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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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

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.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Duty Bound: A conscript's tale This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

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

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Brown hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, 288pp + plates. b&w plates.

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Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b Buonaparte: a poem [on the events of the hundred days]. (The Conscript's Tale.).br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Napoleon emperor of the french; br/b/b 1816.br/b/b 2 pt. ; 8º.br/b/b 992.i.17.(1.)br/.

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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.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. edition. Edges and tips frayed, cover smudged. G++/none Fiction/Glass CD 7-13-98.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated English translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. The first of this English translation with these illustrations. First edition of this translation published in 1865.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with twenty-five plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Written jointly by French authors Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, this novel follows a young watchmaker's apprentice in Alsace, who is conscripted into the French army during the Napoleonic Wars, specifically the 1813 campaign against Russia.With three pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with slight cocking to the spine and mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Rear hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, binding is tender in places, with plates facing page 234 and 53 detached but present. Pages are generally bright, with occasional scattered spots throughout. Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's tale of the French war of 1813. This work is presented in publisher's original decorative binding. The first edition of this translation was in 1865.The Conscript was written jointly by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian.This work details the struggle between nations at the time of the war in 1813, presenting the horrors of this war. It shows the story of a conscripted soldier during this time and the sacrifices that were made. This work includes original advertisements and twenty five illustrations. Collated complete.Binding label of Burn & Co on rear cover paste down. Booksellers label of Dalton & Lucy on front cover paste down. In original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with some shelf wear to the extremities only. Bright cloth with decorative design and gilt on front board and spine. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Age toning and light spotting to endpapers. Offsetting and occasional mark to endpapers. Binding label of Burn & Co on rear cover paste down. Booksellers label of Dalton & Lucy on front cover paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Light age toning and the occasional spotting. Very Good. book.

1845. (Quarter leather) Very good. Tobacco:185 p. Conscript: 288 p. Four illus. Joints starting with minor loss to head. Marbled boards. Internally entirely clean & bright. Tobacco: "With an introductory letter addressed to the Hon. John Quincy Adams, L.L.D., by the Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox, D.D." BOUND with "The Conscript: (etc)" by Erckmann-Chatrian , Smith, Elder, London, 1870.

pp. iv, 288. From an old Society library with their stamps on title and label on front paste-down, in old binder's cloth, a bit of foxing but a clean, firm copy. *COPAC records copies at the BL - OXFORD - LONDON LIBRARY only.

Front., plates, 3pp ads. Orig. green pebble-grained cloth, front board blocked with central vignette of soldier in gilt, dec. in black, spine lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. A good-plus copy. Histoire d'un conscrit de 1813, 1864. First English edition, 1865. The translator's preface is dated September 1, 1870.

Hardcover. First US Edition. Octavo, 400 pages, [4] ads; VG; bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth, gilt titling to spine; rubbing and wear to binding; bookplate to front pastedown; yellow tipped-in ad to rear; name in pencil to title page; mild foxing and finger-stains to pages; Translation of Dieu et Diable: Conscience l'innocent, originally published in 1852; 1329776. Special Collections - Downstairs.

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.".

First edition of the first title; later reprints of the other works. Bound without half titles. [3]-288; [ii]-viii, 280; [3]-400; [3]-384 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Uncommon novel by Lady Lyons, Sir Philip Hetherington; bound with reprints of works by novelist T.C. Grattan (1792-1864), High-Ways and By-Ways (originally published in 1823) and Agnes de Mansfelt (first published in 1835); The Cagot's Hut and the Conscript's Bride is its first appearance with this title but it seems to be a reprint of part of the third Series of High-Ways and By-Ways (1827). Published as nos. 54, 7, 69, and 82 in the Parlour Library series (see Sadleir under 3755a for his description of this "revolution in cheap-novel publishing an achievement unique in the history of the nineteenth-century book trade"). Sadleir 3755a. Sir Philip Hetherington: Wolff 4228, OCLC 22969937. The Cagot's Hut: Sadleir 1059, OCLC 35756762, not in Wolff Nineteenth century half green morocco, rebacked preserving spine. Very good plus Bound without half titles. [3]-288; [ii]-viii, 280; [3]-400; [3]-384 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo First edition of the first title; later reprints of the other works.