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Description: 34pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with14 drawings and portraits, including 10 full-page plates, and 3 text maps, one of which is full-page, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LI, #3, January, 1896. Includes War with Prussia, Jena and Auerstadt, The Devastation of Prussia, War with Russia, Pultusk - Check to the Grand Army: Eylau. Illustrations include Napoleon dressed as a member of the Institute, Queen Louisa reviewing the Prussian army, the Prussian Noble Guard sharpen their swords on the steps of the French Embassy at Berlin, Napoleon's mode of traveling, the death of Prince Louis at Saalfeld, Napoleon reconnoitering the field of Jena from the Landgrafenberg the night before the battle, Murat leading the cavalry at Jenna, the Band at Jena, October 14, 1806, the French Army in Poland, 1806, hardships in Poland, the Fourteenth of the Line at Eylau, portraits of Prince Louis Ferdinand, Louis - Nicolas Davout, Duke of Auerstadt and Prince of Eckmuhl, and maps of the Battles in Prussia and Poland, the Battles of Jena and Auerstadt, and the Battle of Eylau. This is the 15th of 23 consecutive monthly installments of the pre - publication serial appearance of the author's scarce title, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Description: 32pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 14 drawings, including portraits, and a small map of the Spanish campaign, water staining noted at top half of pages, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LI, No. 6, April, 1896. Includes Dethronement of the Spanish Bourbons, Uprising and Successes of the Spanish People, The Regeneration of Germany Through Prussia, Napoleon and Alexander at Erfurt, The Failure of the Spanish Campaign. Illustrations include The Empress Josephine in the Park of Malmaison after Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, the entry of Ferdinand into Madrid, Charles and Ferdinand at Bayonne, the capitulation of Baylen, Napoleon and Alexander at Erfurt, Napoleon, Goethe, And Wieland, after the Eugene-Ernest Hillemacher painting, French Soldiers in Spain and the Passage of the Ford, after the H. J. G. Chartier painting, an Episode of the Siege of Saragossa after the Jules Girardet painting, Napoleon and the French troops reaching the convent at the summit of the Guadarrama Mountains, and portraits of Edouard-Adolphe-Casimir-Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso, after the painting by Marie-Nicolas Ponce-Camus, Francois-Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Dantzic, with facsimile signature, Sir John Moore, and Nicolas-Jean-De-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, after the painting by Pierre-Louis De Laval. Part XVIII of the author's very scarce biography of the French emperor and conqueror. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Description: 30pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 15 drawings, including several portraits, a small map, and 8 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #2, June, 1896. Includes The Austrian Marriage, The Consolidation of Napoleonic Empire, The Inheritance and the Heir, The Array of Nations, The Congress of Kings, and The Invasion of Russia. Illustrations include Napoleon in the uniform of the foot Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, the Battle at Znaim, July 11, 1809, Napoleon announces to Josephine the day fixed for signing the papers of divorce, Josephine at Malmaison, Napoleon learning to waltz, The Religious Marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louisa painting, by Geoeges Rouget, a detail of the painting, and portraits of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, with facsimile signature, the cantiniere of the 26th regiment climbing the rocks at Busaco, Marshal Stockpot attacking a foraging detachment, a day of review under the Empire at the Place du Carrousel, June, 1810, a portrait of Napoleon in 1809, after the Rene - Theodore Berthon painting, the King of Rome from the sketch by Pierre - Paul Prud'Hon, a portrait of Maria Louisa and the king of Rome as an infant, and a map of the Russian campaign. This is part 20 of 23 of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Description: 33pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 13 drawings, including several portraits, and 6 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #3, July, 1896. The Evacuation of Moscow, The Retreat from Russia, The Horrors of the Beresina, The Prodigal's Return, The Revolt of the Nations, The First Campaign in Saxony, The Nations in Grand Array, and The Last Imperial Victory. This is part 21 of 23 of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Description: 29pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 drawings, including several portraits, and 6 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #4, August, 1896. Includes Politics and Strategy, The End of the Grand Army, The Frankfort Proposals, The Invasion of France, Napoleon's Supreme Effort, and The Great Captain at Bay. Illustrations include Napoleon in the gray overcoat, the guide, etc., and portraits of Jozef Anton, Prince Poniatowski, Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, Napoleon in 1813 after the painting by Amable - Louis - Claude Pagnest, Napoleon at the Tuileries after the sketch by Ingres, and Napoleon in his study, after the popular painting by Paul - Hippolyte