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1 Abbott, John S.C. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1789, VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS.
New York Harper & Bros 1887 Second edition 
4to 2 vols totaling 597pp. VG contemporary cloth. 'With numerous engravings.'

 
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2 Abeshouse, Benjamin S., M.D. A MEDICAL HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Norwich, NY Eaton Laboratories 1964 First edition 
25pp, 9 etchings. Fine softcover. The author was a prominent urologist who wrote a series of studies on the genitourinary diseases on famous men. A most attractive little pamphlet. Very Scarce.

 
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3 Abrantes. AT THE COURT OF NAPOLEON: MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESSE D'ABRANTES.
New York Doubleday 1989 First edition 
xii+387pp, illus. Minor closed tear to dj, o/w fine. Introduction by Olivier Bernier. Foreword by Katell Le Bourhis. Despite a few credibility problems, this is undoubtedly the most famous court memoir ever written.

 
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4 Adkin, Mark. THE WATERLOO COMPANION: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS LAND BATTLE.
Mechanicsburg, PA Stackpole 2001 First edition 
Small folio, 426pp, many maps, charts, photos, uniform plates, almost all in color. As new in dj. Without a doubt the most comprehensive modern study, highly recommended.

 
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5 Aitchison, John. AN ENSIGN IN THE PENINSULAR WAR: THE LETTERS OF JOHN AITCHISON OF THE 3RD FOOT GUARDS.
London 1981 First edition 
349pp, 8 pages of plates, 18 maps. Fine in dj. A terrific first-hand account.

 
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6 Al-jabarti. NAPOLEON IN EGYPT: AL-JABARTI'S CHRONICLE OF THE FRENCH OCCUPATION, 1798.
Princeton Markus Weiner 1992 First English language edition 
196pp, many illustrations. Softcover. Very good+, remainder mark to bottom edge. The only native account I know of: At the Battle of the Pyramids, 'the rifles of the French were like a boiling pot on a fierce fire.'

 
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7 Alexander, Don. ROD OF IRON: FRENCH COUNTERINSURGENCY POLICY IN ARAGON DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR.
Wilmington 1985 First edition 
258pp, 16 maps. VG+ in chipped dj. Suchet was the only French general to distinguish himself in the Peninsula. This is how he did it. VERY hard to find!

 
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8 Alexander, R.S. BONAPARTISM AND THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADITION IN FRANCE: THE FEDERES OF 1815.
Cambridge Univ. Press 1991 First edition 
396pp. Fine in Fine DJ. An interesting study of Napoleon's popular support in 1815.

 
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9 Allen, Rodney. THRESHOLD OF TERROR: THE LAST HOURS OF THE MONARCHY IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Stroud, Gloucestershire Sutton Publishing 2001 First Softcover Edition 
4to, viii+248pp, illus. Fine illustrated softcover.

 
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10 Alsop, Susan Mary. THE CONGRESS DANCES: VIENNA 1814-1815.
New York Harper & Row 1984 First edition 
228pp, illus. Fine in dj. The dustjacket informs us that the author is 'the descendant of one of America's first families...by birth and by breeding she is a full equal of the people she writes about...' Well good for her!

 
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11 Ammon, Friedrich Von. SOLDIER OF FREEDOM: DR. CHRISTIAN NAGEL 1787-1827.
San Francisco Privately Published 1968 reprint of 1829 German-language edition 
4to, 154pp, Fine original gilt and blindtooled cloth as issued, ink signature to ffep, a bright crisp copy. 3 maps. Translated and edited by Gunther Nagel, a direct descendent. Contains extracts from Nagel's journals (briefly) describing his service against Napoleon with the Lutzow Free Corps at Lauenberg, Marienstadt, Ligny and Waterloo. Very scarce and beautifully produced.

 
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12 Anderson, J.H. THE SPANISH CAMPAIGN OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
London Hugh Rees, Ltd 1905 First Edition 
65pp, 2 folding maps (1 large color). VG+ original cloth, library stamps internally.

 
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13 Anderson, J.H. THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO--1815.
London Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1914 First edition 
viii+82pp. VG original cloth, front board a little spotted. Maps in rear pocket missing, but can be used with any Waterloo campaign map. Scarce.

