History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; From the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe and Official Documents Not Before Made Public. [3 Volumes]
by (NAPOLEON) FORSYTH, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Octavo; Publisher s green cloth, gilt-stamped spines; 3 volumes; cloths show some light sunning to spines; slight wear to exterior panels; strong boards; text blocks have modest age toning to exterior edges; minor chips to endpapers, vol. 1; frontispieces to vols. 1 and 3; maps at rear; previous bookshop's small label to rear endpapers; some uncut pages; An excellent set. First edition of this defense of Napoleon s jailor, Sir Hudson Lowe, regarding Napoleon s medical treatment and death while in exile on St. Helena. With frontispiece illustration in each volume and large folding map of the island as it was in 1816.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 264
- Title
- History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; From the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe and Official Documents Not Before Made Public. [3 Volumes]
- Author
- (NAPOLEON) FORSYTH, William
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French History, Napoleon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Some late additions;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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