Null Émile ZOLA. 42 autograph cartes de visite signed, to Henry Céard; a few env…

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Émile ZOLA. 42 autograph cartes de visite signed, to Henry Céard; a few envelopes. Friendly tickets. Invitations to Paris or Médan (one to Th. Duret); appointments; evenings at the Théâtre Libre; thanks for articles and information; he must finish his Salon... We enclose 5 cards from Mme Zola and one from W. Busnach.

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Émile ZOLA. 42 autograph cartes de visite signed, to Henry Céard; a few envelopes. Friendly tickets. Invitations to Paris or Médan (one to Th. Duret); appointments; evenings at the Théâtre Libre; thanks for articles and information; he must finish his Salon... We enclose 5 cards from Mme Zola and one from W. Busnach.

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ZOLA (Émile). Germinal. Paris: G. Charpentier et Cie, 1885. -In-18, 184 x 120: (2 ff.), 591 pp. printed cover. Garnet half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (Bernasconi). First edition of one of Zola's most famous novels, forming the thirteenth title in the Rougon-Macquart cycle. Vicaire calls it a "first edition in bookshops", but the one he considers original, dated 1884 and not put on the market, is in fact a pre-original edition printed by Dubuisson, reprinting on two columns the series of feuilletons published from November 26, 1884 to February 25, 1885 in the newspaper Gil Blas. One of 150 copies on Hollande paper (no. 31), enriched with an autograph signed letter from the author on the false title (recipient's name erased), and a visiting card from Zola mounted at the head, bearing this autograph message: "As Le Châtelet is playing "Germinal" against my will, I will not be going to the theater tonight, and I apologize to you, to whom I cannot send a seat. Emile Zola." Cover lined and restored.

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ZOLA (Émile). Autograph manuscript signed "Émile Zola". One column on one p. in-4. ANSWER TO A JOURNALISTIC SURVEY ON THE DAILY LIFE OF WRITERS, in 20 questions, received by Émile Zola who answered them in his own handwriting: "1. What time do you get up? Eight o'clock. 2. What do you have for breakfast? A piece of dry bread. 3. Do you work in the morning? Only in the morning. Until what time? From nine to one. How many pages do you write? Five. Do you cross out a lot? No... 14. What is your favorite holiday resort? At home, in Médan... "

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