The Works of Emile Zola (5 Vols.)

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Handsome, uniform 1924 editions of Zola's collected works, limited to 2,050 sets and issued in dustjackets. Each of the 5 volumes is solid and VG+ to Near Fine in bright, VG+ dustjackets. Thick octavos, deckled edges. "This edition of the works of Emle Zola is issued solely for subscribers and consists only of Two Thousand and Fifty sets. These books will not be reissued. The text printed in this edition is taken exactly from that of the Lutetian Society issue of 1895, which was a complete and absolutely literal edition and which was issued by the special permission and under the direct auspices of M. Zola." The 5 novels are: La Terre (translated by Ernest Towson); La Curee (translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos --and with an essay by Henry James); Germinal (translated by Havelock Ellis); Nana (translated by Victor Plarr) and Piping Hot (translated by Percy Pinkerton --and with an essay by Guy De Maupassant.).