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Antique "Napoleon's Victories" and "A History of the Civil War in the U.S."

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor Napoleon’s Victories from the Personal Memoirs of Capt. C. Parquin of the Imperial Guard 1803-1814 (Denis Charles Parquin, 1894), A History of the Civil War in The United States; with A Preliminary View of Its Causes and Biographical Sketches of Its Heroes: Part First (Samuel M. Schmucker, 1860s)
Genre History, War, Military
Illustrator Various
Type of Illustration Typogravure, Engraving, Halftone
Binding Leather
Number of Books 2
Additional Information Napoleon’s Victories features gilt top text edges, gilt lettering and decorations to the cover, illustrated endpapers and a tissue-guarded frontispiece with additional b/w and full color illustrations throughout the text. The History of the Civil War features marbled endpapers with tissue-guarded illustrations and maps.

Condition

- heavy wear to covers with missing spine and board material, red rot, bumped corners, fraying, rubbed edges, and soiling; cracked and broken hinges; tape repairs; missing title page and frontispiece to one volume; foxing; fading; browning to text; cocked spine.

Dimensions

4.5" W x 13.5" H x 11.5" D

- measured together.

Item #

ITMG207965

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