 
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14 Andrews, Edward L. NAPOLEON AND AMERICA: AN OUTLINE OF THE RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CAREER AND DOWNFALL OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
NY Mitchell Kennerly 1909 First edition Very good 
Royal 8vo, ix+89pp, frontis. VG blue cloth, a very light discoloration at the top and bottom of the pages throughout which could be dampstaining. Inscribed by author.

 
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15 Anglesey. ONE-LEG: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF HENRY WILLIAM PAGET, FIRST MARQUESS OF ANGLESEY, K.G., 1768-1854.
New York Morrow 1961 First Edition 
428pp, illus. Fine in lightly scuffed dj. Paget had a long, distinguished career as a diplomat, and was one of the best cavalry commanders of the age. His charge at Mayorga has been described by Oman as 'perhaps the most brilliant exploit of the British cavalry during the whole six years of the war.' He served with distinction in the early stages of the Peninsular War, but a family quarrel with the Wellesleys resulting from his elopement with Henry Wellesley's wife cost him his command. He was reinstated in time for Waterloo, where he lost a leg.

 
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16 Anon. THE BRITISH CAVALRY ON THE PENINSULA, BY AN OFFICER OF DRAGOONS.
MRT Publishing 1996 Reprinted from articles in the United Service Journal 1831-32 
127pp. Fine in dj.

 
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17 Anton, James. RETROSPECT OF A MILITARY LIFE DURING THE MOST EVENTFUL PERIOD OF THE LAST WAR.
Cambridge Ken Trotman 1991 Facsimile of 1841 ed 
xii+395pp, fine in dj. Anton was Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 42nd Regt. during the latter stages of the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Scarce.

 
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18 Aretz, Gertrude. NAPOLEON AND HIS WOMEN FRIENDS.
Philadelphia 1927 
374pp, bright original cloth.

 
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19 Aretz, Gertrude. QUEEN LOUISE OF PRUSSIA 1776-1810.
New York Putnam 1929 First edition 
363pp, 16 plates. VG cloth. Referring to the Allied sovereigns, Napoleon called Queen Louise 'the only man among them.' This excellent German bio is rather scarce.

 
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20 Aretz, Gertrude. NAPOLEON AND HIS WOMEN FRIENDS.
London George Allen & Unwin 1927 First English language edition 
374pp, original plum cloth. Light watermarking to lower front board not affecting contents, really an attractive copy.

 
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21 Arnold, Eric A. A DOCUMENTARY SURVEY OF NAPOLEONIC FRANCE: A SUPPLEMENT.
London University Press of America. 1996 First edition 
125pp, fine original cloth as issued. History in the raw--quite interesting.

 
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22 Arnold, James R. CRISIS ON THE DANUBE: NAPOLEON'S AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1809.
New York Paragon House 1990 First Edition 
286pp, illus. Fine in dj. An exceptional study, the first part of a two-volume study of this campaign.

 
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23 Arnold, James R. MARENGO AND HOHENLINDEN: NAPOLEON'S RISE TO POWER.
Lexington Napoleon Books 1999 First edition 
301pp, excellent maps, illus., orders of battle. Fine in dj. Absolutely first rate, with stunning maps. Already out-of-print and scarce.

 
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24 Aron, Raymond. CLAUSEWITZ: PHILOSOPHER OF WAR.
London Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983 First English-Language edition 
418pp. Fine in dj. An insightful study by a French social historian. Scarce, scholarly title.

 
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25 Artom, Guido. NAPOLEON IS DEAD IN RUSSIA--THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF ONE OF HISTORY'S STRANGEST CONSPIRACIES.
New York 1970 
256pp, illus. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Malet's attempt to seize power while Napoleon was in Russia. Very well done.

 
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26 Atlas. AN ATLAS OF THE PENINSULAR WAR 1808-1814.
Felling, Tyne and Wear Worley 2000 First Edition 
Large 4to, 191pp. VG in dj. Contains 131 maps and plans gathered from various contemporary sources.A very useful reference aid for studying the battles and sieges of the Peninsular War.

 
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27 Atteridge, A. Hilliard. MARSHAL NEY: THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE.
Felling Worley 1992 Facsimile of 1912 ed. 
379pp, fine in dj.

 
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28 Aubry, Octave. NAPOLEON: SOLDIER AND EMPEROR.
Philadelphia Lippincott 1938 First edition 
454pp, 25 sepiatones. Fine in unusual VG+ pictorial dj. Aubry was one of the leading French Napoleonists of his day.

