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Edité par Henry Colburn, 1850
Vendeur : Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Second Edition. Lacks dustwrapper, boards lightly rubbed, no fading, bumping or soiling. No inscriptions, hinges tight, clean copy internally with little wear, just some light spotting to some page edges. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
Leather. Etat : Very Good. None (illustrateur). An interesting work containing memoirs about military life from Alfred de Vigny and M. Elzear Blaze, edited by Sir Charles J. Napier. Second edition.Bound in half-calf on marbled boards, by Maclaren & Macniven.'Lights and Shades of Military Life' is a work of military memoir which can be broken down into two different volumes. The first portion of the work is taken from Count de Vigny's production of the historical 'Cinq-Mars novel', as well as other works of military fiction, while the latter part is taken from a publication by M. Elzear Blaze, a French captain in Napoleon's army. The editor, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles J. Napier, adds his own thoughts and life experiences through 'Editor's Remarks' throughout the work.Contents fall under 'Recollections of Military Servitude', 'Recollections of Military Greatness', and 'Military Life in Bivouac, Camp, Garrison, Barracks, &c.'Collated, complete. Bound in half-calf on marbled boards by Maclaren & Macniven. Externally, smart. Some marks to boards, as well as edge wear to extremities. Rubbing to raised bands of joints and to leather spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Offsetting to endpapers from binding on paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with age-toning to margins and the odd spot. Very Good. book.
Edité par Henry Colburn, Publisher, London, England, 1850
Vendeur : Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, Etats-Unis
Three-Quarter Leather. Etat : Very Good+. Second Edition. VG+ three quarter leather edition, no names or other previous owner's marks. The leather shows some minor wear. The marbled boards are in very good condition. The endpapers are foxed both front and rear. Very handsome copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages.