The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With A Preliminary View of the French Revolution
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 9 volumes. Recent rebind in half calf and marbled boards. Two gilt stamped leather spine labels and stamped compartments. Armorial bookplate of James Farquhar 'Doctors Commons' to each volume. Light offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Text relatively spot free, overall a very good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39131
- Title
- The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With A Preliminary View of the French Revolution
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- Napoleon
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- First Edition
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- Marbled boards
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- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
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- 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....