Search Results: memoirs of napoleon bonaparte by m de bourrienne

P. F. Collier & Son, New York, January 1901. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including an indentation. Spine ends torn. Textblock mildly soiled. A few pages mildly soiled and/or creased. Otherwise, pages yellowing, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1901. 600pp, illus., trans. by John S. Memes, 'A Library of Universal Literature', Part Two - Biography, Vol. 16, series v. 31, wear to top & bottom of spine, slight wear to cover.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

H. G. Bohn. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. In polypropylene bag. (history, europe, , military history, biography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

P.F. Collier Publishing -, 1894. Hardcover/Gd. condition/471 pages - Memois of Napoleon Bonaparte. (K2300HI4). Hard Cover. Good.

Collier, 1891. Hardcover. Good.

P. F. Collier, Publisher, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. Three Vols. (Vol. III pub. in 1892). De Bourrienne is translated by John S. Memes. The Vols. also include THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO by Sir Edward Creasy; NAPOLEON"S PARTING WITH JOSEPHINE by Madame De Remusat; the diary of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn during the passage of Napoleon to St. Helena; and a copy of Napoleon's will.Gold gilt has faded on spines but is still good on front boards. Sixteen lithographs. Name of previous owner on front endpaper of Vol. III(with the date 1887, interesting since these vols. were printed in 1891-1892).

Blackie & Son, 1858. Hardcover. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. Fulle leather bindings, 2 Volumes c1858. Volume 1: xxxii, 796 pages, Volume II: x, 819 pages. Both volumes: corners bumped, worn and rounded, wear to the extremities (particularly at the head and tail of the spine), foxing on first and last few pages, light foxing throughout otherwise contents clean, bright and tight.

P. F. Collier. Fair. 1892. Hardcover. Spine lettering slightly rubbed, pp a little brittle; overall quite good for age ; 0 pages .

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. 4 volumes, complete. Good condition. A reading/reference set. NOT in collector's condition. SEE PHOTOS. Covers rubbed. Hinges frayed. Pages are clean and unmarked with only minimal foxing. Part of the top edge of a map in Vol. 1 is torn away (the map is still complete; loss is only to part of the blank margin). NO owner's name or bookplate. 1836. Second Edition in English, with much material and many illustrations not published in the 1830 first edition, making this the preferred edition. 4 volumes: Vol. I: xxi, 392pp; Vol. II: xii, 404pp; Vol. III: viii, 400pp; Vol. IV: iv, 420pp. Complete with 28 plates - a frontispiece in each of the 4 volumes, a folding plan, one facsimile & 22 other portraits/plates. The facsimile of Napoleon's Abdication appears near page 208 in Volume 4, rather than in Vol. 3 as called for by the binder's instructions. The 4 volumes are uniformly bound in three quarter green calf (spine and corners), and green… Read More

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, two volumes; VG-; spine brown bonded leather with red label and gilt lettering; full binding of brown leather; chip missing in middle of volume two label; mild shelf wear; edges tanned due to age; mild wear to joints; front end paper of volume one free within; first quire of volume one loose; mild foxing; faded ex-library stamps on title page, pg. 1, and end of both volumes, else pages clean. NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1333384. Special Collections.

Blackie and Son, Glasgow, undated c.1880,. Very Good. 1880. Hardcover. hardback, large 8vo, complete in 2 volumes, xxxii,796;x,819pp, illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates, folding map, additional engraved title page, page edges browned and some scattered foxing, pp3-6 in v.1 reattached with frayed edges, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, rebound in marbled boards and half-leather, gilt-ruled spines, Very Good condition .

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Second Edition. 3/4 Leather. Good. Four volume set. 22.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xxi 392pp, xii 404pp, viii 400pp, iv, 420pp. Bound in 3/4 brown leather, marble boards. Rubbing to boards and joints. Illustrated with portraits, battle illustrations, facsimiles, frontispiece in each volume. Scattered foxing. Some fading to spine lettering. Complete tilte continues: To which are now first added an account of the important events of the hundred days, of Napoleon's surrender to the English, and of his residence and death at St. Helena with anecdotes and illustrative notes from all the most authentic sources.

Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. New Edition. 588 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and title page, with tissue-guard still present. Gilt text block edges. Severe cracking to front hinge causing board to come away from the text block. Water staining to frontispiece and title page with some markings to endpapers and pastedowns. Text is unaffected. Pages are lightly tanned with faint dust marks on occasion. Pen and pencil inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Large splits to joints causing spine strip to come away to ends with small areas of loss. Burn marks to spine ends. Water staining to boards and spine, causing cloth to be discoloured in places. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Book. Very Good+. Quarter Leather. 8vo. An excellent copy of this handsomely bound edition. In blue cloth boards with blue leather spines having gilt, art nouveau fleurons, gilt birds in top panel, and gilt lettering. Top edges gilt. Marbled feps and pastedowns. Overall, very minimal wear. But some occasional (mostly very mild) foxing to pages, especially to backs of illustrations. Otherwise, texts clean. Bindings tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1 Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ].

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, four volumes. A very good set, bound in later 19th century 3/4 polished navy calf and blue cloth, witl gilt compartments, morocco spine labels, and patterned endpapers. Top edges gilt. Some mild wear to corners, small areas of discoloration to the extremities of the leather, but a clean, sound set. Neatly repaired tear to the frontispiece portrait of Napoleon in volume I. A sound set, with handsome shelf presence.

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes 8vo in full crushed morocco; raised bands, gilt ruling, titles and decorations; marbled page edges; marbled endsheets. Corners, spine ends and gutters modestly rubbed; hinges firm; engravings and fold-outs intact and undamaged; text block fresh.

London: Scott, Webster & Geary, 1836. The earliest fore-edge paintings date possibly as far back as the 10th century; these earliest paintings were symbolic designs. Early English fore-edge paintings, believed to date to the 14th century, presented heraldic designs in gold and other colors. The first known example of a disappearing fore-edge painting (where the painting is not visible when the book is closed) dates from 1649. The earliest signed and dated fore-edge painting dates to 1653: a family coat of arms painted on a 1651 Bible. Around 1750, the subject matter of fore-edge paintings changed from simply decorative or heraldic designs to landscapes, portraits and religious scenes, usually painted in full color. Modern fore-edge painted scenes have a lot more variation as they can depict numerous subjects not found on earlier specimens. These include scenes that are erotic, or they might involve scenes from novels (like Jules Verne, Sherlock Holmes or Dickens, etc.). In many cases, the chosen… Read More