 
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29 Aubry, Octave. NAPOLEON.
London Paul Hamlyn 1964 First English language edition 
Large 4to, 383pp. 805 superb b&w illustrations, plus 12 color plates. Fine in slightly ragged dj. Some of these pictures I have seen nowhere else--an iconographic treasure trove, quite scarce.

 
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30 Augusta, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. IN NAPOLEONIC DAYS: EXTRACTS FROM THE PRIVATE DIARY OF AUGUSTA, DUCHESS OF SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD, QUEEN VICTORIA'S MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 1806-1821.
London John Murray 1941 First edition Very good 
233pp, 4 plates, vg original cloth, faint ex-lib marks to spine. A vivid document of life in a minor German principality during the Napoleonic Wars. As ruler of her duchy during the French occupation and the wars of liberation, the author had frequent dealings with officers such as Lannes and Augereau regarding billeting, requisitions, conscription, etc., and her observations are often quite interesting. An excerpt, October 15, 1806. 'Sick at heart I left poor ravaged Saalfeld. Immediately behind the town we had to pass the battlefield [Jena] still strewn with the unburied bodies of Prussian and Saxon Hussars lying near their slaughtered horses. The road was crowded with all manner of French transport. All the villages we passed had been completely sacked and the inconsolable inhabitants stood weeping in front of their devastated homes, waiting hopelessly for fresh disasters to overtake them.' Scarce.

 
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31 Augustin-Thierry, A. MASSENA--L'ENFANT GATE DE LA VICTOIRE.
Paris Editions Albin Michel 1947 First edition 
348pp, illus. VG+ softcover

 
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32 Austin, Paul Britten. 1812: THE MARCH ON MOSCOW; 1812: NAPOLEON IN MOSCOW; 1812: THE GREAT RETREAT.
London Greenhill 1993-95 First Editions 
3 Vols: 416pp, 272pp, 464pp. Fine in djs. Many maps and illustrations. An exhaustive compilation of extracts from eyewitness accounts, with an excellent introduction and connecting narrative. Absolutely essential.

 
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33 Austin, Paul Britten. 1812: NAPOLEON IN MOSCOW.
London Greenhill 1995 First edition 
272pp, illus. Fine in dj. Part 2 of a trilogy.

 
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34 Austin, Paul Britten. 1812: NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF RUSSIA.
London Greenhill 2001 1st Paperback edition 
3 vols in one: 416pp, 264pp, 464pp. Fine softcover. Britten Austin's great trilogy of eyewitness accounts of the Russian debacle.

 
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35 Austin, Paul Britten. 1815 THE RETURN OF NAPOLEON.
London Greenhill 2002 First edition 
336pp, maps & illustrations, as new in dj. Napoleon's return from Elba, told through hundreds of eyewitness accounts with connecting narrative. Absolutely superb.

 
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36 Baily, J.T.H. NAPOLEON, ILLUSTRATED WITH PRINTS FROM CONTEMPORARY AND OTHER SOURCES.
London Connoisseur Magazine 1908 First edition 
4to. 126pp, 58 portraits of the Emperor, 12 in stupendous color. VG- contemporary gilt red cloth, pretty painted miniature of Napoleon on front boards. Closed tear to cloth of spine. Minor spotting to boards, occasional light foxing, especially to tissue guards but not affecting images. Apparently previously owned by a heavy smoker who lived in a dank basement. A perfectly good reading copy, the plates and text are all fine.

 
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37 Bainville, Jacques. NAPOLEON.
London Jonathan Cape 1932 First edition 
475pp, 8 plates. VG original cloth. One of the best French bios. '...a luminous, intelligible portrait.'--H.A.L. Fisher

 
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38 Balcombe, Betsy. TO BEFRIEND AN EMPEROR: BETSY BALCOMBE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON ON ST. HELENA.
Welwyn Garden City Ravenhall Books 2005 Reprint of 1844 edition 
189pp, illus., as new in dj. One of the most beloved St. Helena memoirs. The impish Betsy was just 15 when she met the Emperor, and once chased him around the parlor with his sword! Delightful.

 
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39 Barbero, Alessandro. THE BATTLE, A NEW HISTORY OF WATERLOO.
New York Walker and Company 2003 First English language edition 
xii+340. Maps and illustrations. Fine in dj. "A thoroughly readable, exciting account of a great clash of arms. THE BATTLE gives gripping insights into what it was like to fight on the Napoleonic battlefield. Brilliant."--Mark Adkin, author of THE WATERLOO COMPANION.

