Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign
by Napoleon and Somersrt De Chair
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. Limited Edtion. Thick Quarto. Two volumes in one, limited to 500 copies. Volume I is #366; portrait frontispiece, 422pp. with a detailed map placed before Volume II, which is #466, 78pp and is devoted entirely to the Battle of Waterloo, the beautiful paper, type design and issues inherent in the work of the Golden Cockerel Press are present as well as a gathering of the memoirs of his staff which had been out of print for a century. Here Somerset de Chair has assembled them in proper order and edited them to race his career his military triumphs, and his return from Elba and Waterloo. Beautifully bound in 3/4 green morocco over orange cloth, marbled endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated with "bees" used as Napoleon's emblem to represent his status as Emperor, top edge gilt all others uncut.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027577
- Title
- Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign
- Author
- Napoleon and Somersrt De Chair
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edtion
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Fine Printing; Napoleonic Era; the French Revolution and Napoleon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...