LAS CASES, Emmanuel Dieudonné, Comte de (1766-1842). The Life, Exile and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon . London: for Henry Colburn, 1835. 4 volumes, 8° (212 x 128mm). 4 engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 engraved folding maps, folding plan and 22 engraved plates, some tinted (occasional mainly light spotting and browning). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with calf lettering-pieces (spines faded, edges lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. HORNE, Richard Hengist (1803-1834). The History of Napoleon . London: Robert Tyas, 1841. 2 volumes, 8° (246 x 151mm). Plates and illustrations by R. & H. Vernet (half title lacking in vol. I, occasional light spotting). Later half red morocco, spines gilt with morocco lettering-pieces (very lightly rubbed). Provenance : J. W. White "on his leaving Eton election 1844 from F. J. J. ?Fogambe" (ink inscription). FIRST EDITION. LOW, Hudson, Sir (1769-1844) & William FORSYTH. History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena . London: John Murray 1853. 3 volumes, 8° (212 x 128mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I, 2 engraved frontispieces and a folding map (map with short tear just touching border, occasional light spotting, mainly on preliminaries). Contemporary half red calf, spines gilt with morocco lettering-pieces (edges lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. With a small quantity of other works on Napoleon or related histories including Barry E. O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile; or, a voice from St. Helena (London, 1822, 2 vols.), Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo (London, 1828, 4 vols.), and William Milligan Sloane's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (New York, 1906, 4 vols.). (41)
LAS CASES, Emmanuel Dieudonné, Comte de (1766-1842). The Life, Exile and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon . London: for Henry Colburn, 1835. 4 volumes, 8° (212 x 128mm). 4 engraved portrait frontispieces, 2 engraved folding maps, folding plan and 22 engraved plates, some tinted (occasional mainly light spotting and browning). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with calf lettering-pieces (spines faded, edges lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. HORNE, Richard Hengist (1803-1834). The History of Napoleon . London: Robert Tyas, 1841. 2 volumes, 8° (246 x 151mm). Plates and illustrations by R. & H. Vernet (half title lacking in vol. I, occasional light spotting). Later half red morocco, spines gilt with morocco lettering-pieces (very lightly rubbed). Provenance : J. W. White "on his leaving Eton election 1844 from F. J. J. ?Fogambe" (ink inscription). FIRST EDITION. LOW, Hudson, Sir (1769-1844) & William FORSYTH. History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena . London: John Murray 1853. 3 volumes, 8° (212 x 128mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I, 2 engraved frontispieces and a folding map (map with short tear just touching border, occasional light spotting, mainly on preliminaries). Contemporary half red calf, spines gilt with morocco lettering-pieces (edges lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. With a small quantity of other works on Napoleon or related histories including Barry E. O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile; or, a voice from St. Helena (London, 1822, 2 vols.), Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo (London, 1828, 4 vols.), and William Milligan Sloane's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (New York, 1906, 4 vols.). (41)
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