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The Life of Napoleon I, Including New Materials from the British Official Records (Volumes I & II)
by Rose, John Holland
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: George Bell and Sons, 1903. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third, revised edition. Complete in two volumes. xiv, 512pp, with errata slip bound in, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, occasional further monochrome plate illustrations, drawings in text, one map; viii, 596pp, occasional monochrome plate illustrations and in text illustrations, including map. Uniformly bound in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration on the spine. All edges deckled. Title page printed in red and black. 8vos. Boards worn, rubbed at edges and on joints, a little rounded at corners and spine tips. Armorial bookplate on Oliver Philip Behrens on the front paste down of both volumes - damaged - in volume II (likely Oliver Philip Behrens (1863-1953), an Oxford educated Manchester merchant who retired to Tunbridge Wells in Kent, a collector of sporting prints and drawings). Behren's reading note on first leaf, dated 1907; gift inscription to Celia, Behren's first wife, inked on next leaf, dated 1903.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023967
- Title
- The Life of Napoleon I, Including New Materials from the British Official Records (Volumes I & II)
- Author
- Rose, John Holland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Napoleon, Bonaparte, French History, French Republic, Bookplates, Oliver Philip Behrens,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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