Dabrantes Duchess (30 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

548pp. + ads 8vo Illustrated with 9 steel engraved portraits Brown cloth Ex-library, covers heavily rubbed, front cover almost detached, foxing on portraits: Good-.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume II only. This is a 19th century edition, but publication info. is missing since bottom part of title page is torn away. Shelfwear, rubbing, fraying at extremities, spine fabric tanned and chipped, inside hingepapers, pages are lightly age toned but unmarked. Decorative cover, no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hard Cover. Good+. Half calf, marbled boards, with gilt-tooled spine and all edges marbled. Leather spine-title label has partially chipped off; boards rubbed; extremities worn; corners bumped; frontispiece and title page have foxing; hinges tight. xvii, 548 p.+ plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes having general light wear to covers and some light random staining. Books are very good inside. See pictures for further details, description.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. red c w/gilt lettering/decorations; slight wear at spine; in mylar protective wraps; 588pp & 548 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. SET OF 2 Hardcovers. ORIGINAL 1894 PRINTINGS. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration show light edge wear with rubbing to corners. Fading along spine. Volume 1 is slightly shelf-cocked. Binding is tight, hinges strong. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE SET.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Small octavos in red cloth binding with gilt & black lettering & ornamentation. Condition: slight fraying to spine ends; spines slightly dulled; else very good+ condition. Pages: 588 & 548.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pub by D.Appleton & Co., 1895, 2 volumes, complete. NOT exLib. VG cond. hardcovers, no dj's. Red cloth over bds w/ fairly ornate black & gilt dec & lettering on covers & spines. Spines slightly darkened. Modest spine-lean. Brown eps. All hinges & both textblocks sound. 588pp + 2pp, & 548pp + 12pp. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Circa 1860's. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full length, facing left). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 x 3 1/2 inches. On back, states the image is "From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery". Identified in pencil in an unknown hand as "Duchess d'Abrantes". This probably refers to Marie Louise Leonie Lepic (1829-1868), the second wife of Andoche Alfred Michel Junot, the 3rd Duc d'Abrantes. Lovely portrait of a lady wearing a dark bodice and skirt over a lightly colored striped hooped skirt. She is holding a hat with a large feather.

Illus., 8.5 x 5.5", 3/4 blue morocco; cloth, teg, 320pp with index, covers a bit worn, extremities lightly fraying, hinges loose, pp toned else a decent, decorative binding.

Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: J. & J. Harper. Good plus condition-foxing, rebound in linen and marble paper/No Dustjacket. 1832. 8vo., 445, 2 pp. . Good plus condition-foxing, rebound in linen and marble paper/No Dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair; Very Good. Volume I: xx, 588 pages + 6-page book catalogue. This (first) volume has pink-tinged damp stains: at the upper front corner, decreasing in size to about page 8 and again increasing in size from about page 500 to the end; at the spine, from the upper edge, from the title page, to about page 100. at the spine, from the lower edge, to about page 50, and again from about page 200 increasing in size to the end of the book where the lower edge and lower page corners are affected too. The front board of is slightly warped and the rear board in damp-stained; Volume II: xvii, 548 pages. Decorative red cloth boards, gilt, with lightlly worn corners, and at the spine head and foot. Condition: Volume I: Fair; Volume II: Very Good. An attractive set. Size: 8vo.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1895. Title pages dated 1895. Attractive two volume set in bright red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 588 + 548 pages plus publisher's ads. Very good condition with a touch of edge rubbing and light shelf soil, gilt lettering on spine just a little less bright than the front cover lettering, good hinges, firm text blocks, lightly age toned but very clean pages, name neatly written on the preliminary blank of each volume, no other names or markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

xx,588 & xvii,548,(8p. pages of publisher's ads.) Pp. Frontis and numerous portraits engraved on steel to both volumes Spines sunned and previous owner's name on title pages Brown cloth with gilt title & crest to spines and blind stamp design to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very rare First Edition. Please note that the Very Good condition rating very much takes into account the fact that the book was published in 1854. The book clearly has flaws which I will describe. But allow me to begin with a strength: the book is very well bound, no cracks, no webbing to be seen, no loose pages. Given that it appears to be the original binding and that I do not see any indications of repair this is quite remarkable. Also, positively, the front cover has very little wear and only minimal soiling. That is also the case for the back cover. On the other hand (and here I'll begin with the imperfections), the front cover and spine are a light brown and the back cover is a dark brown. Somewhere along the line the sun seems to have favored one side over the other (see the photos). On the spine, the lettering is legible and the design is visible. But I suspect it was once in gilt and that is clearly gone now. Also, as you can see in the second photo, there is one eighth of an inch of loss at the top of the spine (not affecting any of the lettering) and a smaller bit of loss at the bottom of the spine. The corners and the edges of the covers look quite good. Moving to the interior of the book, the great majority of the pages have little to no foxing. However, the early and last pages, particularly the title page (see photo), and the plates have moderate to heavy foxing ( on the plates it's mostly, but not entirely, on the margins). Also, the first 20 or so pages, and particularly the title page again, have the outlines of an old water stain. That goes away after that, but can be seen again in the last 20 or so pages of the book. Positively, the great majority of the pages ( the text) look terrific. Surprisingly, the pages are not particularly age-darkened. They look very good. Also, I didn't see any tearing, though it's possible there's something small that I missed. Note, also, that a previous owner underlined the title' Contents Of Volume II ', and placed penciled X's in the margins of most of the Contents pages. However, once the book begins he put his pencil down, picking it up only once, as far as I can see, to mark one page. There are tissue guards before some of the plates, however the foxing seems to have affected the plates with and without the tissue guards. Take a look at the photos. The book has a very solid feel in your hands. 548 pages followed by eight pages of advertisements. From my research, ( and you should, please, do your own, there were two volumes of this 1854 Appleton first. However, the previous owner of this book has penciled a reference to a Volume III. I think he's mistaken, are you may be referring to some other book. I don't really know. So, again, do your own research.

