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Lot 173

Sale 5273 - Fine Books & Ephemera
Jan 14, 2010 5:00AM ET
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3 vols.


3 vols.
(Napoleon Bonaparte): O'Mera, Barry E. Napoleon in Exile: or, A Voice from St. Helena. London: for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, early 20th-Century 3/4 crushed green niger morocco & cloth, gilt-lettered & emblematic spines, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; occasionally lightly scuffed, corners & upper joints a little rubbed, by Brentano's. With 4 plates (2 frontispieces, full-figure portrait - detached, view). Light to moderate foxing - primarily to front matter, 1/2 title in vol. 2 only. Private library ink stamp on dedication page in vol. 1 & head of first page of text in vol. 2. * Rapp, General Count (Jean). Memoirs of... First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon. London: for Henry Colburn, 1823. 1st ed. 8vo, later 19th-Century 3/4 red calf, marbled bds. & edges, gilt-decorated spine, brown morocco spine label; joints, corners & extremities occasionally slightly rubbed. Frontis. portrait. Internally generally clean.

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