napoleon helena memoirs general bertrand de bertrand fleuriot langle paul (3 résultats)

First edition. Tidy copy in tight binding; black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; portrait frontis. Faint mottling on cloth; a little scattered foxing within; discreet name stamp on front free end paper. Translated by Frances Hume Used - Good. Good Hardback (No dust jacket).

8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. xxvii + [i] + 292 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in price clipped Dust wrapper, which has a sunned spine with chips at head and tail. A little wear to extremities and light spotting of fore edge, with top edge slightly browned. Pictorial bookplate. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece. First hand account of the last months of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena, by General Comte Bertrand (1773-1844). A veteran of seven battles, he served as the Emperor's aide de camp from the time of the Battle of Austerlitz. He was given the title, Comte in 1808 and, Grand Marshal of the Palace, 1813. Edited by the French historian, Paul Fleuriot de Langle (1897-1968) and translated from the French of Cahiers de Sainte-Helene. BIOGRAPHY NAPOLEONIC DIARIES BIOGRAPHY- MILITARY 19TH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY.

hardcover. Etat : Good. 1953 Cassell Press hardcover, with jacket, solid and unmarked, jacket has edge wear and tear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!