[Napoleon] [Doris, Charles:]

Secret memoirs of Napoleon Buonaparte: preceded by an historical survey of the character of this extraordinary personage, founded on his own words and actions by one who never quitted him for fifteen years; to which is added an account of the Regency at Blois, and the Itinerary of Buonaparte, from the period of his residence at Fontainebleau to his establishment on the Island of Elba.

London: Henry Colburn, Conduit Street, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1815. Second ed.. 8vo., pp. [ii], 46, xviii, [49]-352, [ii], 353-420. Foxed, some patches of light toning then a few pages towards the rear very toned. Contemporary half brown calf, spine gilt, marbled boards, edges sprinkled blue. Endcaps worn, upper joint starting at head and tail, rubbed, endpapers foxed, still very good. To title-page: 'Teignmouth' and author's name added in pencil. According to Barbier, an apocryphal work. Translation of Mémoires Secrets sur Napoléon Buonaparte. Contents as follows: Historical survey of the character of Buonaparte (pp. 1-45); Preface to the secret memoirs of Napoleon Buonaparte (pp. i-xviii); Secret memoirs of Napoleon Buonaparte (pp. [49]-287); An account of the regency at Blois or The last moments of the Imperial government (pp. [289]-336); Buonaparte at Fontainebleau (pp. [337]-354). Itinerary of Buonaparte from the period of his last residence at Fontainebleau to his establishment in the island of Elba (pp. [355]-406); Buonaparte at Elba (pp. [407]-420).

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Abel, E. Lawrence:

Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865.

Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 398. Hardback: red cloth backed blue boards, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, price-sticker removed from lower corner of front cover leaving a faint trace of adhesive only, still very good. An unused copy. Foreword by Bobby Horton.

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Beevor, Antony:

Berlin: The Downfall 1945.

London: Viking Penguin, 2002. First edition, sixth impression. 8vo., pp., xxxvii, 490 + plates. Section of maps to text. Toning, darkening to margins and edges, otherwise contents clean. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, creased at head of spine and along joints and all edges, white background now partly grubby, but still good.

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Beevor, Antony:

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy.

London: Viking, 2009. First edition, sixth impression. 8vo., pp. xv, 592 + 3 sections of plates. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, lightly creased to edges, still very good.

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Carlyon, Les:

Gallipoli:

Sydney, Australia: Pan Macmillan: 2002. 8vo., pp. vii, 600 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. Light signs of use, very good. Neat ink gift inscription to a previous owner on half-title.

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Foreman, Amanda:

A World on Fire An Epic History of Two Nations Divided.

London: Allen Lane, 2010. First edition. 8vo., pp. xliv, 988 + plates. Maps, some double-page, and illustrations. Hardback: red cloth, black-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A little dust-marked to edges, a hint only of shelf-wear to jacket: a very good copy.

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Hart, Peter:

The Last Battle: Endgame on the Western Front, 1918.

London: Profile Books, 2018. First edition, second impression. 8vo., pp. x, 453 + b/w plates. Maps. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: a fine copy. Author's ink inscription "To Charlie..." to title-page.

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Hyndman, H.M.:

The Economics of Socialism

London: The Twentieth Century Press, [n.d.] (c.1896). 8vo., pp.[viii], iv, 257, [iii]. Single-page publisher's list titled Socialist Literature at rear. Top edges of some leaves a little ragged where they have been slit open after binding. Red cloth, title in gilt to spine and in black to upper board. Spine sunned, endpapers toned, very good. Hyndman's Preface (dated 1896) notes, 'The book has been set up, printed and published under circumstances involving great technical difficulties, by the Twentieth Century Press. This Press is entirely organised and managed by men of the working class in the interest of the Socialist movement in Great Britain; and I venture to think that the work done by them and the success which they have achieved with very slender funds is highly creditable to them in every way.'

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Kelly, Christopher:

A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo: the Second Restoration of Louis XVIII; and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St Helena […].

London: printed for Thomas Kelly […] by Rider and Weed, 1817. First edition. 4to., pp.[iv], 509, [i] + frontispiece, folding map, and 18 further plates all as called for. With additional engraved title-page, publisher's catalogue to final page. Short closed tear to engraved title, closed tear to folding map repaired on verso with tape. Occasional patches of light toning, very good. Tan reverse calf neatly rebacked, raised bands, spine tooled in black with red morocco gilt label, borders tooled in black, endpapers renewed. Rubbed, some small marks and chips, corners frayed, still very good. From the Preface: 'the Proprietor has spared no expense - the Editor has shrunk from no laborious research, to render it worthy of universal patronage. Official papers and works of established reputation have been primarily consulted, as historical documents; much original information has been communicated by a gentleman who has actually visited the field of battle, and other parts of the Netherlands; a rich fund of anecdote has been collected from various authors of unquestionable veracity; - and a bona fide abridgement of the popular letters from St Helena has been introduced; to convey to the reader an accurate picture of the retirement, conversations, and pursuits of that adventurer, who, we trust, will; never be permitted to quit his present abode till his inordinate ambition is extinguished with his life.'

