Language: English
Published by H.B. Bigney & Company, Montreal, 1876
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. illustrated with woodcuts throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Canadian Edition. Cracked inner front hinge, but all pages well-attached, elaborately illustrated front board with gilt and black illustration and lettering, blind stamped rear, rubbed corners, chipped and cracked spine strip with faded black and gilt lettering, front end paper partially missing, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. Sold as is.
Language: English
Published by Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo Rhodesia, 1973
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 48.45
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. This is a Good Copy of this book in green richly gilt decorated cloth with some slight damp staining to the front and rear covers,issued with a Dust-Jacket graded Very Good.This copy has no names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine,no loose pages.There is liquid stain marks to the bottom edge of the first 8 pages.Uncommon title and reprint of the 1876 First Edition Volume 28 of the Rhodesiana Reprint Library [1973].
Language: English
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1893
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Revised American Edition. vii, 566 pages with 219 illustrations in text. Dated 1884 copyright page, 1893 title page. SCARCE in any edition in current commerce. Near Fine in original brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, top edge gilt, from the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt, noted North Carolina geologist, conservationist, and state and local civic leader, and later during WW I he was colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers, and part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division, the first to break the Hindenburg Line. His ownership signature and name stamp front end page. Slight wear at spine ends, light soiling at end pages.
Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1874
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, x, xiii, 334 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's tan cloth bearing gilt and black lettering to the spine. Slight rubbing wear exteriorly. Boards have moderate plus wear exteriorly including fraying to the edges, age toning to the spine, some soiling wear and cocking to the spine. Decorative borders and designs in black and gilt. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Shaken binding with cracking to the hinges. Missing rear end paper exposing repairs to the rear pastedown. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Slight wear interiorly with some marks. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375771. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, U.S.A., 1897
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete 2 volume set with magnificent 3/4 leather bindings with tooled leather bands and gilt lettering and gilt designs on the spine; marbled boards and marbled end pages; gilt page edges. 341 + 309 pages. Boards with moderate wear and edges frayed; leather still supple and bindings tight and complete. Pages with light foxing. Very uncommon. Louis-François, Baron Lejeune (1775 - 1848) was a French general, painter, and lithographer. His memoirs have frequently been cited and his name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe. He became aide-de-camp to Marshal Berthier in 1800, a post he retained until 1812 and in which he took an active part in practically all of the Napoleonic campaigns.