Dangerous Acquaintances And Germinal : 2 Books In The Great French Romances Series

GERMINAL, 1942 - Emile Zola The Nonesuch Press, 1942. FIRST EDITION, thus. Excellent condition (perhaps unread.) Binding is decorative fleur-de-lys green and white decorative hard cover with green spine and gilt titles. Tall 8vo. Translated by Havelock Ellis, illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Forty black and white illustrations plus frontispiece. 374 pages. DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES, 1940 - Choderlos de Laclos The Nonesuch Press, 1940. FIRST EDITION, thus. Excellent condition (perhaps unread.) Binding is decorative fleur-de-lys blue and white decorative hard cover with blue spine and gilt titles. Illustrations by Charles Laborde have been reproduced by collotype in Paris by G. Duval and colored by M. Beaufume. The figurines were drawn by Berthold Wolpe. 260mm x 170mm (10" x 7".) Monotype Fournier at the Fanfare Press. Printed by the Imprimerie Protat Freres in Macon, France, on paper especially made at the Rives Mills in France. Limited Edition. 387 pages. Part of the Nonesuch Press of London originated set of “The Ten Great French Romances.”