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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