Napoleon: the Last Phase
by Rosebery, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition, a joint venture between two British houses, Jonathan Cape and The Travellers' Library. Book is generally crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Bright gilt title and decoration on spine. Mild offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpages. Unclipped dust jacket is also generally fresh and clean. The book "aims to penetrate the deliberate darkness which surrounds the last act of the Napoleonic drama, " according to the publisher's description. 12mo. 288 pp. Including index, plus a listing of other volumes issued in The Travellers' Library. In protective Mylar. .
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- Title
- Napoleon: the Last Phase
- Author
- Rosebery, Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Fine
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