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ZOLA. MAUPASSANT. HUYSMANS. CÉARD. HENNIQUE. ALEXIS.
Evenings in Medan.
Paris, G. Charpentier, 1880.
Fees include commission and taxes.
Evenings in Medan.
Paris, G. Charpentier, 1880.
In-12, (3) leaves, 295 pp. Bradel binding in lemon-coloured half-maroquin with period corners, title and author’s name gilded on the spine, original cover preserved [Carayon] (a few very slight foxing spots).
Carteret, vol. II, p. 337. Vicaire, vol. VII, p. 567.
A first collective edition of which only 60 special copies were printed on high-quality paper.
One of the 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, this one being no. 35 in a fine contemporary half-maroquin binding by Carayon.
A major collection of short stories regarded as the manifesto of Naturalism.
Contains six short stories centred on the 1870 War, published under the name of Zola’s house, which he bought in 1878 and where he hosted close literary friends, who became known as the ‘Medan Group’.
Émile Zola. The Attack on the Mill. Maupassant. Boule de Suif. Huysmans. Backpack. Céard. The Bleeding. Hennique. The Affair of the Grand 7 and Alexis. After the Battle.