Wayne Whipple
The Story-Life of Napoleon
New York, The Century Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon biography of Napoleon by Wayne Whipple. The first edition of this uncommon biography of Napoleon by Wayne Whipple. A sweeping analysis of Napoleon's life and career drawn by numerous short stories from a great variety of sources forming a complete and continuous biography, with descriptions of his triumphs, rise to Emperor, campaigns, dethronement, and death in exile. The text is accompanied by sixty-four full page plates from historic paintings, and from original pictures. In the uncommon variant blue cloth binding. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, new endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, bumped to the head and tail of the spine, slight darkening tot he spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with a hint of age toning, as usual due to the type of paper used. With sixty-four full page plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
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