 
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40 Barnett, Corelli. BONAPARTE.
New York 1978 First edition 
4to, 224pp, well illustrated in color and b&w. Fine in dj. One of the two best modern biographies, violently hostile to Napoleon (read this for the 'con' side, Vincent Cronin's NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY for the 'pro' side).

 
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41 Barnett, Corelli. BRITAIN AND HER ARMY 1509-1970: A MILITARY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SURVEY.
New York Morrow 1970 First edition 
529pp, illus. VG in dj.

 
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42 Barres, Jean-Baptiste. MEMOIRS OF A NAPOLEONIC OFFICER.
New York The Dial Press 1925 First edition 
309pp. VG original cloth in ragged dj. Barres joined the Chasseurs Velites of the Imperial Guard in 1804, and saw action at Austerlitz, Friedland, the Peninsula Bautzen, Leipzig, etc. One of the great memoirs of Napoleon's army.

 
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43 Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket. THE AMAZING CAREER OF BERNADOTTE 1763-1844.
London 1930 Second edition 
404pp, illus. VG+ original cloth. The distillation of Barton's massive three-volume biography. Scarce.

 
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44 Bassett, John Spencer. THE LOST FRUITS OF WATERLOO.
NY 1918 First edition 
289pp, ex-lib. VG- original cloth. A meditation (written during the First World War) on the quest for a stable international system. Much interesting material on the Congress of Vienna and its consequences. Scarce and well worth reading.

 
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45 Batty, Captain (Robert). CAMPAIGN OF THE LEFT WING OF THE ALLIED ARMY, IN THE WESTERN PYRENEES AND SOUTH OF FRANCE IN THE YEARS 1813-14; UNDER FIELD MARSHAL THE MARQUESS OF WELLINGTON.
London Ken Trotman Ltd 1983 Facsimile of 1820 ed 
8vo, 185pp, 25 lithographs, folding maps with color positions. Fine 1/4 cloth. 1st Foot Guards. Limited to 250 copies--even this reprint is scarce!

 
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46 Becke, Maj. A.F. NAPOLEON AND WATERLOO: THE EMPEROR'S CAMPAIGN WITH THE ARMEE DU NORD, 1815.
London Greenhill 1995 Facsimile of 1936 Revised Edition 
320pp, 10 maps & sketches. Fine in dj. A classic, by one of the most sympathetic British military historians: 'No other leader of any era compares with Napoleon for grandeur of intellect and military genius.' Becke's thesis that Waterloo was lost because Napoleon's powers were waning has been hotly debated ever since.

 
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47 Becke, Maj. A.F. NAPOLEON AND WATERLOO: THE EMPEROR'S CAMPAIGN WITH THE ARMEE DU NORD, 1815.
London Kegan Paul 1939 2nd (and best) edition 
381pp, 5 folding maps. Fine in a worn and waterspotted dj. Tiny bit of waterspotting to margin of first few pages, not affecting text. A classic, by one of the most sympathetic British military historians: 'No other leader of any era compares with Napoleon for grandeur of intellect and military genius.' Becke's thesis that Waterloo was lost because Napoleon's powers were waning has been hotly debated ever since.

 
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48 Bell, Major-General Sir George. SOLDIER'S GLORY; BEING 'ROUGH NOTES OF AN OLD SOLDIER'.
Staplehurst Spellmount 1991 Reprint of 1956 ed 
325pp, maps. Fine in dj. An excellent memoir of action in the Peninsula, Waterloo, and beyond. 'In all our military annals, I know of none more moving.'--Arthur Bryant

 
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49 Benkard, Ernst. UNDYING FACES: A COLLECTION OF DEATH MASKS FROM THE 15TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY.
London Hogarth Press 1929 First Edition 
4to. VG original cloth. 118pp of text, 111 plates of death masks. Contains 2 plates of Napoleon's death mask, and those of several interesting contemporaries: Archduke Charles of Austria, Victor Moreau, Queen Louise of Prussia, Napoleon's son the duke of Reichstadt, Mirabeau, Marat, the Prussian General Scharnhorst, and many luminaries of other eras: Frederick the Great, Isaac Newton, Peter the Great, Charles XII, Oliver Cromwell, etc. An exceptionally scarce, wonderful book.

