The chronicle of the drum / by William Makepeace Thackeray
1882, First Edition. New York : Charles Scribner's sons. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth, on impressively colour and gilt-tooled, bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All edges gilt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 70 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 70 p. : illus. (some full page), t.g. frontis. ; 26 x 20 cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- English poetry -- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Notes: "This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon" and is a narrative of French military history. Illustrations by A.B. Frost, Howard Pyle, and others. Item #175147
Price: €45.00