NAPOLEON’S MEMOIRS. I. Corsica to Marengo. II. Waterloo Campaign. Golden Cockerel Press 1945.
2 vols. 4to./Slim 4to. 422pp. + [ii] limitation + 78pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Port. frontis., t.ps. with engraving by John Buckland Wright. Printed on Arnold’s mould-made paper. E.p. maps, fore-edge of leaves sl. spotted very occasionally intruding onto inner margins, original gilt lettered green cloth with gilt device by John Buckland Wright to upper boards, fading to boards, lightly rubbed, corners sl. bumped, t.e.g. rest uncut.
No. 136 of a Limited Edition of 500 Sets.
£200.00 [ref: 278481]
LES CAHIERS du ... (1776-1850). Publiés d’après le manuscrit original par Lorédan Larchey. Paris Librairie Hachette et Cie ... 1911.
4to. 288pp. + [i]. with 96 engravings including some colour. French text. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, browning, some chipping to leaves front f.e.p. detached, original gilt ruled red cloth with gilt motifs, some dampstaining to tail of boards and spine, spine and corners frayed.
£55.00 [ref: 281363]
THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN THE PENINSULAR WAR Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. Palgrave Macmillan 2013.
1st Ed. xi + 302pp. Double page map. Original laminated boards.
£50.00 [ref: 281837]
EAGLES OVER THE ALPS. Suvorov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Emperor’s Press, Chicago 1999.
Original Ed. 4to. 278pp. Many ills., photos. and maps, with original artwork by Bill Younghusband. Very good in d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 290885]
DÉFENSIVE DES ÉMIGRÉS FRANÇAIS: Adressée au Peuple Français. Londres ... T. Baylis ... 1797.
1st Ed. in French. viii + 379pp. + lxxi. Ex-libris Viscount Folkestone, some very light browning, rebound in modern calf, blind gilt fillet edged boards, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spine.
ESTC T80481 ‘Avant-propos dated: ’Londres, Janvier 1797.’ - Signed at end: ’Lally-Tolendal. Fini d’imprimer à Londres le 6 Mars 1797’.
Sabin, 38694.’
£110.00 [ref: 258973]
NAPOLEON. Book One: From 18 Brumaire to Tilsit 1799-1807. Translated by Henry F. Stockhold. Book Two: From Tilsit to Waterloo 1807-1815. Translated by J.E. Anderson. Introduction and Further Reading by Andrew Roberts. Folio Society 2009.
Royal 8vo. [xxx] + 640pp. Colour port. frontis., profusely illus. throughout in colour. E.p. maps, very good in original gilt lettered red gilt and green dec. cloth with green title patch to spine, in green slipcase with some very minor fading.
£25.00 [ref: 293669]
WATERLOO. The Decisive Victory. Foreword by His Grace, the Duke of Wellington. Introduction by Peter Snow. Osprey Publishing 2014.
1st UK Ed. Royal 8vo. 416pp. Double page colour illus. title page, profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. Very good in gilt lettered black cloth backed coloured pictorial boards, in gilt lettered black slipcase as issued.
£25.00 [ref: 293905]
BRITISH VICTORY IN EGYPT 1801. The end of Napoleon’s conquest. Routledge 1995.
Reprint. xii + 282pp. 11 maps, 12 tables. Original laminated boards.
£30.00 [ref: 281833]
LETTERS Written on Board His Majesty’s Ship the Northumberland, and Saint Helena; In Which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and his Suite, During the Voyage, and the First Months of His Residence in That Island, are Faithfully Described and Related. London: Published for the Author by R. Ackermann ... 1816.
4th Ed. viii + 215pp. Engraved port. frontis., 2 plates including 1 folding. Some light foxing, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary calf backed marbled boards, some surface wear to boards, gilt ruling with gilt lettered label to spine, joints starting to cracked.
Rear end papers with various contemporary obituaries of Napoleon.
£100.00 [ref: 293788]
VICTORIES OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON From Drawings by ... London Printed for Rodwell and Martin 1819.
4to. iv + 47pp. + [i]. Ills. t.p., 12 hand coloured aquatint plates (offset) (sl. shaved to fore-edge sometimes affecting slightly the imprint). Text and plates 11¾ x 9½’’ (29.5 x 24cm). Light browning with occasional spotting, pp.3 and plate 11 with sm. closed tear to fore-edge, signed binding ‘C. Cross Binder to the Queen’, C19th half calf with cloth boards, some staining and marking, some scuffing to corners, blind lettering and motifs to faded spine, sm. nicks to head of joints.
No obvious watermark. Abbey Life 381; Tooley, p.265; Prideaux, pp.224 and 355.
Richard Westall (1765–1836), painter and illustrator ‘... he was a significant and innovative figure in the development of the English watercolour, his elegant and precise book illustrations set new standards in that field, and his portraits and historical and religious paintings have deservedly received more scholarly attention recently than hitherto ...’ ODNB.,
£1,250.00 [ref: 283788]