 
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50 Bennett, Geoffrey. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
Annapolis Naval Institute Press 1977 First edition 
256pp, 20 plates, 23 maps and tables. As new in dj.

 
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51 Bergeron, Louis. FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON.
Princeton 1981 
229pp, softcover, vg. Ink inscription to half-title'The personal importance of Napoleon Bonaparte is by no means minimized, but the theme is the condition of France and the French people in the years immediately following their great Revolution.'

 
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52 Bernard, Gilles & Gerard Lachaux. WATERLOO RELICS.
Paris Histoire & Collections 2005 First English language edition 
Large 4to, 128pp. Lavishly illustrated in color and b&w. Fine illustrated boards, a bit of crazing to rear board. A really fascinating study of the physical evidence recovered on the battlefield.

 
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53 Bernard, Jean. TALLEYRAND: A BIOGRAPHY.
New York Putnam 1973 First Am edition 
653pp, illus., fine in vg+ dj. Far better than Orieux's bio.

 
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54 Bernardy, Francoise de. SON OF TALLEYRAND: THE LIFE OF COMTE CHARLES DE FLAUHAUT 1785-1870.
London Collins 1956 First edition 
320pp, illus. Fine in dj. Talleyrand's son, Napoleon's aide-de-camp, Hortense's lover. Uncommon.

 
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55 Bernier, Olivier. THE WORLD IN 1800.
New York John Wiley & Sons 2000 First edition 
xi+452pp. Illustrated, fine in dj. 'Olivier Bernier's richly detailed, engaging, and elegant book offers a splendid refresher course on a pivotal moment in world history--the dawn of the modern era.'--Francine du Plessix Gray

 
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56 Beyler, J.N. LES INVALIDES ET LE MUSEE DE L'ARMEE.
Paris Beaux Arts 1990 First edition 
4to, 66pp, beautifully illustrated in color. Fine pictorial softcovers.

 
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57 Bigelow, Poultney. HISTORY OF THE GERMAN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
New York Harper & Brothers 1896 First edition 
2 Vols: 250pp, 263pp. VG+ illustrated cloth, a clean, sound set. Over 100 maps and plates. Both volumes are entirely devoted to the Napoleonic Wars. The author was the son of the American Minister to Berlin in the 1860s, and childhood friend of the future Kaiser Wilhelm II. This is an exceptionally good study.

 
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58 Black, Jeremy. WARFARE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
London Cassell 1999 First edition 
4to. 224pp, lavishly illustrated in color and b&w. Fine in dj.

 
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59 Blackburn, Julia. THE EMPEROR'S LAST ISLAND; A JOURNEY TO ST. HELENA.
New York 1991 First edition 
277pp. As new in dj. Lovely and lyrical.

 
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60 Blainey, William. BONAPARTE VS. BLAINEY.
New York Privately published 1988 First edition 
48pp. Fine softcover. Memoir covers Blainey's service in the 51st King's Own Light Infantry during the Peninsular War.

 
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61 Blakeney, Robert. A BOY IN THE PENINSULAR WAR: THE SERVICES, ADVENTURES, AND EXPERIENCES OF ROBERT BLAKENEY.
London Greenhill 1989 Facsimile of 1899 ed 
xviii+382pp. Spine very slightly sunned, o/w fine in dj. Blakeney served with the 28th regiment of foot from Corunna until the end of the war. At the storming of Badajoz: 'Gallant foes laughing at death met, fought, bled, and rolled upon the earth; and from the very earth destruction burst, for the exploding mines cast up friends and foes together, who in burning torture clashed and shrieked in the air. Partly burned they fell back into the inundating water, continually lighted by the incessant bursting of shells. Thus assailed by opposing elements, they made the horrid scene yet more horrid by shrieks uttered in wild despair, vainly struggling against a watery grave with limbs convulsed and quivering from the consuming fire.'

 
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62 Blanco, Richard L. WELLINGTON'S SURGEON GENERAL: SIR JAMES MCGRIGOR.
Wilmington Duke University Press 1974 First edition 
227pp, illus. VG in dj. Previous owner's name written on top edge, some underlining to text. Contains a wealth of information on the military medicine of the period. Recommended.

