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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1947. No state. HC w DJ. MV Good/Good. Ex-library w usual stamps/marks. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, edgeworn, loose copy, hinges cracked, tape repairs to endpapers, pages toned, text clean. Unclipped ($5.00) DJ tape repaired, 1""x2"" spine section cut out for library mark, in mylar protector. Illustrated. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A dramatised historical work on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Octave Aubry and translated into English by Elisabeth Abbott, with numerous illustrated plates. First English Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include sixteen illustrated plates throughout the text.This is a semi-biographical work on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with events dramatised and imagined by the author. Contents are grouped under 'Youth'', 'Manhood', 'The Polish Love', 'Marie-Louise and the King f Rome', and 'Exile and Death'.Octave Aubry (1881-1946) was a French novelist and historian. He was one of the five members of the Academie francaise elected to replace the vacancies left by the Nazi occupation of Europe. He wrote various historical novels such as 'The Coup d'etat of Brumaire', 'The Lost King', and 'Marie Welska'.Translated from the French… Leer más

Paris, France: Flammarion, 1939. First Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 442. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8". Dark green half-leather over paper boards with gilt rules, lettering and illustration to the spine, top edge gilt. Four raised bands to spine, five compartments. Lovely marbled endpapers. Rubbing, edgewear to the paper boards, the leather spine in remarkable condition. Neat ink inscription to the ffep, a touch of occasional foxing confined to a rare few pages. Otherwise, the contents remain overwhelmingly clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.