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The Life of Empress Josephine, First Wife of Napoleon
by Headley, P.C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. Headley wrote many popular bigraphies; he was active until the 1880s. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (or possibly early reprint). Red cloth binding, stamped and ruled on the covers; spine lettering and decoration in gilt. Clean text; 383 pages, with three pages of publisher's adverts for popular bigraphies in the rear. Corners are bumped, spine has darkened and the gilt is dulled. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP. Text is quite bright, clear, and unfoxed, but the pages are rather stiff to turn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002806
- Title
- The Life of Empress Josephine, First Wife of Napoleon
- Author
- Headley, P.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Miller, Orton & Mulligan
- Place of Publication
- New York & Auburn
- Date Published
- 1856
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- History;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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