 
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63 Blaze. MILITARY LIFE UNDER NAPOLEON: THE MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ELZEAR BLAZE.
Chicago Emperor's Press 1995 First Edition 
4to, 214pp. Illustrated. Fine in dj. Translated and annotated by Col. John R. Elting. A valuable edition, with Elting's comments on the references and 'in jokes' a layman wouldn't normally understand. Hugely enjoyable!

 
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64 Blond, Georges. LA GRANDE ARMEE.
Edison, NJ Castle Books 2005 Second edition 
544pp, illus. Fine in dj. English Text. An important study by an eminent French historian.

 
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65 Bonaparte, Napoleon. A DIARY OF NAPOLEON'S LIFE.
New York 1994 
From the series 'The Great Commanders.' 4to, 288pp. VG original cloth as issued. A good selection of Napoleon's words and writings, strung together in chronological order.

 
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66 Bonaparte, Napoleon. NAPOLEON ON NAPOLEON: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE EMPEROR.
London Cassell 1992 First edition 
Edited by Somerset de Chair. 4to; 288pp. Many superb color plates, mint in dj. De Chair has taken the autobiographical portions of Napoleon's dictations at St. Helena, reworked them into the first person, and arranged them chronologically. The result is quite good!

 
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67 Bonaparte, Napoleon. NAPOLEON ON THE ART OF WAR.
New York The Free Press 1999 
Selected, edited, and translated by Jay Luvaas. xi+196pp. Fine in dj.

 
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68 Bonaparte, Napoleon. THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN.
London Folio Society 1957 First edition thus 
158pp, illus. VG gilt cloth in slipcase. The Emperor's personal reminiscences of the Waterloo campaign, dictated at St. Helena. 'I defy anyone to read otherwise than at a single sitting this version of the Hundred Days. What an eclipse of all the novelists who have struggled with the tale.'--London Sunday Times

 
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69 Bonaparte, Napoleon. NEW LETTERS OF NAPOLEON I, OMITTED FROM THE EDITION PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF NAPOLEON III.
London Heinemann 1903 First English Edition 
Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd. xviii+380pp, 16pp publisher's adverts. VG original gilt and blindtooled cloth. Contains 545 letters expurgated from the official Correspondence, supposedly because they portrayed the Emperor in an unflattering light (as when he authorizes the use of torture in questioning suspects). They are indeed a remarkably candid view of Napoleon at work, and some of his remarks in them are clearly hasty and ill-considered. But to say that these letters tarnish his reputation is ridiculous.

 
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70 Bonaparte, Napoleon. SAYINGS OF NAPOLEON, CHOSEN BY J.P.
London Siegle, Hill & Co. 2003 First printing 
144pp, 6 color plates. As new in dj. Miniature book measuring 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Text in Russian and English, a joint Russian-English publication. A lovely little book.

 
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71 Bonaparte. CORRESPONDANCE INEDITE DE NAPOLEON 1 ET DA LA FAMILLE IMPERIALE AVEC LA PRINCESSE PAULINE BORGHESE.
Paris Pierre Cornau 1939 First edition 
4to, 53pp, illustrations. VG softcover. Auction catalogue of original correspondence, with facsimiles.

 
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72 Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
New York Charles Scribner's Sons. 1895 New and Revised Edition 
4 Vols: 422pp, 459pp, 440pp, 444pp. Very good+, minor rubbing here and there. Original gilt blue cloth, illustrations. Title page to one volume loose. Edited by Ramsey Weston Phipps. One of the most important and problematical First Empire memoirs, whose authenticity has been furiously debated since they were first published in 1829.

 
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73 Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON.
London Thomas Nelson & Sons c1910 Abridged Edition 
383pp, 2 color plates. Original gilt and illustrated binding with color plate to front board. Internally cracked behind title page but quite sound. Minor wear to head of spine, o/w a fine, fresh copy. One of the most widely cited and problematical First Empire memoirs, whose authenticity has been furiously debated since they were first published in 1829.

 
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74 Boutflower, Charles. JOURNAL OF AN ARMY SURGEON DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR.
Staplehurst Spellmount 1997 Second edition 
With an introduction by Dr. Christopher Ticehurst. xi+181pp, fine in dj. An excellent account of the 40th Regiment in Spain and Portugal.

 
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75 Bowden, Scott & Tarbox, Charles. ARMIES ON THE DANUBE, 1809.
Chicago Emperor's Press 1989 Second edition 
236pp, illus. Fine original cloth, no dj. A classic, getting quite scarce.

