Jonathan Cape 1921. FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 348pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, occasional cracking to gutters, minor foxing sporadically thoughout) in d/w, VG- (light creaisng & chipping to edges, heavy tanning to spine with some moderate loss to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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Title: Napoleon the Third: The Romance of an Emperor
Author: GEER, WALTER
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape 1921
Keywords: first editions Napoleon history family biographies memoir

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
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...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...