THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
In four volumes. Pp. xvi+284(last blank)+xii+284 (last blank)+xii+270+xii+314(last blank), 280 plates (80 coloured, several others tinted), a couple of text figures, a few text maps (some full page), the title pages printed in black & brown, historical sources, index; narrow med. 4to; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, featuring Napoleonic emblems (eagles, bees, initial N below the Napoleonic crown, and a sword entwined with a laurel wreath), the boards sometimes slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; small name stamp on upper free endpapers, hinges occasionally starting, a few tiny edge splits or chips, several leaves lightly creased at fore-corners, a little light foxing; The Century Co./ Macmillan & Co., New York/London, 1896-7. First edition in book form. *Originally serialized in the Century Magazine from 1895 to 1896. American educator William Millgan Sloane (1850-1928) was Professor of History at Princeton University (1883-1896), then Professor of History at Columbia University. Item #184543
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