The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French (1856)
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. 858pp/engraved frontis. Single volume edition of Scott's huge biography of Napoleon. Original red cloth blind stamped cover with gilt lettering and image of Napoleon on spine. Corners slightly frayed. Foxing inside covers. Text tight and clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010898
- Title
- The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French (1856)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Leavitt & Allen
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Napoleon, France, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography/Autobiography; Napoleon/Napoleonic Wars;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Books may be returned within 7 days if not satisfied.
About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Tight
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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