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Massie, Robert K.:

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.

London: Head of Zeus Ltd, 2012. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 625 + plates. Maps. Hardback: cream cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. A little foxing towards edges, more to endpapers, light signs of use, otherwise very good.

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Book number: 54241

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Moorehead, Caroline:

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France.

London: Chatto & Windus, 2014 First edition. 8vo., pp. 374. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, slightly creased on top edge, light shelf-wear, still very good.

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Book number: 54261

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Mortensen, Otto:

Jens Olsen's Clock: A Technical Description.

Copenhagen: Technological Institute, 1957. First English edition. Folio, pp. 157. Numerous illustrations. Hardback: white cloth-backed blue patterned cloth boards, blue-lettered to spine, two corners slightly bumped, other than a hint of dust to edges book and contents unblemished, very good. White dust-jacket, now somewhat grubby with closed tear to one corner, a little fraying to the others and creasing to edges, still good overall. Translated from and published simultaneously in Danish. A detailed description of a complex astronomical clock, now situated in Copenhagen Town Hall, completed posthumously between 1944 and 1955 (Jens Olsen died in 1945).

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Ney, Michel duc d'Elchingen:

Memoirs of Marshal Ney.

London: Bull and Churton, 1833. 2 vols., 8vo., pp. xvi, 408; [viii], 430 + portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 1 folding facsimile. First and final leaves blank. Foxed, a few patches of toning. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with raised bands and black title label, marbled boards, edges sprinkled brown, turquoise endpapers. Neatly rebacked with original spines retained. 2cm loss to tail of vol. I's original spine, but filled in. Calf a little darkened in places, rubbed, inner hinges repaired, very good. To front pastedown-down, small armourial bookplate with the name Barlow. To ffeps, blurry ownership inscription with the surname Barlow, dated 18(58?). To rear endpaper, a library ink stamp (without name of library). From the Preface: 'The present memoirs are founded upon the papers and documents which he left behind him… The work has been put together under the direction and management of the Duke of Elchingen, Marshal Ney's second son.'

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[Napoleon] Pommereul, F.R.J.; Berthier, L.A.; Denon, V.; Miot, J.; Petit, J., et al:

Original Journals of the Eighteen Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte; Comprising all those in which he personally commanded in chief: Translated from the French. To which are added all the Bulletins relating to each campaign, now first published complete. […]

London: J. Davis, 1816-17. 2 vols., [iv], [vi], [iv], 5-550; [ii], 209, [i], 441, [i]. Eccentric signatures, but pagination and text are correct. Sporadic light foxing. Vol. I with bookseller's notes to ffep, M4 with loss to fore-edge margin not affecting text, a few leaves short at fore-edge. Vol. II with quite a few pages unopened at head edge. Contemporary dark green quarter cloth, drab paper-covered boards, spines gilt ruled with red labels. Worn, some splashes and marks to spines, loss to edge of vol. II label, end caps and corners frayed, edges worn, externally a little shabby but unsophisticated and sound. Each volume with bookplate of William Bartlett to front pastedown and illegible ownership inscription to head of title-page. Very scarce in the UK and Ireland. WorldCat finds physical copies at the National Library of Ireland and Hull Central Library; LibraryHub adds a copy at Senate House Library, though catalogued with a date of 1920, so perhaps a reprint. Contents as follows: [Pommereul, F. R. J. de] Campaign of General Bonaparte in Italy, 1796-7; Berthier, L. A. Original journal of the second campaign of Bonaparte, being the campaign in Egypt and Syria, in the year 1798 and the operations of General Desaix in Upper Egypt; Journal in Upper and Lower Egypt... during the campaigns of General Bonaparte in that country; Miot, J. M. Narrative of the French expedition to Egypt and Syria; Petit, C. Journal of the campaign in Marengo, in Italy, 1799. Journal during the siege of Genoa. Official narratives of the campaigns of Buonaparte, since the peace of Amiens. Being a complete collection of the whole of the bulletins pub. by Buonaparte to his abdication: Campaign in Germany, 1805; in Prussia, 1806-7; in Germany, 1809; in Russia, 1812; in Germany, 1813; in France, 1814; Campaign and battle of Waterloo, 1815; Marshal Ney's account of the battle of Waterloo.

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Price, Munro:

Napoleon: The End of Glory.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. First edition. 8vo., pp. xx, 324 + plates. Maps and illustrations to text. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Trivial shelf-wear, a very good copy.

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