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769. The History Of Napoleon Buonaparte: reprinted from The Family Library Memoirs of The Public And Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte; With Copious Historical Illustrastions

Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, London, 1882. ND, illustrated by George Cruikshank with an appendix. 3/4 leather with paper boards with gilt emblem of St Leonards On The Sea. Spine has five raised bands with red leather title insert, gilt tooling. Interior marbled boards and edges. 653 pages and is illustrated with 8 prints by George Cruikshank. Pencil markings, foxing and toning. Corners, head and tail bumped. Inscribed on first white page in ink. Apprx 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". George Virtue, London, 1837. Vol ii, 1052 pg. Five hand colored illustrations including a map of the Battles of Waterloo. Brown leather covers, front is detatched. Spine has cracks throughout with gilt. Corners, head and tail bumped. Interior toned and brittle. Apprx 8-1/2" x 5-1/2".



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