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Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. Reprint. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Wear marks overall.
A SPY OF NAPOLEON by Orczy, Baroness ["Emmuska"] - 1934
by Orczy, Baroness ["Emmuska"]
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A SPY OF NAPOLEON
by Orczy, Baroness ["Emmuska"]
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1934. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1934). Original light blue cloth, with dust jacket.
First Edition. Although Baroness Orczy is best known for her 18 titles featuring Sir Percy Blakeney (aka the masked Scarlet Pimpernel) during the Reign of Terror in France, she wrote more than 18 other historical romances not featuring him -- of which this is one. Two years after this was published, as French-German tensions continued to tighten, "Spy of Napoleon" was filmed in England; it is about Napoleon the Third and his estranged, illegitimate daughter who becomes a spy for his court, starring Richard Barthelmess and Dolly Haas... The international tensions between the French and Prussian empires in the 1860's are depicted very clearly. This film features one of the best attempted assassination scenes of a major figure that I have ever seen, if not the best. It makes any film showcasing John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln look tame by comparison." [IMDB]. This is a near-fine copy (slight fading of the already quite pale blue cloth); the color pictorial dust jacket is near-fine as well, with a few trifling nicks and very little soil or fading.
First Edition. Although Baroness Orczy is best known for her 18 titles featuring Sir Percy Blakeney (aka the masked Scarlet Pimpernel) during the Reign of Terror in France, she wrote more than 18 other historical romances not featuring him -- of which this is one. Two years after this was published, as French-German tensions continued to tighten, "Spy of Napoleon" was filmed in England; it is about Napoleon the Third and his estranged, illegitimate daughter who becomes a spy for his court, starring Richard Barthelmess and Dolly Haas... The international tensions between the French and Prussian empires in the 1860's are depicted very clearly. This film features one of the best attempted assassination scenes of a major figure that I have ever seen, if not the best. It makes any film showcasing John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln look tame by comparison." [IMDB]. This is a near-fine copy (slight fading of the already quite pale blue cloth); the color pictorial dust jacket is near-fine as well, with a few trifling nicks and very little soil or fading.
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A Spy of Napoleon
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 1936. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrated card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A historical novel set during that rule of Napoleon the Third, and as the rear blurb states, "... tells how Gerard, sentenced to death for treason, was spirited away by Papa Toulon, of the Secret Service, to marry one of his most efficient spies: how he fell in love in spite of himself; and how he won his pardon." Rubbing of the book edges and panels with significant browning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 254, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Fiction -- Military; Romance. Inventory No: 0122022. .
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A SPY OF NAPOLEON - Love and Intrigue Glittering Days of the Third Napoleon.
by Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska Barstow)
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London, England, Great Britain, UK: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1953. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 255 pages! "The remarkable story of Gerald de Lanoy, the hero of one of the most extraordinary adventures of the time.">> Minor Creasing to covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia, Australia
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London: Hodder & Stoughton Yellow Jacket C99 1953 First Hodder Paperback Printing, 1953 VG. Moderate edgewear, light creasing to front cover, moderate age-toning to pages, otherwise a solid copy.
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A Spy of Napoleon
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1934-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hodder & Stoughton Limited; London, 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, blue cloth binding with black lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, sunned spine and board margins, bit bent spine edges with small abrasions to buckram, dent top front fore-edge with small abrasion to buckram, rubbing to board and spine edges, small soiled spot rear board, tear to mid front joint buckram, frayed spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, some age toning to pages, small bookstore sticker bottom rear pastedown else unmarked, large moisture stains to spine, mild scattered foxing front pastedowns/endpapers, mild spine lean, some handling/scuff marks to boards, small abrasion top front board corner, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 321pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may…
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A Spy of Napoleon
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1934. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In red cloth. No jacket. .
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A Spy of Napoleon
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London: Hodder, 1936 red embossed cloth boards, first reprint, clean and tidy but lacks DW. reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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A SPY OF NAPOLEON
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1953. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Cover lightly soiled, indented, spine sunned. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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A Spy of Napoleon
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London: Hodder, 1934 blue cloth rubbed to edges, spine backstrip has a crease running its length, closed edges browned, minor scattered foxing. First edition lacks DW. 321pp + 6pp adverts at rear. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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