
Half title, front., final ad. leaf; sl. foxing to prelims. Orig. red cloth, spine & front board lettered in gilt; some rubbing to hinges, spine dulled & marked. Booklabel of R.G. Taylor. A plainer binding.
¶La Bête Humaine, 1890. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, in a plainer binding for the 'Colonial Library'. An American edition, published under the title Human Brutes, appeared in 1890. 17th in the 'Rougon-Macquart' series, this is one of Zola's most difficult titles.
Stock #38939
£75
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