Each hardcover, H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Handsome full leather bindings; spines decorated with five slightly raised bands delineating six compartments which in turn have gilt tooling for four compartments with gilt lettered maroon title label and black volume label in other two compartments; slender gilt tooling to board edges. Some scuffing to spines and boards; Volume I's spine tailband unthreading. Marbled edges; marbled endpapers with both volumes' front pastedowns having patches of peeling presumably from removed bookplates; each volumes' title page has past owner's elaborate black ink name stamp "P.J. Maxwell" at their top right. Toning and foxing throughout both volumes with a few page corners creased from fold-downs. VOLUME I: 548 pages; pencil notations on rear flyleaf verso. VOLUME II: 520 pages; a few chips to pages 519-520 causing slight text loss; antiquarian ink writing and blotting to rear flyleaf with some pencil calculations as well. Bindings are firm. P.J. Maxwell was a mid-19th century resident of Columbus, Mississippi. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First English Edition. A good plus two volume set in blind-stamped cloth. Re-backed with old spines laid down. New end-papers. Bookplate (of Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity) and small ex libris label in each volume. Pp.,548;520. 16 plates. The author was the wife of the French General Jean-Andoche Junot, who was created Duke of Abrantes in 1806. According to Wikipedia "she compiled her spirited but somewaht spiteful Memoirs with the encouragement and supervision of Balzac, her lover since 1828.".

Condition: Good. First English edition. Full leather, gilt title and spine decorations, gilt tooled edges, marbled page edges and endpapers. Vol. 1: 548pp, Vol. 2: 520pp. H: 22cm. With 16 b&w engraved plates, as called for. Covers generally bright with minor scuffing to boards; rubbed edges; Vol. 2 has fraying to spine top and part of title label missing. Bindings sound. Light foxing and browning to ends, and to margins of plates (one or two plates have foxing over the image). Some creased corners. Book plate of Robert Carter Esq inside front covers. A Good+ set.

2 vols. 16 engraved portraits. 8vo, full contemporary polished calf gilt; extra gilt spines. A handsomely bound set; mildly ex-library (there are dark tape marks on the boards, virtually invisible on the spines (where the call numbers had presumably been attached); trace of bookplate removal; ownership stamp on the final leaf of text in each volume. Lightly rubbed at edges, some foxing; but still an attractive set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Two Volumes.First Edition.Fresh Very Fine Set. Bit of Foxing to Steel Engravings.Beautiful Set.

Two volumes. [2], 548; [2], 520 p. 16 plates. Contemporary bindings in dark blue morocco. The boards panelled with a wide twisted ribbon roll inside a two line roll. The spines gilt between wide flat bands, lettered in the second and fourth compartments. Minor shelf wear only. The text is clean and tight with light offsetting from the plates. A handsome set.

Leather. Condition: Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. The first English edition of this formidable and personal biography on the life and family of Napoleon Bonaparte, complete with plates throughout. The first edition of this work in English.Finely bound in a straight grain morocco binding with gilt decoration to the boards, bound by A. Taffin.Complete in two volumes.'Memoirs of Napoleon' is a personal memoir about the formidable Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Laure Junot, who had a life long acquaintance with him. He had nicknamed her 'Little Pest', for her wit and extravagance after moving to Paris. Despite their earlier generous relationship, she portrayed a sarcastic view of him in her 'Memoirs'. Junot didn't side with Bonaparte during his Hundred Days, and had previously taken part in intrigues to bring the Bourbons back.Junot was a child during the French Revolution, and so grew up and lived in a tumultuous time in French history. She was extravagant in her spending, and spent a lot of her time around artistic society. She also had an affair with the fellow author Honore de Balzac, who supervised the writing of these memoirs.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and eight plates.Collated, complete. In a straight grain morocco binding with gilt decoration to the boards, bound by A. Taffin.Externally, very smart. Spines are faded. One small mark to the rear board of Volume II. Bookseller's label to the front paste down of Volume I. Newspaper clipping to the recto of the front endpaper of Volume I, 'Tattle-tale Duchess', from 'The Daily Telegraph' on 28.6.49. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with the very occasional scattered spot. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, two volumes, Publisher's original embossed purple cloth with gilt-lettered spines, 16 plates., pages untuned. Some light bumping to a couple of corners, Spines are sun-faded (though gilt remains bright) but a handsome near-fine copy of a set now seldom seen in the original cloth or in collectible condition. First edition in English of this sarcastic and slanderous portrayal of Napoleon, with 16 full-page engraved portraits, most by William Read. Madame Laure Junot, wife of French general and diplomat Jean-Andoche Junot, was a firsthand witness to many of the intrigues of the consulate. She immediately entered into the gay life of Paris, and became "noted for her beauty, her caustic wit, and her extravagance. Napoleon nicknamed her petite peste, but treated her and Junot with the utmost generosity, a fact which did not restrain her sarcasms and slanders in her portrayal of him in her Memoirs" (Robert Ouvrard). The Memoirs of Napoleon, originally published in Paris in 1831-35, were among the most popular of the period.

