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Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign

Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign

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Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign

by Napoleon and Somersrt De Chair

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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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Title
Napoleon's Memoirs: Volume I; Corsia to Marengo; Volulme II: Waterloo Campaign
Author
Napoleon and Somersrt De Chair
Book Condition
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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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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...

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