(BINDINGS - COSWAY STYLE.) Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon's Memoirs. Edited by Somerset de Chair....
(BINDINGS - COSWAY STYLE.) Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon's Memoirs. Edited by Somerset de Chair. 2 volumes bound in 1. Wood-engraved title-vignette by John Buckland Wright, frontispieces, map endpapers. Tall 8vo, full red crushed morocco by Bayntun (Riviere), double gilt rules around gilt decorations, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, with watercolor oval miniature portrait painting of Napoleon inset to front board, light wear to spine tips, top edges and wide turn-ins gilt; watered silk moiré endpapers. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945
limited edition bound in fine cosway style binding, number 412 of 500 copies. Signed by the editor on the volume 1 title.
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(BINDINGS - COSWAY STYLE.) Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon's Memoirs. Edited by Somerset de Chair. 2 volumes bound in 1. Wood-engraved title-vignette by John Buckland Wright, frontispieces, map endpapers. Tall 8vo, full red crushed morocco by Bayntun (Riviere), double gilt rules around gilt decorations, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, with watercolor oval miniature portrait painting of Napoleon inset to front board, light wear to spine tips, top edges and wide turn-ins gilt; watered silk moiré endpapers. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945
limited edition bound in fine cosway style binding, number 412 of 500 copies. Signed by the editor on the volume 1 title.