 
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76 Bowden, Scott. NAPOLEON AND AUSTERLITZ: THE GLORY YEARS 1805-1807.
Chicago Emperor's Press 1997 First Edition 
4to, 528pp. 100 maps, hundreds of illustrations. As new in dj. 'Scott Bowden describes the strategic and tactical aspects of this famous campaign in greater detail than any other author I know...His book should be the basic reference work on Austerlitz for years to come.'--John Elting

 
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77 Bowle, John. NAPOLEON.
Chicago Follett Publishing 1975 First Am edition 
232pp, 20pp of color plates, 100 b&w illustrations. Fine in dj. A well-written biography

 
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78 Boycott-Brown, Martin. THE ROAD TO RIVOLI: NAPOLEON'S FIRST CAMPAIGN.
London Cassell 2001 First edition 
558pp, 12 maps. Fine in dj. 'The most detailed and coherent account of the campaign that I have ever read...a truly first rate study.'--Philip Haythornthwaite. I agree, except that the maps are useless! Get a good, detailed atlas of the campaign before undertaking this rewarding book.

 
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79 Bragge. PENINSULAR PORTRAIT: THE LETTERS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM BRAGGE: THIRD (KINGS'S OWN) DRAGOONS 1811-1814.
Oxford OUP 1963 First edition 
167pp, color frontis, folding map. Small ink stain to fore edge affecting 5pp, o/w fine in Near Fine DJ. Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Burgos, Pyrenees.

 
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80 Brandt, Heinrich von. IN THE LEGIONS OF NAPOLEON: THE MEMOIRS OF A POLISH OFFICER IN SPAIN AND RUSSIA, 1808-1813.
London Greenhill 1999 First edition 
Translated and Edited by Jonathan North. 304pp, 9 maps, 32 illustrations. Fine in dj. 'This is a real delight ­ all sorts of new and interesting material. Brandt was an unusually good junior officer and this book really brings home how physically and mentally tough the soldiers of these wars had to be.' ­ John R. Elting. One of my favorite memoirs!!

 
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81 Brassey's History of Uniforms. NAPOLEONIC WARS--WELLINGTON'S ARMY BY IAN FLETCHER.
London Brassey's 1996 First UK edition 
Large 4to, 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Fine in dj.

 
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82 Brent, Harrison. PAULINE BONAPARTE: A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS.
New York Rinehart & Co 1946 First edition 
viii+279pp. VG cloth.

 
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83 Brereton, J.M. THE BRITISH SOLDIER: A SOCIAL HISTORY FROM 1661 TO THE PRESENT DAY.
London The Bodley Head 1986 First Edition 
208pp, fine in dj.

 
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84 Brett-James, Antony (ed). GENERAL WILSON'S JOURNAL 1812-1814.
London William Kimber 1964 First Edition 
240pp, Frontis. Fine in dj. Sir Robert Wilson was British Military Commissioner with Kutuzov's HQ during the Russian campaign, this narrative goes through the fall of Paris. A slight abridgement with an excellent introduction and commentary. Scarce.

 
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85 Brett-James, Anthony (ed). WELLINGTON AT WAR 1794-1815: A SELECTION OF HIS WARTIME LETTERS EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY ANTONY BRETT-JAMES.
London MacMillan & Co 1961 Second edition 
338pp, illus. Fine in dj.

 
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86 Brett-James, Antony. EUROPE AGAINST NAPOLEON: THE LEIPZIG CAMPAIGN, 1813, FROM EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.
New York MacMillan 1970 First edition 
318pp, illus. Fine in dj. Brett-James's best book, for some reason extremely scarce.

 
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87 Brett-James, Antony. 1812: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF NAPOLEON'S DEFEAT IN RUSSIA.
London MacMillan 1967 First edition 
307pp, illus. Fine in vg dj.

 
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88 Britt, A.S. THE WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES: THE WARS OF NAPOLEON and ATLAS FOR THE WARS OF NAPOLEON.
New York Avery Publishing Group 1985 First edition 
4to text volume of 184pp, well illustrated. Oblong folio atlas, spiral bound, containing 70 full page color maps. Fine. Replaced Elting and Esposito as the standard West Point text. First rate.

