Conscript Tale by Dumas Alexandre, First Edition (5 results)

First Edition. Poor copy, boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 1 preliminary leaf, 5-400 pages 18 cm. Subject; Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Campaigns of 1813-1814 -- Fiction. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Poor copy, boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; 1 preliminary leaf, 5-400 pages 18 cm. Subject; Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Campaigns of 1813-1814 -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: POOR. FIRST ED. General wear, front hinge broken, faded gold gilt on spine, rubbed cover & extremities, foxing throughout, spine edges are significantly worn & chipping, overall fading, some soil spots on covers, front endpage has half of the page torn out and the remaining part of the page has the previous owners name in pen, pgs 123-142 are detached but present, spine is cracked in binding on page 267, no interior markings and no bookplates. DATE PUBLISHED: 1855 EDITION: FIRST ED 400.

Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green textured blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. 400pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Text block tight and nice, with mildest edgewear only; boards quite attractive, with lightly-shellacked spine slightly chipped at head/foot and bearing hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot. First American edition of "Dieu et Diable," originally published in French in 1852. Front pastedown bears pencilled non-authorial gift inscription to "Mrs Wm. B. Allison / Presented by / a Friend." Tipped-in ad among front matter plugs "Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett and His Times" and another at rear on bright yellow stock advertises "Frank Leslie's Portfolio of Fancy Needlework." From the collection of William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown records "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation.".

HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: FAIR. FIRST ED. Gilt lettering on the spine. Quite torn on the corners. Book cover is faded. tight binding. Much foxing on blank pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1855 EDITION: FIRST ED 400.