Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

“TRUTH IS ON THE MARCH” 159 c   ZOLA, ÉMILE. Autograph Quotation Signed: “Truth is on the march / and nothing can stop it,” in French. 1 page, 4x5 inches; horizontal fold, faint scattered soiling; matted with a photograph postcard portrait. Np, nd [1,000/2,000] TO ASPIRING WRITER: “WORK AND FIGHT WITH THE PUBLIC— IT’S THE ONLY SCHOOL” 160 c   ZOLA, ÉMILE. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient (“my dear colleague”), in French, thanking him for his sympathy, and declining to help because fruitful work can only be done in solitude. 2 pages, 8vo, written on separate sheets; remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, folds, faint scattered soiling. Médan, 23 June 1886 [800/1,200] “. . . I beg you, do not give in to advice or any sort of support from me just because I have a passion for literature. Nothing is fruitful except solitary effort, voluntaryeffort,freeofanyinfluenceorprotection.... “. . . You do not need me: work and fight with the public—it’s the only school.” 159 (actual size) 160