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Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Chronicle of the Drum. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1882.
Price: US$39.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xi, [1], 70 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 30 full-page illustrations; 26 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with red, black, and gilt embossed spine title, cover title, and cover illustration and decoration. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers with black decoration. Half-title on verso of frontispiece. Title vignette: portrait of author. French military history told from the perspective of a family of army drummers. In Very Good- Condition: cover lightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed; front hinge weak; back hinge just starting to crack; occasional foxing along gutter; otherwise pages and illustrations are clean and bright.
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.59 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth, on impressively colour and gilt-tooled, bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All edges gilt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 70 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 70 p. : illus. (some full page), t.g. frontis. ; 26 x 20 cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- English poetry -- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Notes: "This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon" and is a narrative of French military history. Illustrations by A.B. Frost, Howard Pyle, and others. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good with both hinges slightly cracked, light wear to the corners. Elaborately stamped in gold, black and red.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TITLE: THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1882 First Edition AUTHOR: WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NY 1881 on copyright page and 1882 on title page EDITION: First Edition ISBN: None CATEGORY: History, Music, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Brown SIZE: 7 ½ x 10 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 70 pages. CONDITION: The outside is in good condition for its age; there are scuffs or scrapes to all the corner edges of the boards; there are fraying to the top and bottom edges of the spine. There is a time like age stain to the top edge of all the pages throughout the book. There is a brown age shadow imprint of something being removed from the second and third front endpapers. There is mild cracking to the pastedowns at the first gutter. There is a paragraph like inscription written in ink on the first front free endpaper. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/None dust jacket as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: The many artists included Pyle, George Gibson, Frost, Fredericks, J. S. Davis, etc. The binding is nicely done. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! We offer free gift wrapping year round on all our products regardless of item's cost. REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: RSTC 009334 We support FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY nationwide with donations and purchases.
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth, on impressively colour and gilt-tooled, bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All edges gilt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 70 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 70 p. : illus. (some full page), t.g. frontis. ; 26 x 20 cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- English poetry -- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Notes: "This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon" and is a narrative of French military history. Illustrations by A.B. Frost, Howard Pyle, and others. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thackeray, W.M. [William Makepeace]. The Chronicle of the Drum. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882.
Price: US$81.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First illustrated edition. Bookplate on second blank. 1882 Hard Cover. xi, 70 pp. Decorations on spine and front board, page ridges gilt. Illustrations by Howard Pyle, A.B. Frost, et al.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Chronicle of the Drum. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1882.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First Illustrated Edition, with plates by A. B. Frost, Howard Pyle and others. Small Quarto, original decorative tan cloth with gilt page edges. An attractive Very Good tight copy, with some age darkening to cloth, spine ends and cover corners with rather minor cloth wear and splits.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publishing Info: 1st Edition Description: Green leather spine with dark green cloth. Gilt upper text block edge. Illustrated with 32 full page engravings. The artists included Pyle, George Gibson, Frost, Fredericks, J. S. Davis and many others. Include vintage undated handwritten letter (marked 'copy' to the top) from Charles Scribner and Sons regarding availability of the book. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Heavy wear to tips of corners. Wear and rubbing to spine ends and edges. Clean intact endpapers with strong hinges. Pages 13-17 attached by three of seven binding threads. DJ Condition> Na. 70pp. Size: 8vo, 26cm by 19.5cm. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Include vintage undated handwritten letter (marked 'copy' to the top) from Charles Scribner and Sons regarding availability of the book. Provenance: None. Book Resume: This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon" and is a narrative of French military history. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom