London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 90p. Recently restored with new red leather spine, preserving the original marbled boards and endpapers. Fine condition. The psuedononymous author uses numerous literary allusions and quotations to develop his theme that the Bonapartes are not to be trusted. More
London: Almark, no date (circa 1973). First edition. Paperback. 82p, b/w illustrations. Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars series. Oversize. Softcover book in very good condition. More
London: Methuen, 1903. First edition. 308p, two plates, catalogue at rear dated February 1903. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. The major flaw is that the frontispiece portrait of General Bacon was removed; the blank border of the portrait was trimmed away; and the image was then scotch-taped to the verso..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. 3 vols. 495p; A complete set of three brown cloth hardcover books in acceptable condition. Edges wearing through and a bit ragged-looking. Cloth soiled. Owners' bookplates and inscriptions inside. Heavy foxing and occasional marginalia. Binding secure for normal handling. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 422p, plates. Red cloth. Some fading to spine else a clean and tight book in good condition. Memoirs abridged, edited, and introduced by George Libaire from the original memoirs edited by Jean Hanoteau. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1936. 4th printing. Hardcover. 286p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly worn and faintly tanned. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Armand-Augustin-Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt (1773-1827) was a top aide of Napoleon. This book (volume 2 ONLY of the..... More
London: Philobiblon Society, 1876. 1st Edition. Disbound. Former owner's name else unmarked. A scarce work. Philobiblon society, London. Miscellanies. London, 1872-76. v.14. More
London: John Murray, 1820. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Complete set of two volumes. First printing of the English translation by Alfred John Kempe. Both volumes recently rebounf in 3/4 leather and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. 1-343; 1-459pp. Folding map in Volume One. Interior clean and fresh, the set..... More
London: T & W. Boone, 1830. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 351p. Recently restored with new leather spine and corners, preserving the original marbled boards and endpapers. Very good condition. First edition of a classic memoir of service in the Peninsular War of the Napoleonic Era. The Rifle Brigade saw meritorious service..... More
New York: David McKay, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 242p. A fine hardcover copy in very good dustjacket. Biography of Napoleon's first wife. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover. 306p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and lightly chipped at the top of the spine. More
New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 560p. Hardcover book in very good condition in like dustjacket. Personal library stamp on title page. Minimal wear to jacket. Otherwise book is clean and tight. This book is comprised of 26 short yet detailed biographies on each of Napoleon's marshals..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Set of two volumes bound in full diced leather; rebacked with new leather spines. Bookplate else unmarked. Very good condition. IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF NAPOLEON'S DEATH BY HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. One of the key sources for the investigation into whether Napoleon died of poison..... More
London: Greenhill Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 208p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has very light wear at the bottom corners, but is otherwise fully intact and in nice shape. Illustrated with paintings by Lucien Rousselot..... More
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1979. Angus McBride. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 248p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. the book is like-new, and the jacket is pristine but for a price-clipped flap. Illustrated with color plates by Angus McBride. Contains many additional black and white..... More
London: James Ridgway, 1819. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 216p. Recently restored with new leather spine, preserving the original marbled boards and endpapers. Fine condition. Collection of letters written during Napoleon's second exile on St. Helena. Las Cases served as Napoleon's secretary; he clashed with British governor Sir Hudson Lowe and was..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Hardcover. 284p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine text rubbed out. Bookplate and inscription on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Classic Napoleonic anti-war novel. More
New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1949. Inga. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 535p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Faint tanning and pale stains on spine. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated by Inga. More
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VOLS. I AND II ONLY (OF FOUR). Incomplete set of the first edition of the English translation. Original green cloth, recased with new endpapers. Books are clean and tight; spines slightly sunned else very good. More
Suffolk: Brightly & Childs, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. A pair of thick quartos, measuring approx. 9x11 inches and 2-3 inches thick. Bound in full leather, restored with new matching leather spines. Very good condition. In-depth history of the Napoleonic Era from the French Revolution through Napoleon's exile..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover. 424p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly tanned and a bit edgeworn, but essentially intact. Contains two sections of black and white..... More
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1963. Hardcover. Board edges worn. Corner rubbed and bent. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition. Brown cloth boards. 420p. Oversized: 9.5 x 12" With color illustrations. More
London: J. White, 1806. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Bound in full leather, epertly restored with covers reattached preserving original binding. Good condition. Forbes spent much time with the British captives in Verdun and writes of their travails here. More
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1967. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 308p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Clean and tight. Contains foldout maps and many black and white illustrations. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 696p. A brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed and lightly bumped here and there. The front hinge was cracked, but has been repaired with archival tape. The pages are fully bound and the text is clean. The memoirs..... More