Delaroche. This is part 22 of 23 of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: 33pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 15 drawings, including portraits, a map of the campaign of 1815, and 6 full-page plates, edges chipped a bit at final three pages, and a few short closed tears have been repaired with archival tape, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #6, October, 1896. Includes The Constitutional Empire, Ligny and Quatre Bras, Waterloo, The Surrender, and St. Helena. Illustrations include Napoleon in a coat of white pique, Napoleon and the old guard before Waterloo, the ravine at Waterloo, a battle scene at waterloo, Napoleon on board H. M. S. Bellerophon, July 23, 1815, a view of Longwood, Napoleon's home at St. Helena, the death of Napoleon, Napoleon after death from the pencil sketch by J. Ward, Napoleon's tomb, and portraits of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, Emmanuel, Marquis De Grouchy, Sir Thomas Picton, and Gebhard Leberecht Von Blucher. This is the 24th and final installment of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: 33pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 17 drawings and portraits, including several full-page plates, and 2 text maps, shallow waterstaining noted at page bottoms at margins only, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LI, #4, February, 1896. Includes An Indecisive Victory at Friedland, Napoleon and Alexander at Tilsit, The Negotiations and Treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon and Queen Louisa of Prussia, The Path of Napoleonic Empire, The Splendors of Paris and the Unification of France. This is the 16th of 23 consecutive monthly installments of the pre - publication serial appearance of the author's scarce title, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: 32pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 drawings and portraits, including several full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LI, #5, March, 1896. Includes An Indecisive Victory at Friedland, Napoleon and Alexander at Tilsit, The Negotiations and Treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon and Queen Louisa of Prussia, The Path of Napoleonic Empire, The Splendors of Paris and the Unification of France. This is the 17th of 23 consecutive monthly installments of the pre - publication serial appearance of the author's scarce title, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good
Description: 31pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 11 drawings, including portraits, a full-page map of the field of operations in 1814, and 3 full-page plates, water-stain noted along spine edge, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #5, September, 1896. Includes The Struggles of Exhaustion, The Fall of Paris, Napoleon's First Abdication, The Emperor of Elba, and Napoleon the Liberator of France. Illustrations include Napoleon in the uniform of Chasseur A Cheval, Napoleon on horseback in 1814 after the Meissonier painting, a scene of arresting deserters, an officer of the Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard, the barriere de Clichy, or defense of Paris in 1814, after the painting by Horace Vernet, Napoleon's villa at Porto Ferrajo, and portraits of Auguste - Frederic - Louis Viesse De Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, Princess Pauline Bonaparte after the Robert LeFevre painting, Etienne - Jacques - Joseph - Alexandre MacDonald, Duke of Tarentum, and Napoleon the Emperor after a miniature by Isabey. This is part 23 of 24 of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good
Description: 27pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 14 drawings, including several portraits, and 10 full-page plates, minor chipping noted along top and bottom edges, stain noted along spine edge, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #1, May, 1896. Includes Transformation in Austria, The Fifth War with Austria: Eckmuhl, Napoleon Defeated at Aspern, and Napoleon Victorious at Wagram. Illustrations include the arrival of Napoleon among the Bavarians and Saxons, the reappearance of Napoleon on the field before Ratisbon after being wounded, Marbot and Labedoyere scaling the wall at Ratisbon, Marbot's troops in Ratisbon guided to the bridge by a frightened French woman, fighting in the streets of Essling, the defense of the granary at Essling, Napoleon and Marshal Lannes at Essling, building the bridge at the island of Lobau, two scenes of the Battle of Wagram, and portraits of Archduke John of Austria, Marshal Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello, Jacques - Alexandre - Bernard Law, Marquis of Lauriston, and Antoine - Charles - Louis Collinet, Count of LaSalle. This is part 19 of 23 of the author's monumental biography of the French emperor. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Kasson, John A.. Sloane's Napoleon. The Century Company, NY, 1896.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: A single leaf, g958, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LII, #6, October, 1896. A brief review of William Sloane's, The Life Of Napoleon, which was being published serially in Century Magazine. Open Letters section. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volume IV.. New York: Century Co., 1896.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 4 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Half-leather cover shows moderate wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, and loss at the crown of the spine, missing the top of the backstrip. