Émile ZOLA

L'œuvre [The Masterpiece]
Charpentier, Paris 1886, 13x19cm, bound.
First edition. One of 175 numbered copies on hollande, only deluxe copies after 10 on japon.
Half morocco signed binding by Laurenchet, raised bands, marbled paper covers, enpapers and pastedown endpapers, original wrappers preserved, gilt over untrimmed edges.
Nice copy in a handsome binding.

First edition.
Bradel binding in green half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy morocco title-label with very slight marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, a small light stain on the first cover, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Vié & Sevin.
Endpapers partially shaded.
Autograph inscription from Emile Zola to Henri Lavedan.

n.d. (1866), binding and slipcase: 23 x 28.5cm / leaves: 17.8 x 23cm, 18 pages on 18 leaves, in leaves.

Complete autograph manuscript signed by Émile Zola entitled “Profils parisiens – Les Repoussoirs”, 18 pages written in black ink on mounted 18 lined leaves. Many crossing-outs and corrections. This text had been published for the first time on 15 March 1866 in Marseille in the magazine La Voie nouvelle and was then published – with three others that make up the Esquisses parisiennes [Parisian Sketches]– following the novel Le Vœu d'une morte [A Dead Woman's Wish], published with Achille Faure in November 1866.

Later binding (20th century) in half green morocco, spine with a lengthwise gilt...

Republished nine years after the original.

Binding in half blue-grey percaline, spine decorated with a gilt fleuron in the centre and a double gilt filet at the bottom, brown shagreen title piece, discreet restorations on the joints, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing.

Handwritten presentation by Émile Zola to the publisher [Ernest] Flammarion.

Precious copy enriched with a handwritten presentation by the author set on one of his masterpieces.

Signed autograph letter by Emile Zola - apparently unpublished - addressed to an unknown correspondent, written in black ink on a double sheet. Folds inherent to mailing.
Interesting letter relating the translation of Emile Zola's works and the legal disputes inherent to their clandestine distribution.
This missive is visibly addressed to a correspondent considered for the German translation of La Joie de vivre: "I would ask you to give me the promptest possible response regarding the translation of La Joie de vivre; for I am already receiving proposals from Germany, and I would like to know where I stand." In this autumn of 1883, Zola - though vacationing in Brittany - is very occupied with...

Anti-Dreyfusard moving caricature entitled “Zola dans la mé...lasse !”
Léon Hayard, Paris s.d(1898), 12 x 17.8 cm, a moving caricature
First edition of this anti-Dreyfusard moving caricature printed on cardboard entitled "Zola dans la mé...lasse !" by P. Dous Y'Nell. A paper fastener is used to activate the mechanism of a soldier's arm, wearing red trousers and a red kepi, plunging the writer into a barrel labelled “vidange” “sewage”. This caricature, although printed with 30,000 copies by Léon Hayard - the king of the camelots - is today extremely rare.
Some small foxing, otherwise a beautiful copy.
These ephemeral, extremely fragile, paper games were distributed in order to influence public...

“35.000 francs pour charrier Zola ! Hola !!!” - Leaflet denouncing Zola's transfer to the Pantheon.
Information populaire par l'affiche et le tract, Paris s.d(1906), 22.2 x 27.9 cm, one leaf
First edition of this leaflet denouncing Zola's transfer to the Pantheon: “35.000 francs pour charrier Zola ! Hola !!! Tout l'argent des contribuables ne suffirait pas à réhabiliter le pornographe de profession, le calomniateur de la France, l'insulteur de l'Armée - Zola au Panthéon c'est un défi aux honnêtes gens ; sa vraie place est dans l'ordure qu'il aimait tant...” “35,000 francs to cart Zola! Hola!!! All of the taxpayers' money would not be enough to rehabilitate the professional pornographer, the...

Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui - An almost complete collection from n°1 to n°416
Léon Vanier, Paris n.d. (1878-1898), 19.5 x 28.5 cm, 8 bound volumes
The first edition of this rare collection, almost complete and comprising 416 issues of four pages, each illustrated with a color caricature and sometimes illustrations to text. A ninth volume appeared in 1899.
Contemporary half red shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments, titles and volume numbers in gold, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, title page preserved in each volume.
Spines uniformly faded, a little spotting and occasional browning. No. 136 slightly shaved by binder and first page of No. 74 restored with adhesive. One...

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland, only large papers after 10 Japan.
Binding in half red morocco, spine in five compartments set with blind tooled fillets, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, wrappers (a tiny piece missing from the margin of the second board) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Patrice Goy.
Beautiful copy pleasantly set.

Photographic portrait of émile Zola A very rare original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting card format, laid down on yellow card with red edging.
Manuscript annotation to verso.
We have found only one other copy of this youthful photograph, in the National Portrait Gallery of London.

First edition of this anti-Dreyfusard tract, published after “J'accuse”. This virulent pamphlet takes the macabre form of a death notice, with a black border as was usual at the time, calling on its readers to “come to the procession, service, and funeral of this pornographer and defender of the traitor Dreyfus”.
Nicknamed the “king of the street pedlars”, the publisher Léon Hayard specialized in political pamphlets and more specifically satirical obituaries and wills.
Two copies in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, one in the Musée Carnavalet and one in the British Library as well as one in the collections of the...

Autographed signed acknowledgments addressed to Jules Bois, on a printed business card of the sender's name at his address of 21bis rue de Bruxelles. Envelope attached.

Complete collection in volume of the magazine L'image, published between 1896 and 1897. 12 issues published, well complete of its copy number, enriched by an exceptional autograph dedication of the author of the directors of publication Tony Beltrand, Auguste Lepère, Leon Ruffe, Jules Rais , to Monsieur Floury, the publisher of the magazine. Personal copy of the editor of the magazine, Henri Floury (handwritten in pencil repeated several times in the lower margin of the inset "QUOTE THE MENTION").
Well complete covers illustrated at the end of the volume, made by masters of the time (Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfons Mucha).
(LUXURY EDITION TAKEN 100 EXAMPLES ON CHINA containing a separate print on...

First edition.
Binding half brown sheepskin, smooth back adorned with triple golden threads, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners slightly blunted, speckled slices, Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Emile Zola Henri Maret.

First edition.
Binding half brown sheepskin, smooth back adorned with triple golden threads, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners slightly blunted, speckled slices, Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Emile Zola Henri Maret.

First edition.
Binding half brown sheepskin, smooth back adorned with triple golden threads, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners slightly blunted, speckled slices, Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Emile Zola to Numa Coste.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Half morocco, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
A nice copy.

first edition on the current paper.
Bound in brown half shagreen, spine slightly thinned with five nerves, gilded tail date marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded head, binding signed David.
Signed autograph of Emile Zola to the writer Jules Troubat which also was the last secretary of Sainte-Beuve.
Some foxing.

first edition.
Half shagreen binding, back with four nerves set with golden threads and adorned with triple gilded boxes, volume number gilded on the back, some slight friction on the caps, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Emile Zola: "To my dear friend Ballé, his devoted."
Some foxing.
Nice copy pleasantly established.

First edition on ordinary paper.Half red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt. Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to monsieur Gaullet.Occasional light spotting to margins of some leaves. A nicely bound copy.