Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon: from Ajaccio to Waterloo as Soldier, Emperor, Husband (3 Volumes Complete)
by Junot, Madame (Duchesse D'Abrantes)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Washington and London: M. Walter Dunne, 1901. 3 volumes complete. Bound in full grey cloth. Edition de Lux. Paper label pasted on the spine. Label is stained. Very light shelf wear. Top edge gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Part of the Universal Classics Library. Other books of this series are listed in same condition. Feels as if it has never been opened. Paper is high quality Japan vellum -- very thick. 2 Illustrations including frontispiece per volume. Hand-colored frontispiece in two volumes, engraved portrait of Napoleon in the other. With a special introduction by S. M. Hamilton. . First Edition Thus. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009276
- Title
- Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon: from Ajaccio to Waterloo as Soldier, Emperor, Husband (3 Volumes Complete)
- Author
- Junot, Madame (Duchesse D'Abrantes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- M. Walter Dunne
- Place of Publication
- Washington and London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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