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volume II.. New York: Century Co., 1896.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 2 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings in a library binding. Shows minor wear, lightly tanned pages.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gilt red cloth boards, rubbed and with damp marking, Clean throughout, tight, with numerous illustrations in colour and mono. Front endpaper loose, as are two plates that are frayed at edges. Interesting volume. We also have two more in the series. This book is heavy and will require extra shipping charges.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gilt red cloth boards, rubbed and with damp marking, Clean throughout, tight, with numerous illustrations in colour and mono. Interesting volume. We also have two more in the series. This book is heavy and will require extra shipping charges.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gilt red cloth boards, rubbed and with damp marking, knock to top of front board. Clean throughout, tight, with numerous illustrations in colour and mono. Interesting volume. We also have two more in the series. Heavy, and will require extra shipping
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, Hardcover in maroon linen cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 287 pp. with index, bibliography. Frontispiece portrait engraving of McCosh an dadditional plates integral. A tight example, spine sunned. Tipped onto the front endpapers are photostat copies of a letter from William Sloane to Isabella McCosh (James' widow) and of her reply. Biography of Scottish "School of Common Sense" philosopher and Princeton University (then still called the College of New Jersey) president James McCosh (1811-1894). Educated at the Universities od Glasgow and Edinburgh, he became a minister of the Church of Scotland. By mid-century he was a professor of Logic and Mathematics at Queen's Colleg in Belfast; he served as prisident of Princeton from 1868 to 1888.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1896., 1896.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. 3 volumes lacking the 4th in set. 4to. xvi, 283; xii, 283; xiii, 270 pp. b/w illustrations with full color illustrated plates throughout. Three-quarter red morocco and marbled paper boards lettered and decorated in gilt at spine. Spine of volume one slightly darkened, rubbing and wear to spine-ends, hinges, and board edges, some discoloration to pages opposite plates. Good.
Seller: Free Play Books, NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.
Sloane, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Volume 3. Century co. New York, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 4to hardcover volume with leather spine and tips. Boards have some rubbing but tight and not cracked. Will polish up. Marbled end papers not cracked or marked. Contents tight and very clean. Many plates some in color.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NOTE: This oversize/heavy set will require additional charges for international shipping, and may require such for domestic shipping, please inquire prior to ordering; vol. I, xvi, 283, vol. II, xii, 283, vol. III, xii, 270, vol. IV, xii, 313 pages; three quarters red morocco, green marbled paper, gilt spine titles and decorations, 4 ribs to spine, all vols. now protected in clear plastic; top edge gilt; green marbled endpapers; full color frontispieces, black & white, sepia, and full color illustrations; some rubbing to paper and to extremities of boards, sides of spines of vol. I, binding to vol. I slightly loosened, all others tight; very good minus to very good copies.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Sloane, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte 4 Volume Set. The Century Co., New York, 1896.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Four Volume set complete. c.p. plus maps. t.e.g. no half title page for Vol 1, ownership name to recto of frontis in Vol. 1, and to half titles in other vols. Very good in original blind stamped decorative burgundy cloth gilt, tops and tails of spines bumped, few minor marks otherwise light shelf wear, very good. This set weighs over 10 kg, destination specific shipping will be quoted (i.r.o. extra £7.00 for mainland UK) Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Sloane, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Century, NY, 1896.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: US East Wall Box: This four volume set is in large format, 12.5 x 8.5, with 3/4 red leather and marbled boards is in about very good condition with scuffing to the edges and tips. Content is clean and bright. Volume one has wear and a slight indentation to rubbing. On the front edge.Gilt spine titles are bright. This heavy set will require extra postage and may be too heavy for foreign shipping. Printed by the De Vinne press, a beautiful addition to your library.
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green cloth with gilt spine title. Cover wear and minor cloth chipping. Vol. 1: 283pp. Page lower fore-corner moisture staining. Vol. 2: 283pp. Page edge moisture staining to the last sixty pages. Vol. 3: 270pp. Page edge moisture staining to the last hundred pages, rear endpaper lower edge losses. Vol. 4: 313pp. NW4. Sadly, we will not ship this set out of the United States.
