O'Meara, Barry. Napoleon in Exile; A Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the most important events of his life and government, in his own words [with letter signed by O'Meara tipped in]. London. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, 2 volume set. Bound with brown leather spines and corners. Green cloth over boards. The leather on the spines is dry and chipped, with a full 2 inches of leather missing from the bottom of volume one and smaller chips missing from volume 2. Bindings good and tight, pages clean and square. Very little foxing. Early ownership name signed to the to of the title page of volume 1. "Moller". Bookplate on the inside cover of volume 2 with coat of arms and the name "le Champion Moller." (A family from Butterston in Scotland). Both volume have frontispiece engravings with tissue paper guards. On the first blank page of the first volume, a letter handwritten by the author is laid down on the page. It is dated Feb '24. In it, in 8 lines, O'Meara entreats a fellow doctor to tend to two of the 'domestics in my establishment who are in want of medical assistance." The author O'Meara was the surgeon aboard the Bellerophon when Napoleon surrendered at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. He accompanied Napoleon to the island of St. Helena and served as his personal physician there until his death in 1821. This book was published in 1822 and quickly ran through several editions. This is the 4th printing, still in that first year of publication.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.