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191943932New York / London: E. P. Dutton & Company / Arthur L. Humphreys 1919. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Burgundy cloth gilt stamped lettering. Minor wear to extremities; slight fading to spine and rear board; bookseller ticket 2.2 cm x 4.4 cm; Holmes Book Co / Oakland California to rear pastedown. Else clean and bright binding sound. VG. xi 1 257 3 pp. B/w plates. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> E. P. Dutton & Company / Arthur L. Humphreys hardcover books
191363108Grenoble France: Jules Rey 1913. 4to. 4 9-158 pp. Illustrated from photographs engravings portraits facsimiles etc. plates including frontispiece. History of Napoleon's military campaigns in Egypt and Syria 1798-1801 and his occupation of the former country. Later sheep rubbed front joint cracking from spine ends leather title labels on spine and upper board. Fragile joints else very good all of the documents and other added illustrations very good. 9873. Richly extra-illustrated with 30 autographs letters documents portraits prints and a plan of the city of Alexandria most described below as they appear through the text:<br/><br/>1 Bonaparte Napoleon 1769-1921; French statesman and military leader Emperor of the French 1804-1814. Military order to General Rampon signed 13 Messidor 1798 July 1st in Egypt the day Napoleon arrived there with his army; 2 Barras Paul 1755-1829; Leader of the Directory 1795-1799. Document signed; 3 Barras Paul. Document signed 1799; 4 Plan of the cities of Alexandria vetus and New Alexandria or Scanderia; with the old and new ports: also Lower Egypt and the Bay of Aboukir 21 x 33 cm. on a sheet 34 x 43 cm. London: Engraved & published Novr. 5th 1798 by John Luffman 1801 hand-colored; inset of Bay of Aboukir includes brief description of the Battle of the Nile July 1798. OCLC locates three copies Library of Congress Cambridge British Library the National Library of Australia also holds a copy; 5 Kleber Jean-Baptiste 1753-1800; commanded a division under Napoleon in Egypt leading the victory at Mt. Tabor left in command in Egypt on Napoleon's return to France in 1798 assassinated there in 1800. Letter signed from Alexandria 1798; 6 Leclerc Charles V.O. 1772-1802; brother-in-law to Napoleon and general in command of a division and corps in Germany 1798-1801 oversaw the disastrous campaign in Saint-Domingue 1801-1804 and died there of yellow fever. Document signed 1797 concerning the "safety of his holiness" after the French occupation of Rome; 7 Sartelon Commissary-General and paymaster for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed in Egypt to Dominique Jean Larrey 1766-1842 Chief Surgeon of the French army there; 8 Kleber Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas-Antoine Sanson 1756-1824; chief engineer for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed by Kleber as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt and by Sanson as commander-in-chief of engineers 1799; 9 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Document signed as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt 1799; 10 Smith Sir Sidney 1764-1840; Commodore in the British campaign against Napoleon in Egypt instrumental in defeating the army he left behind eliciting Napoleon's assessment "That man made me miss my destiny". Autograph letter signed to the flagship in Egypt 1801 thanking the admiral for ammunitions and other aid; 11 Clarke Henri Jacques Duc de Feltre 1765-1818; charismatic Franco-Irish general and Napoleon's chief topographical officer Minister of War under Napoleon 1807-1813. Letter signed from Paris 18l6 the year he was promoted to Marshal; 12 Berthier Louis-Alexander 1764-1815; chief of staff to Napoleon in Egypt a Marshal from 1804. Document signed as "Chef de L'Armee" undated but mid 1790s; 13 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Autograph note signed as division commander to General Guillaume Philibert Duheme i.e. Duhesme requesting they meet at headquarters 1795; 14 Bessieries Jean-Baptiste 1768-1813; Chef de Brigade in Egypt winning distinction at Acre and Aboukir promoted to Marshal in 1804. Letter signed to a brigade commander on the Moselle 1794; 15 Rampon Antoine-Guillaume 1759-1842; commanded a division in Egypt. Autograph note signed 1820; 16 Carnot Lazare 1753-1823; French politician engineer Member of the Directory 1795-1797 Minister of War 1800. Document signed as Minister of War 1800; 17 Cambaceres Jean-Jacques 1753-1824; Minister of Justice in 1799 co-author of the Napoleonic Code. Document signed as Minister of Justice to the Minister of Finance 1799; 18 Andreossy Antoine-Francois 1761-1828; commanded the French flotilla on the Nile during the Egypt campaign later a division commander and diplomat. Document signed as an artillery division commander 1802; 19 Saint-Hilaire Etienne Geoffrey 1772-1844; French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" member of Napoleon's scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Autograph note signed 1826. 20 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Signature and seal from a wrapper; 21 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Letter signed to General Francois-Severin Marceau 1769-1796; army commander killed on the Rhine in 1796 as a division commander on the Meuse 1796; 22 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Note signed in Egypt as commander-in-chief of the French army 1800; in addition there are a number of extra portraits and prints bound in one of the prints picturing the assassination of Kleber in 1800.