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavos, Four Volumes bound in Eight. In Good minus condition. Half bound in sunned brown and green leather with marbled paper boards and gilt lettering on spines. Raised bands on spines. Boards have significant rubbing to corners and spine edges, splitting to joints, rubbing and some tearing to edges of boards, head edge of spine partially missing on several volumes, spines glued on Volume two section two, volume three section one, and volume four section one. Textblocks have mild age toning, Volume one section one has section of pages sticking out from fore edge due to splitting to gutters, Volume two section one has bending and tearing to fore edge, Volume three section one has pages 17 through 24 detached from textblock, Volume four section two has splitting to gutter of page 240 causing some pages to stick out from fore edge. ZG Consignment. Contents: Volume One, Section One xvi, 132 pages. Volume One, Section Two 133-283 pages. Volume Two, Section One xii, 136 pages. Volume Two, Section Two 137-283. Volume Three, Section One xii, 132 pages. Volume three section two 133-270. Volume Four, Section one xii, 140 pages. Volume Four, Section two 141-313. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1370442. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$346.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition orig. dec. cloth Nice Set quarto xvi + 283, xii + 283, xii + 270, xii + 313pp., colour frontis.(4), colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps & plans, sources, index, With c.70 fine engraved (typogravure) colour plates. A little uneven sunning to the decorated boards; lighter at spines, top edges gilt. A nice tight set of an impressive work
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Century Co c. 1896, 1896.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: Full gilt Publisher?s green Cloth with a Napoleonic blind Centerpiece. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Top and bottom edges gilt., Size : Large Quarto: (205mm x 30, Coloured frontispiece and illustrated with a profusion of black & white and coloured plates., Volume : 4 volumes A fine set; text and plates are clean and crisp.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon. The Century Company,, New York:, 1896.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Crimson Red textured leather, stamped with large gilt emblem on front boards, raised spine bands, gilt lettering on spine, AEG. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and black and white maps, portraits and plans. Bindings show some sunning and darkening. Top of Volume III chipped. Contents age-toned but clean and in tact. All bindings tight and strong. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - A History. The Century Co., New York, 1896.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a very good four-volume first edition set of the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by WIlliam Milligan Sloane. This oversized set is in its original half - morroco leather gilt cover with green cloth and marbled end papers. The books show shelf wear and there is some discoloration and marks on the covers and hinges. The books also have illustrations in both black/white and color, as well as maps, from a variety of artists.
Seller: Antiquarian Book Company, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1653.10 + shipping
Description: 4 volumes demi-maroquin rouge à coins, plats de tabis moucheté rouge et noir, dos à nerfs ornés de fers et filets dorés; doublures et gardes de papier marbré, têtes dorées, non rognés (Harrison).Edition originale anglaise de cette importante biographie de Napoléon, illustrée de 293 compositions reproduites en hors-texte dont 79 en couleurs parmi lesquelles de nombreux portraits et scènes de batailles. L'auteur, William Milligan Sloane (1850-1928) était professeur d'histoire à l'Université de Princeton et rédacteur en chef du Political Science Quarterly et de l'American Historical Review.
Seller: Librairie Blaizot, Paris, France
Sloane, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Macmillan / Century, London / New York, 1896.
Price: US$1924.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8.5"; 12.25"; 283+283+270+313pp; new red cloth with original half leather, slightly scuffed, raised bands to spine with gilt titles; colour plates and illustrations throughout; top edge gilt, other edges uncut; a very good tight set of books.
Seller: Books & Bygones, Reading, United Kingdom
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Four Volumes. Size of binding: 8 5/8 in. x 12 ¼ in. Bound in three-quarter burgundy morocco leather. Illustrated throughout. Blue and green marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Leather edges are trimmed in gilt; top edges are gilt. Spines each have four raised bands and gilt titling, and printed "N" emblems. Each of the volumes has a full-color frontispiece plate, and full-page plates in both color and black-and-white. Size of pages: 8 ¼ in. x 11 7/8 in. Large font printing, heavy paper. All the bindings are tight. Pagination: Vol. I, 283; Vol. II, 283; Vol. III, 270; and Vol. IV, 313. Index in Vol. IV. Overall, in near fine condition. Printed book label in each volume reads "Harley T. Procter." This may have been the son of a founding partner in Procter & Gamble. The son's dates were 1847-1920. Total weight is 24 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, and Napoleon s bee stamped on the spines. Presented is William Milligan Sloane s monumental account of Napoleon Bonaparte s personal and military life. This large, four volume set was published in 1896 by Century Co. in New York. It is exquisitely bound and sumptuously illustrated throughout, with several illustrations presented in color. Sloane s Life of Napoleon Bonaparte was first published in the form of a serial in the Century Magazine, beginning in November of 1894. Sloan then elaborated and enlarged the series into a massive four volume set, published in 1896. This is the version we present here. Very good condition. Complete four-volume quarto set. Beautifully bound in 1/2 red Moroccan leather with cloth boards. Spines are ruled and lettered in gilt, with the bee - Napoleon's symbol - on its spines. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding and hinges are very good, no loose or missing pages, pages are without marks, light sporadic foxing. Nicely illustrated throughout.
Seller: The Great Republic, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.