Napoleon art (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film, a publicity portrait of actress Dorothy Malone in a sequined leotard with a floral embellishment at one leg. A dramatization of the sordid life of Diana Barrymore, based on her 1957 autobiography, about her failed Hollywood career and descent into alcoholism (following in her father John's footsteps). An attempt to capitalize on the success of "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), which had also portrayed a fictionalized version of Barrymore through Lana Turner's character Georgia Lorrison. Barrymore would die two years after the film's release, in 1960. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, moderately toned, with an ink annotation on the bottom margin of the recto.…

Lithograph, from "Iconographie des Contemporains depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1829".

1p, 12mo. On bifolium, addressed on the reverse of the second leaf, with the cardinal's seal in red wax to one corner, 'A Monsieur Payne'. In good condition, lightly aged, with stub from mount adhering to inner edge. Folded twice. In a close, neat hand, the letter reads: 'Le Cardinal Fesch fait ces compliments à Monsieur et à Madame Payne et les Félicites de leurs heureux Retour a Rome. | Le Cardinal est tourjours visible vers midi mais il tachera de visiter les aimables voyageurs, à leurs auberge avant leur depart. | Ce 7 aoust [sic] 1833.' The Oxford DNB entry of the bookseller Thomas Payne (1752-1831) of the London firm Payne and Foss states that he 'retired in 1825 and was succeeded by his nephew John Payne, but Payne and Foss continued until 1850. John Payne and his wife, Sarah Burney, then retired to Rome, where they spent their remaining years in the company of such distinguished figures as Cardinal Antonelli'. See Image.…