<br/><br/>All of the military figures and politicians represented in this extra-illustrated volume were involved in some way with Napoleon's expedition to Egypt with the exception of Generals Leclerc and Clarke who were intimately involved in the November 1799 coup that boosted the future emperor into the role of France's ruler. Generals Kleber Sanson Berthier Bessieries Rampon and Andreossy all held important commands; Kleber "undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of the French revolutionary epoch . as a second in command he was not excelled by any general of his time" Encyclopedia Britannica; Sartelon was responsible for provisioning the army; Barras Carnot and Cambaceres helped lead the Directory through this period; Commodore Smith led the British forces to important land and sea victories especially in Syria; and Saint Hillaire was one of the important members of the scientific efforts that were the expedition's lasting contribution. Especially remarkable is the seven-item archive of Kelber autographs including three as commander-in-chief of French forces in Egypt more than have appeared at auction in the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017 shows four sales during the period. The beautifully hand-colored plan of Alexandria is rare in trade with no copies recorded at auction for the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017; RareBookHub.<br/><br/>Following his successes in northern Italy 1796-1797 Napoleon pondered a move father east furthering a decades old discussion of the possibility of annexing Egypt as a French colony suggesting that such a move would protect French trade interests and undermine British influence there particularly as potential disruptions to its commerce and access to India and the East Indies; in addition France might establish scientific and other intellectual examinations of culture in the region. Although the military efforts eventually failed the scientists who accompanied Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta Stone creating Egyptology as a field of study and recorded many other important previously unknown aspects of life history archaeology etc. concerning the Near East. The military expedition started off successfully with the occupation of Malta in May 1798 and eluding the British navy landed successfully in Egypt in early July routed the opposition and established headquarters in Cairo by the end of the month. Despite the near destruction of the French fleet in the Bay of Abukir by Admiral Nelson and his fleet and persistent uprisings in the native population Napoleon consolidated his power and had full control of Egypt in the fall. Early in 1799 the Ottomans sent several armies into the near east and Napoleon continued his offense there chalking up wins in Jaffa Haifa and Mount Tabor but was unable to take Acre after a two-months' siege declared victory and returned to Egypt to earn his greatest victory of the expedition defeating local armies at Giza in late July. Having restored his reputation an not particularly liking what he saw of the political situation either in Egypt or France he returned home in late August 1799 leaving Gen. Jean-Baptiste Kelber in command of the expedition forces. Kleber defeated his opponents mostly local troops again at the battle of Heliopolis in March 1800 and then suppressed an insurrection in Cairo but in late June he was assassinated by a Syrian student Gen. Jean-Francois de Menou taking his place as commander. Following a disastrous battle of Alexandria in March 1801 and siege of that city by the British Menou capitulated the terms allowing the French army to return to France. <br/><br/> Jules Rey hardcover books
1965049059New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co 1965. Translated from the French by E> J. Millington. 2 vols. xiv 508; ix 452p b/w illus. lightly chipped dj. Reprint of the 1851-1886 edition. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co unknown books
1902276408New York: Outlook 1902. hardcover. very good. Translated with Introduction by George Kennan. xv 107pp. 12mo cloth; some damage to spine discoloration to front cover. New York: The Outlook Company 1902. Internally clean and tight in a worn but sound binding very good.<br/><br/> Outlook unknown books
1909WRCAM46228Quebec 1909. 440pp. plus plates. Original printed wrappers. Lightly worn at extremities. Internally clean. Very good. Untrimmed. "Containing chapters on salmon fishing trapping the folk-lore of the Montagnais Indians and tales of adventure on the fringe of the Labrador Peninsula." unknown books
19549012097Quebec: Telegraph Printing Co. 1954. 3rd . Hardcover. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Previous owner's return address label on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Telegraph Printing Co. hardcover books
1980227878San Jose Costa Rica: ANUDE / Asamblea Nicaraguense de Unidad Democratica 1980. Pamphlet. 16p. 5.5x8.5 inches text in Spanish illustrated with b&w photos introduction staples slightly rusty very good pamphlet in stapled white wraps. ANUDE / Asamblea Nicaraguense de Unidad Democratica unknown books
192532458New York: Brentano's 1925. 1st Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. TEG. Orange dust jacket now housed in a mylar protective cover. VG short horizontal tear to 9th leaf fore-edge no loss/VG modest wear to spine panel crown. xix 1 blank 337 1 blank pp. 15 b/w photographic-style portraits. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/> Brentano's hardcover books
194943935New York: Medill McBride Company 1949. First Edition. Light blue-green cloth stamped in black to the spine. Average wear; minor soiling to boards. Interior clean binding sound. Lacking the dust jacket. VG. xix 1 283 1 pp. B/w plates. Fold-out map of St. Helena at rear. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> Medill McBride Company hardcover books
195043934New York: Medill McBride Company 1950. First US edition. Light blue cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. Light blue-green dust jacket printed in red and blue. Light shelfwear; minor dust soiling to page block. Interior clean binding sound. Dust jacket sunned and lightly worn to edges. VG/VG. xix 1 283 1 pp. B/w plates. Fold-out map of St. Helena at rear. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Medill McBride Company hardcover books
