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Paris; During the Interesting Month of July, 1815.
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Paris; During the Interesting Month of July, 1815.: A Series of Letters, Addressed to a Friend in London

by (NAPOLEON) FELLOWES, W.D.

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London: Gale and Fenner, 1815. First edition. 8vo. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, title-page vignette portrait of Napoleon 2 hand-colored engraved plates. v, [1], 165, [3, ads] pp. Full red polished calf, spine gilt, morocco spine labels, t.e.g., others uncut, by Brentano's, spine slightly darkened, some offsetting to front cover, scattered light foxing Paris in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and the second restoration of Louis XVII.
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Letters Written on Board His Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, and at Saint Helena;
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Letters Written on Board His Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, and at Saint Helena;: in which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and His Suite ... are Faithfully Described

by (NAPOLEON) WARDEN, William

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London: Published for the author, by R. Ackermann, [1816]. First edition. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Napoleon, 2 engraved plates (1 folding, facsimile of Napoleon's handwriting). viii, 215 pp., with half-title. Later three-quarters green morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt with Napoleonic emblems; some foxing and toning, occasional paper flaws First edition of Napoleon's table talk transcribed by William Warden, surgeon on the Northumberland which conveyed Napoleon to St. Helena. A popular work that extended to several editions within the first few years of publication. PROVENANCE: Spencer MacKay (signature on title and occasional pencil annotations to text); Loren Griswold du Bois (armorial book-plate); Frank C. Deering, noted Americana collector, 1866-1939 (morocco book-label)
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Life of Bonaparte,
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Life of Bonaparte,: First Consul of France, from His Birth to the Peace of Luneville ... Translated from the French

by (NAPOLEON) [DUBROCA, Louis]

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London: G. and J. Robinson, 1802. First English edition. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece. xvi, 410 pp. Near contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with Napoleonic emblems, morocco spine label; slight rubbing to joints, frontispiece foxed First English edition of this early biography of Napoleon covering his life through the French Revolution PROVENANCE: Maud Van Cortland Hill (book-plate, ownership inscription on ffep)
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The Life of Napoleon,
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The Life of Napoleon,: A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax

by (NAPOLEON) COMBE, William

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London: T. Tegg, 1815. First edition. George Cruikshank. 8vo. 30 hand-colored aquatints, including illustrated title-page, by George Cruikshank. 260 pp. Full crushed red morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son; expertly rebacked, light offsetting from plates. Book-plate First edition of this early George Cruikshank-illustrated work, with mispaginations on pp. 83, 109, 121, 187 and 253 and two plates with captions misspelled. Plates 14 and 15 bound in reverse order REFERENCE: Cohn 153; Tooley 151
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The Carpenter's New Guide:
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The Carpenter's New Guide: Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery. Treating Fully on Practical Geometry … the Eighth Edition

by NICHOLSON, Peter

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Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, June, 1818. Second American edition. 4to. 84 engraved plates. vi, [7]-127, [1] pp. Rebound to style with contemporary calf boards red morocco spine label preserved; heavily foxed, some creasing and wear to plates, occasional staining including dampstain to top margins and gutter of first quarter of textblock, top edge of first few leaves worn with later Japanese tissue repair; a serviceable and sturdy copy The second American edition of the most important builder's manual of its time, first published London 1792, with editions continuing through the 1860s. The first two American editions were published by Carey in 1818 and are both adapted from the 6th London edition. Nicholson, through the continual republication of his technical plates in American handbooks, almost deserves to be called the father of American carpentry and joinery (Talbot Hamlin, Greek Revival Architecture in America, p. 340). Nicholson was a major influence on American architects, including Owen… Read More
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