Condition: Gut. 6 Vol. Slightly used. Nice Binding. Laure Junot, Duchesse d'Abrantes (6 November 1784 - 7 June 1838) was the wife of French general Jean-Andoche Junot. She was born Laure Martin de Permond at Montpellier. Mlle. Permon was married to Junot in 1800, early in the Consulate. She at once entered eagerly into all the gaieties of Paris, and became noted for her beauty, her caustic wit, and her extravagance. The First Consul nicknamed her petite peste, but treated her and Junot with the utmost generosity, a fact which did not restrain her sarcasms and slanders in her portrayal of him in her Memoirs.; - Sometimes slightly blotchy. French copy. deu B12-01-03C|208|5157BB Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2370 20 x 13,5 cm. Original Half-Leatherbinding with gilt back.

Leather_bound. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Two volumes, first editions in English translation. 548 and 520 pp with index. With 16 fine portraits on steel, Bound in green three quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, hubbed spines lined in gilt and with red leather, gilt lettered labels. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges to the text blocks. The bindings show rubbing to the outer hinges and tips; interiors clean and bright. Laure Junot, Duchess of D'Abrantes (1784-1838) was a French memoirist of whose writings this memoir of Napoleon Bonaparte was the most famous and enduring. After the death of her father in 1795, Laure's mother conducted a distinguished French salon in Paris; some sources claim that a young Napoleon Bonaparte, who frequented the salon, proposed marriage to the widowed mother and was turned down; what is known is that in 1800 Napoleon arranged a marriage between Laure and his aide-de-camp Andoche Junot. When Junot was made ambassador to Portugal (1804-05), his young wife accompanied him to Lisbon. The marriage was unhappy and Mme. Junot had affairs with multiple members of Parisian high society. Napoleon reportedly was annoyed by this dalliances and when her husband died by suicide in 1813, he ordered Mme. Junot to leave Paris. She returned a number of years later during the Restoration period and with the help of Honore Balzac,

First English edition thus. Large folio (21 inches tall), pp. 94, illsutrated with 15 (of 16 engraved portraits). Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and paper boards with leather label. Some minor foxing, the front blanks had been folded and show creases. but a very good copy with mostly bright, crisp images. This is a really nice book with crisp images, unfortunely the one is missing. Each of the images has a tissue sheet and we don't see a stub where the one image is lacking. but it is what it is. One write up would suggest that ths was co-authored by Jos. Strascewicz. The plates are lithographs from engravings by Greyedon, Mme. Fauchery, Barin, Maurer, Deveria, Desmaisons, et. al., after Gerard, Holbein, Isabey, David, Mme Lebrun, Nattier, et. al. Includes biographies and images of: Maria Letizia Ramolini Bonaparte, Ann Zingha, Queen of Matamba, Lady Jane Grey, Dona Cataline De Erauso, Beatrix Cenci, Catherine the first Queen of Russia, Anna Boleyn, Baroness de Stael Holstein, Charlotte Corday, Josephine Bonaparte, Mary the Cathoic Queen of England, Marina Mniszech, Christiana Queen of Sweden, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (lacks portrait), Marie Antoinette, Mary of Medicis. It is odd that this includes an image of Queen Mary while neglecting Quaan Elizabeth.

First edition in English of this sarcastic and slanderous portrayal of Napoleon, with 16 full-page engraved portraits, most by William Read. Madame Laure Junot, wife of French general and diplomat Jean-Andoche Junot, was a first-hand witness to many of the intrigues of the consulate. She immediately entered into the gay life of Paris, and became noted for her beauty, her caustic wit, and her extravagance. Napoleon nicknamed her petite peste, but treated her and Junot with the utmost generosity, a fact which did not restrain her sarcasm and slanders in her portrayal of him in her Memoirs. 8vo., 2 volumes in original blind stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on spines, sometime rebacked preserving original spines, spines a little sunned, new endpapers, a little occasional browning, otherwise a very good set.