ZOLA MASTERWORK'S SET OF THREE; NANA, HIS MASTERPIECE AND GERMINAL

Set of three [3] matching illustrated editions with fine bindings, assumed originally from a larger set. Book One - Nana, 1887, a 'new edition' translated without abridgment from the 127th French edition. Book Two - His Masterpiece, 1887, a 'new edition' with a portrait of the author, etched by Bocourt. Book 3 - Germinal, 1886, translated without abridgment from the 60th French edition and illustrated with sixteen page engravings from designs by J. Ferat. Ox-blood half leather with 5-band spine with gilt title treatment. Marbelized end papers. Overall in very good shape save for some moderate dingage and rubbing and splitting at the front covers and the upper spines. Nana the worst rating good overall. Super shelf presence and three of Zola's best reads of the Rougon-Macquart series.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; LITERATURE, DRAMA, PROSE, FRENCH, FRANCE, ZOLA, EMILE ZOLA, NATURALISM, NATURAL, BOOK