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NAPOLEON ON ELBA
by ROBERT CHRISTOPHE (LEN ORTZEN- TRANSLATOR)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: MACDONALD, 1964 Red cloth Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 206 pp. Colour frontis + 19 b/w illustrations on 14 pp of glossy plates as called for. First UK Edition 1964 translated by Len Ortzen.(First published in France in 1959 as Napoleon Empereur de l'Ile d'Elbe) Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling, Ink gift insc. to free front end paper, hint of foxing to edges of book block, no other notable defects. Dust Jacket - no shelf rubbing or soiling, having seemingly been protected since new in an acetate cover, red to tricolour on spine sunned and very slight tanning to white, non price clipped cover 30s. Will be supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128802
- Title
- NAPOLEON ON ELBA
- Author
- ROBERT CHRISTOPHE (LEN ORTZEN- TRANSLATOR)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- MACDONALD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Napoleon on Elbe, Robert Christophe, Len Ortzen Translator, Napoleon Bonaparte, San Martino, Portoferraio, Marcoana Alta, French History,
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