Lot 397
Zola (Émile), La Bête Humaine, Signed presentation copy, 1890.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Zola (Émile) La Bête Humaine, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Louis de Gramont, half-title, 8pp. advertisements at end, original printed upper wrapper bound in (laid down), occasional spotting, lightly browned, later red half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [Clouzot p.279; Vicaire VII, 1214], 8vo, Paris, 1890.
⁂ The inscription reads 'à Louis de Gramont son dévoué confrère Émile Zola'. Gramont was a journalist, dramatist and librettist. The seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Maquart series.
Description
Zola (Émile) La Bête Humaine, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Louis de Gramont, half-title, 8pp. advertisements at end, original printed upper wrapper bound in (laid down), occasional spotting, lightly browned, later red half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [Clouzot p.279; Vicaire VII, 1214], 8vo, Paris, 1890.
⁂ The inscription reads 'à Louis de Gramont son dévoué confrère Émile Zola'. Gramont was a journalist, dramatist and librettist. The seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Maquart series.
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