LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: Four (4) Volume Set
by Sloane, William Milligan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1909. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spines and gilt decoration on front covers. Top edges gilt. Bindings moderately soiled and rubbed. Wear to corners and spine ends. Dampstain to top corner of front cover near spine of Vol. 2. Rear hinge starting in Vols. 1 and 4. Tiny tear to outer margin of several leaves in Vol. 4. Each volume is illustrated w/ 24 b/w plates, and few b/w maps.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M2995NP
- Title
- LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: Four (4) Volume Set
- Author
- Sloane, William Milligan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY BIOGRAPHY BUONAPARTE BONAPARTE NAPOLEON I 1769 1821 LITTLE CORPORAL LE PETIT CAPORAL CORSICAN CAPTAIN ARTILLERY SIEGE OF TOULON WHIFF OF GRAPESHOT 1795 ARMY OF ITALY FRENCH EMPEROR FRANCE EUROPE LEGION OF HONOUR GERMANY HOLLAND ISLE OF EL
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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