Search Results: Napoleon from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1900 hardcover as pictured. L'Aiglon is a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, son of Emperor Napoleon. The title of the play comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for eaglet. This book is based on the translation as presented at the American premier in 1900. The cast list for the premier is included. Binding is firm. Embossed blue cloth boards with gold stamping have a small stain at front and show light edge wear. Rough cut text block with gilt top edge. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1926 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are rubbed and show moderate edge wear with small tears and fraying at head and tail of spine, and bumped fraying corners. Endpapers and text are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1907 hardcover as pictured. A handsome book featuring the relationship between Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant, both late 18th century French republican intellectuals, and the letters that passed between them. Their intellectual collaboration between 1795 and 1811 made them one of the most celebrated intellectual couples of the time. Edited by Elizabeth de Nolde, great-granddaughter of Madame de Stael and translated by Charlotte Harwood. Binding is firm. Maroon cloth boards with gold stamping show light shelf wear and have a few small spots front and rear. Rough cut text block with gilt top edge. Endpapers are lightly mottled with owner's name in pencil on FFEP. A few pages are lightly mottled but the text appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes seven b&w illustrations including a frontispiece engraving of Madame de Stael. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD1

1828, three quarter bound hardcovers as pictured. A beautifully made set that has seen better days and are ready for rebinding. Bindings are firm in all four books. Tan leather and marbled paper boards are rubbed and scuffed. Both boards have detached from spine in each book. Sections of leather spine are lost from each volume. Volumes I-III have writing on the end papers. Several endpapers are torn or chipped. Text blocks are wavy and lightly tanned. A few pages are mottled. A contemporary report of Napoleon's reign. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small public library. s (G4)

1823 three quarter bound hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Tan leather and marbled paper boards are rubbed and scuffed. Both boards are detached. Leather spine is lost. Endpapers are discolored and have notations. Text block is wavy but appears clean and unmarked. A contemporaneous account of the Napoleonic wars. This is a nicely made volume that would do with rebinding. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (O-K2)