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Adams, Michael. NAPOLEON AND RUSSIA.
London Hambledon Continuum 2006 First edition
xxiii+596pp, maps and illustrations. Fine in dj. 'The story of Napoleon's relationship with the Russians is about much more than the famous and ill-fated invasion of 1812...one of the main aims of this book, therefore, is to tell the whole story.' A scholarly study with a fine narrative flow, filling an obvious gap in the literature of the Napoleonic Wars.
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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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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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Anon. NAPOLEON'S CONDUCT TOWARDS PRUSSIA SINCE THE PEACE OF TILSIT.
London Henry Colburn 1814 First edition
84pp, stunning steelcut frontispiece of the Emperor. 2pp publisher's adverts. Fine 19th century half morocco, gilt spine, marbled boards. A predictably hostile German assessment of Napoleon's treatment of Prussia, quite well capturing contemporary German sentiments towards the Emperor. Rare
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250.00 USD
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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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100.00 USD
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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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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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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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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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Bausset, L.F.J. PRIVATE MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF NAPOLEON...FROM 1805-1814.
Philadelphia Carey, Lea & Carey 1828 First Am edition
434pp. Handsomely rebound in a 1/4 cloth limited editions binding. Contents fine. Bausset was Napoleon's Prefect of the Palace. His memoirs are among the least known of the period, singled out by many historians (Cronin, Tulard, etc.) for their interest and objectivity. An excellent administrator, one of Bausset's less enviable duties was to read Napoleon the headlines from foreign newspapers--which often provoked apoplectic rages in the Emperor. An excerpt: 'On the morning of that day [Borodino], so fatal and so glorious to the French Army, some bullets passed over the head of Napoleon and the group behind him, in which we were. He ordered General Sorbier to advance some batteries of artillery to protect us from them. Two hours later they appeared again, and we feared for a moment that the enemy had recovered his ground. By degrees the enemy's firing abated, and the expiring bullets rolled and stopped at Napoleon's feet, who gently pushed them away as a person would remove a stone in his path.' Especially important is Bausset's account of the events at Bayonne in 1808, leading to the deposition of the Spanish royal family. Hostile historians (Duff Cooper, et. al.) have often cited this episode as evidence of the Emperor's inherent perfidy: Napoleon cunningly lured the Bourbons into France, intending from the outset to replace them with his brother Joseph. According to Bausset, they simply showed up unannounced to ask Napoleon's mediation, and then self-destructed in petty quarreling among themselves--much to Napoleon's amazement and disgust. Exceptionally scarce and valuable.
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550.00 USD
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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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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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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 offe | |
