Napoleon; His Maxims of Life by Hyatt, Alfred H - 1911

Bruxelles: Unknown, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8x6x2. J. J. Gay, Editeur - Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 in one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel, known as Fretillon). Brown boards, binding circa 1940's. All text in French, Tout le texte en Francais. Tome 1 & 2 bound into one volume. rubbing corners.. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on… Read More

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834. Eugene Francois Vidocq is considered the father of criminology and the first private detective. This is a one-volume edition of the original four-volume work, first published in 1828. Front board is nearly detached and cloth spine shows considerable wear. Boards are waterstained as is some of the interior of book, althoough textblock is tight and only lightly foxed.. Early Edition. Cloth Spine, Paper-Covered Boa. Good/None. 8vo.

Paris: Guillaume-François De Bure le Jeune, Libraire, 1768. leather_bound. Gut. XXIII, 631 Seiten. Ganzleder der Zeit mit reicher Goldprägung auf dem Rücken, dreiseitigem Rotschnitt und marmorierten Vorsätzen. Oktav, 20,5 cm (geringe Wurmspuren im Einband, leicht bestoßen, innen ganz frisch, gut erhalten). Band 1 der dreibändigen Reihe zur Geschichte (insgesamt 7 Bände) in einem dekorativen und luxuriösen Einband, gedruckt in der Imprimerie de Didot, rue Pavée. "Guillaume-François Debure (auch: de Bure; geb. 23. Februar 1732 in Paris; gest. 15. Juli 1782 ebenda) war ein französischer Buchhändler und Bibliograph. Bereits sein Großvater und sein Vater waren Buchhändler gewesen. (...) Nach langer Vorbereitung erschien sein systematisch geordnetes und bequem für Recherchezwecke eingerichtetes Hauptwerk 'Bibliographie instructive, ou traité de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers' (7 Bde.,… Read More

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1966). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Hardcover. Two volume set. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Near Fine condition. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings except for a bookplate on the flyleaf of the second volume. Very minor shelf wear to covers. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spines. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the two volume set we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Nakladatelstvi Jos. R. Vilimek, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 268 pp. Text is in Czech. Pages are browned, but are tight and clean. Corners are bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: History; Non-English Language::Czech; History::French History; France; 18th century; Czech Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001270. .

Paris: Bellizard Et Compagnie. Good. 1835. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Leather spines, raised bands with gilt decorated panels. Clean marbled boards with front leather protected corners. Texts tight, clean & intact. Vol. #1, 422 pp. , has an illustrated fold out "Plan De La Salle", Vol. #2, 408pp. French text. The author, a French general and historian, works include: Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armee pendant l'anee 1812, 1824; Histoire de Russie et de Pierre le Grand, 1829. Provenance note: Heraldic book plate inside front cover, "AFC" initials beneath crown. Front hinges of both volumes cracked with covers firmly attached. Spine leather with delicate network of fine cracks. France; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1230 pages .

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 Vol. 3/4 Leather over marbled paper covered boards, and eppr. First English edition of Alexandrine des Echerolles' memoirs of the Revolution in France. Alexandrine des Echerolles (La Ferte Hauterive, south of Moulins-Allier) was 13 y.o. when the Revolution forced her father, aunt and brothers to take refuge in Lyon. Her father had been elected colonel of the National Guards at Moulins, but when he was threatened with imprisonment he fled to Lyon then Switzerland, and left his daughter in the care of his sister. The aunt was murdered by the revolutionary court for refusing to reveal where her brother was living, and Alexandrine found herself alone, and relied on family and relations to taker her in.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 1975, first printing. Thick 8vo., xxi+872pp., illustrated with plates. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge tinted gray. Fine, pristine copy in fine, unclipped dust jacket - price of $17.50 intact. Simon & Schuster reader opinion postcard laid in. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.