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Memoirs of the Emporer Napoleon from Ajaccio to Waterloo, as Soldier, Emporer, Husband, in Three Volumes Complete
by Junot, Madame \(Duchesse de D\'Abrantes\)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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AURORA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. Hardcover. Near Fine. Washington DC: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. Near Fine. Introduction by S. M. Hamilton. Universal Classics Library, each volume with photogravure frontis on Japan vellum, volume 1 frontis is handpainted. one additional plate in each volume. Each illustration with tissue guard. Title page decorated with ornate red border. Each volume with personal bookplate inside the front cover and no other markings. Pages bright and clear. Bound in green cloth with sharp corners, paper spine labels are intact with some of the lettering faded. Edition DeLuxe. Top edge gold, other edges rough-cut.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Aurora
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9502
- Title
- Memoirs of the Emporer Napoleon from Ajaccio to Waterloo, as Soldier, Emporer, Husband, in Three Volumes Complete
- Author
- Junot, Madame \(Duchesse de D\'Abrantes\)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M. Walter Dunne, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Books of Aurora
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AURORA, Ohio
About Books of Aurora
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- Vellum
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