BAINES, EDWARD

History of the Wars of the French Revolution: Two Volumes Bound in One from the Breaking out of the War in 1792 to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1915. . .

London, England: Harper Collins, 1818. Reprint; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Two Volumes Bound in One. Very Good- condition. Full leather binding. The leather is, however, noticeably weathered and worn. Both covers are detatched. The book itself is in very clean, solid condition and at some point in its history, the separate books have been combined and bound into one large volume. A previous owner has made a few repairs to the book, including reattaching the front endpaper and free page. (which have, since then, become unmoored again, partially) The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are several large splotches of either ink or foxing (dark) to several pages. Several plates are missing, including: Volume I facing page 377 (Alexander I) , Volume II: facing 130-131 (Coins and Medals) , facing page 463 (Battle of Waterloo - the key is still present) , and facing 499 (Princess Charlotte & Prince Leopold) A solid, but flawed copy. "As well as his journalistic output, Baines was the author of a number of histories and gazetteers. His first book - a History of the Wars of the French Revolution - was published in 1817, having first been published as a part-work from 1814 onwards. Its account up to 1801 borrowed extensively (and sometimes verbatim) from another author's earlier work of 1803 on the same topic (A Stephens The History of the Wars Which Arose out of the French Revolution to Which is Prefixed a Review of the Causes of that Event (London 1803) ). This went unacknowledged until Baines revised, expanded and retitled the work as a History of the Reign of King George III (1820) ; his new preface stating "To facilitate ... Progress, and at the recommendation of the publisher and proprietor of Mr Alexander Stephens' s History of the Wars published in 1803, nearly half the details of the first volume were abridged from that work." This later led to denunciation of Baines as a plagiarist by one of the editors of the Intelligencer. He also produced history/directory/gazetteers for Yorkshire and for Lancashire, later reworking the latter as a county history, The History of the County Palatine of Lancaster" (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

S. Howlett-West BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 42634

Catalogue: French History

Keywords: French History Edward Baines English History French Revolution Napoleonic Era Napoleonic Wars

WEBSTER, PAUL

Petain's Crime the Full Story of French Collaboration in the Holocaust

Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee, 1991. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing and edge wear. "Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951) , generally known as Philippe Pétain (French: [fi. Lip pe. T? ~]) , Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain) and The Old Marshal (Le Vieux Maréchal) , was a French general officer who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of World War I, during which he became known as 'The Lion of Verdun', and in World War II served as the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state. Today he is widely regarded as a traitor and Nazi collaborator, the French equivalent of his contemporary Vidkun Quisling of Norway. ". Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 37605

Catalogue: French History

Keywords: French History Paul Webster World War I World War II Philippe Petain The Holocaust