ZOLA (Émile). Set of 6 volumes. Includes one volume concerni - Lot 140

ZOLA (Émile). Set of 6 volumes. Includes one volume concerning Émile Zola. L'Assommoir. Paris, Georges Crès etCie, 1920. 2 volumes in one large in-12, half-maroquin decorated with corners, gilt head (Flammarion Vaillant). Novels from the Rougon-Macquart cycle, originally published in 1877. From a numbered edition on Rives vellum. Wood-engraved frontispieces by René-George Hermann dit Hermann-Paul. A superb copy. -LaConfession de Claude. Paris, C.Marpon et E.Flammarion, 1880. In-18, half cloth bradel with corners, covers preserved (modern binding). Novel originally published in 1866. -Contes à Ninon. Paris, Librairie internationale, J.Hetzel et A.Lacroix, [1864]. In-18, threaded half-basane (period binding). First edition, of which no first copies were printed on large paper. Émile Zola's first book, a collection of short stories. -Fécondité. Paris, Eugène Fasquelle ("Bibliothèque-Charpentier"), 1899. In-12, decorated half-maroquin, gilt head, covers preserved (period binding). First edition. -LaTerre. Paris, G.Charpentier etCie, 1887. In-12, calf; gilt head, covers preserved; spine faded (modern binding). First edition of this novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle. A separate edition of GilBlas had appeared shortly before. -Théâtre. Paris, G.Charpentier, 1878. In-12, decorated half calf; binding a little rubbed with faded spine (period binding). Partly original edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Hollande laid paper, the only one on large paper after 2 on chine. Includes Thérèse Raquin (originally published in 1868), LesHéritiers Rabourdin (originally published in ), LeBouton de rose (first edition). - Joint: Émile Zola. Paris, Cahiers de la quinzaine, série n°4, cahier n°5, December 4, 1902. In-18, paperback. Tribute issue to the writer who died in September 1902, including the speech given by Anatole France at his funeral.