1914318339London: Adam and Charlkes Balck 1914. Illus with 2 maps of Imperial Epoch and a sketch-map also frontis. of Nap. I and his staff. 8vo. Bound in full bluemodern pebbled morocco gilt Napoleonic seals on upper and lower covers red and green title labels gilt spine by Weitz-Coleman. Fine. Illus with 2 maps of Imperial Epoch and a sketch-map also frontis. of Nap. I and his staff. 8vo. Beautiful Binding. Adam and Charlkes Balck unknown books
1984128115Skokie IL: Black Cat Press 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.5 x 5.0 cm. stiff paper wrappers. iv 6 pages. No limitation statement. Bradbury Black Cat Press 102. Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith. Black Cat Press unknown books
1984116914Skokie IL: Black Cat Press 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.5 x 5.0 cm. stiff paper wrappers. iv 6 pages. No limitation statement. Bradbury Black Cat Press 102. Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith. Memorial card for Madeline Forgue 1909-84 a collector of Napoleana laid in. Black Cat Press unknown books
1992Embry 172651Cassell 1992. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Illustrated Cassell, 1992. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1934181714Houghton Miffin Co 1934-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Well worn dust jacket is wrapped. Cloth boards have only minor wear. Clean has a good binding old bookstore stamp on the front free endpaper- no other marks or notations. First American Edition. Houghton Miffin Co hardcover books
1972275960New York: St. Martin's 1972. hardcover. near fine/very good. Edited and translated by Christopher Frayling. Illustrated. xvi 173pp. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: St. Martin's Press 1972. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> St. Martin's unknown books
197287486Salisbury:: Compton Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0900193069 . Edited introduced and translated from the French by Christopher Frayling. First British edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Compton Press, hardcover books
199540100NY: Barnes & NOble 1995. First printing. 8vo pp. 104. Translated from the French by Liet.-Gen. Sir G. C. D'Aguilar. Illustrated paper over boards cloth spine.Near fine. Barnes & NOble unknown books
1906316979Lonon: T. Fisher Unwin 1906. Second edition. Extra-Illustrated with hand-coloued frontispece of Napoleon and aprox 75 other portraits and plates. 2 vols. Bound in three quarter crimson morocco and cloth sides t.e.g. gilt spines by Ernest Hertzberg & Sons Chicago. Bookplates of Hannay Arthur and Foster. Second edition. Extra-Illustrated with hand-coloued frontispece of Napoleon and aprox 75 other portraits and plates. 2 vols. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1945027577London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1945. Limited Edtion. Thick Quarto. Two volumes in one limited to 500 copies. Volume I is #366; portrait frontispiece 422pp. with a detailed map placed before Volume II which is #466 78pp and is devoted entirely to the Battle of Waterloo the beautiful paper type design and issues inherent in the work of the Golden Cockerel Press are present as well as a gathering of the memoirs of his staff which had been out of print for a century. Here Somerset de Chair has assembled them in proper order and edited them to race his career his military triumphs and his return from Elba and Waterloo. Beautifully bound in 3/4 green morocco over orange cloth marbled endpapers raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated with "bees" used as Napoleon's emblem to represent his status as Emperor top edge gilt all others uncut. The Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
1907256428Pueblo Colorado: Franklin Press Company 1907. Edition limited to five hundred copies. Copy no. 341. 117 pp. 8vo. Three quarter black morocco over blue marble boards. Fine. Edition limited to five hundred copies. Copy no. 341. 117 pp. 8vo. Signed by Alva Adams. Added t.p. Manuscript transmitted from St. Helena by an unknown channel. Translated from the French. The "Manuscrit venu de Sainte Hélène" and the English translation were first published anonymously London John Murray 1817.<br/><br/>Akava Adams had been the Govenor of Colorado. Franklin Press Company unknown books
190915086LONDON HUTCHINSON 1909 1909. ORIGINAL DARK RED CLOTH 'POPULAR EDITION' VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, HUTCHINSON, 1909 hardcover books
191843939London: Heath Cranton Ltd 1918. Green cloth lettered in black black rule border to front board. Moderate wear; faint sunning; spine a bit rolled; endpapers toned. Interior otherwise clean binding sound. VG. xxii 23 - 290 2 pp. B/w plates frontispiece. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> Heath Cranton Ltd hardcover books
1908481061908. NAPOLEON. NAPOLEON: THOUGHTS ON LOVE AND LIFE. Boston: Arthur L. Humphreys 1908. 16mo. white & pale-blue boards with label stamp. First Edition. A scarce volume of Napolean quotes. Very Good bit of soil to covers. $250.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
192547341Albany N.Y.: J. Howard Randerson 1925. Edition limited to 500 copies this no. 76 8vo pp. 54; color frontispiece of family arms 7 photographic leaves; original black cloth over gray paper-covered boards; printed paper label on upper cover gilt spine; textblock cracked at page 32 but sound and very good overall. Laid in is a letter from the publisher offering a copy of the book to a friend. An account of "the extrodinary experiences" of the author in World War I with particular focus on his coining of famous turns of phrase including "No Man's Land" "Over the Top" and "Buddy" among others. <br/><br/> J. Howard Randerson hardcover books
