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SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPRTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, VOLUME IX. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, 1827.

Price: US$19.49 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, wear to board edges, top half of backstrip missing, ink inscription to front free endpaper, front board almost separated with some prelims loose, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean throughout. Fair.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

SCOTT, Sir Walter. The life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With a preliminary view of the French Revolution. In nine volumes. Vol VIII. Printed by Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, London and Cadell & Co., Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1827.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Description: 8vo. pp. viii, 518 + errata slip tipped in at end. Full calf, gilt dentelles, title label to spine, marbled page edges quite faded, marbled endpapers. Backstrip badly worn, with loss of leather, and joints tender and loss of leather. Text block clean and bright. Covers the time from the invasion of France by the Allied forces in 1814 after the retreat from Moscow through to the Battle of Waterloo. Armorial bookplate of Stephen Holland (Cor Unum Via Una), who amassed one of the great nineteenth century art collections, including 10 Turners, three Gainsboroughs, and numerous others.

Seller: tinyBook, Bath, United Kingdom

SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOL III. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, EDINBURGH AND LONDON, 1827.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, spine sunned and marked, spine labels lifting, wear to board edges, ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean. Good.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOL II. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, EDINBURGH AND LONDON, 1827.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, spine sunned and marked, spine labels missing, wear to board edges, ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean. Good.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOL VI. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, EDINBURGH AND LONDON, 1827.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, spine sunned and marked, top spine label missing, bottom spine label lifting, wear to board edges, ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean. Good.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, VOLUME I. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, 1827.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, with an open tear to the marbled paper by the spine of the front and rear boards, wear to board edges, pencil inscription to front pastedown, ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean throughout. Fair.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

SIR WALTER SCOTT. THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, VOLUME VIII. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, AND GREEN, CADELL AND CO, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, 1827.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Boards rubbed and marked, wear to board edges, label on spine lifting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, front joint cracked at the endpapers, light foxing to pages, otherwise clean throughout. Fair.

Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Sir Walter Scott. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter scott, Bart. - Volumes I, II and III. Printed for Cadell and Co., and Longman, Rees, Orme and Green, Edinburgh and London, 1827.

Price: US$111.76 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Three volumes of six. Volumes 1, 2 and 3. All three volumes bound in half leather, spines and corners, with raised bands, gilt rulled compartments with title and volume numbers in gilt. Gilt ruled edges to leather borders. Marbled papered boards, page edges and endpapers. Volume one : Life of Dryden, xv, 533 pages. Volume two : Life of Swift, iii, 532 pages. Volume three : Biographical memoirs and critical notices of eminent novellists, Richardson, Smollett, Goldsmith, Johnson, Sterne etc. 553 pages. 5.75 X 8.75 inches. All three volumes ar ein very good condition. Externally all very sound, with minor rubbing to edges here and there. Overall not much worn, Inside all hinges are firm and sound, with no spltting along the endpapers. Inside all complete and in good order, with some foxing appearing occasionally, mainly to the first and last pages. Armorial bookplate (foxed) of Augustus Warren to each pastedown. A pleasing set.

Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom

Scott, Sir Walter. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With A Preliminary View of the French Revolution. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, London, 1827.

Price: US$909.77 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 9 volumes. Recent rebind in half calf and marbled boards. Two gilt stamped leather spine labels and stamped compartments. Armorial bookplate of James Farquhar 'Doctors Commons' to each volume. Light offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Text relatively spot free, overall a very good set.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Scott, Sir Walter. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With A Preliminary View of the French Revolution. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, London, 1827.

Price: US$947.67 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second edition. 8vo. 9 volumes. Bound in full green leather with gilt decorated spines and gilt lettered black leather labels. Diced pattern to the boards, front and back. Spines a little sunned and rubbed at the edges and spine ends. Front paste-downs with light pencil notes and a few pencil lines throughout each volume, sporadic foxing throughout but mostly at the title-pages. Clean throughout overall and the bindings tight and square, no fragile hinges or joints. Nice set, in attractive bindings.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada