The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and his Guard
by Henry Lachouque; Anne S. K. Brown
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rhode Island & London: Brown University Press; Lund Humphries, 1961. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 11" by 7.5". None. A marvellous copy of this military history, complete with bountiful full colour plates and folding maps, as well as an excellently preserved dust wrapper. This work details the Imperial Guard, Napoleon's brainchild brought about as a result of the French Revolution. They followed him through Europe for fifteen years witnessing both his victories and defeats.This is an English translation of Commandant Lachouque's work, 'Napoleon et la Garde Imperiale'.Containing over three hundred illustrations, with ninety being in colour.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, this is a remarkably well preserved edition.With five newspaper clippings about Napoleon all dated to the 1960s. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition bar some sunning to the spine and very slight shelfwear to the edges. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar a little offsetting from the newspaper clippings. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 759R16
- Title
- The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and his Guard
- Author
- Henry Lachouque; Anne S. K. Brown
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brown University Press; Lund Humphries
- Place of Publication
- Rhode Island & London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 11" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- military history napoleon imperial guard napoleon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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