 
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89 Britt, A.S. ATLAS FOR THE WARS OF NAPOLEON.
New York Avery Publishing Group 1985 
Oblong folio atlas, spiral bound softcover, containing 70 full page color maps. VG. Replaced Elting and Esposito as the standard West Point text. First rate.

 
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90 Browne, Capt. Thomas Henry. THE NAPOLEONIC WAR JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HENRY BROWNE.
London Army Records Society 1987 First Edition 
387pp, color frontis. 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. Fine in dj. Browne served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsula, and saw much action.

 
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91 Browne, Haji A. BONAPARTE IN EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIANS OF TODAY.
London Fisher Unwin 1907 First edition 
411pp, frontis. VG original brown cloth, morocco labels to spine a little grubby and stained, overall a good working copy. An interesting account written by a very cultivated Egyptian.

 
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92 Browning, Oscar. NAPOLEON: THE FIRST PHASE--SOME CHAPTERS ON THE BOYHOOD AND YOUTH OF BONAPARTE 1769-1793.
London John Lane 1895 First edition 
316pp, 14 plates, map. Light foxing to prelims. VG+riginal cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and ink. A good study of Napoleon's formative influences and military education.

 
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93 Browning, Oscar. THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
London The Bodley Head 1907 First edition 
327pp, 11 plates from the collection of A.M. Broadley. Prelims and edges lightly foxed. VG original cloth.

 
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94 Bruce, Evangeline. NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE: AN IMPROBABLE MARRIAGE.
New York Scribner 1995 First Edition 
555pp, illus. VG in dj. 'A fascinating portrayal of two extraordinary personalities, Evangeline Bruce's vivid narrative combines broad and insightful historical knowledge with the novelist's eye for detail and drama. As biography, Bruce beautifully places her subjects in the finely textured social and political world of late eighteenth- century France and makes this improbable marriage come alive as a passionate love affair and as a European event.'--Fred Kaplan, author of CHARLES DICKENS. I add my own highest personal recommendation.

 
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95 Bruce, Ian. LAVALETTE BRUCE: HIS INTRIGUES BEFORE AND AFTER WATERLOO.
London Hamish Hamilton 1953 First edition 
342pp, illus. VG original cloth. Bruce, a civilian, traveled extensively through Europe during the Napoleonic wars. He was present at the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, the Peninsula 1808-1810, Paris during Ney's trial (extensive and valuable account), connived in the escape of Count Lavalette (and was imprisoned for his trouble). Scarce and colorful.

 
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96 Bruce, Robert; Dickie, Iain; Kiley, Kevin; Pavkovic, Michael; Schneid, Frederick C. FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF THE NAPOLEONIC AGE 1792 ~1815: EQUIPMENT, COMBAT SKILLS, AND TACTICS.
New York Thomas Dunne Books 2008 First edition 
Royal 8vo. 256pp. Well illustrated in color and b&w, including artwork specially commissioned for this work. Fine illustrated boards. The maps are splendid!

 
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97 Bryant, Arthur. THE YEARS OF ENDURANCE 1793-1802; THE YEARS OF VICTORY 1802-1812; THE AGE OF ELEGANCE 1812-1822.
London Collins 1950-53 Various editions 
3 vols: 370pp, 500pp, 340pp. VG in tattered djs. A wonderful history of Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. Not a matching set, but perfectly good for reading. Except for Winston Churchill, Arthur Bryant is the most entertaining of all British popular historians

 
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98 Bryant, Sir Arthur. THE GREAT DUKE.
New York 1971 
492pp, maps. Fine in dj. Except for Winston Churchill, Bryant is the most entertaining of British popular historians. This is a wonderful life of Wellington.

 
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99 Bucquoy, Cdt E.-L. LES UNIFORMS DU PREMIER EMPIRE: LA GARDE IMPERIALE: TROUPS A PIED.
Paris Grancher 1977 
Large 4to, 127pp. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Fine in dj. One of the most detailed and beautiful works on the subject. Scarce.

 
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100 Bugeaud, Marshal Thomas Robert. MEMOIRS OF COLONEL BUGEAUD.
Felling Worley 1998 Reprint of 1884 ed 
184pp. Fine in dj. Bugeaud served as a grenadier of the Velites of the Imperial guard Austerlitz-Pultusk. Commissioned in 1806, he did notable service in the Peninsular War, participating in the sieges of Saragossa and Lerida, and various combats against the Spanish.

 
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