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Click here to see our other books! Gloires et Souvenirs Militaires Charles Bigot 1898 Librairie Hatchette et Cie : Paris 11.5" by 7.5" [7], viii, 280pp SUMMARY A beautifully illustrated historical work containing information on a range of French military figures, written by Charles Bigot with numerous colour plates. Colour Plates,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 2 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 36.99 EU Postage : £ 25.99 European Postage: £ 27.99 Asia Postage: £ 47.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 69.99 DESCRIPTION Quatrieme Edition. Bound in quarter-morocco on cloth boards. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece, twenty-three colour plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. This is an informative work on various important military figures in France, including Gunner Bricard, Marshal Bugeaud, Captain Coignet, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Written by Charles Bigot, this text borrows heavily from each of the figure's own memoirs. Charles Jules Bigot (1840-1893) was a French writer, teacher, art critic, and journalist. Bigot was briefly prefect of Indre between September and November 1870. He was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1887. With an illustrated bookplate on front paste down and a prize bookplate from Societe Nationale des Professeurs de Francais en Angleterre to front endpaper. These belong to Charles Edward Dunscomb Bridge, who was a British Army Captain for the Royal Artillery from 1916 to 1917. Collated, complete. CONDITION Bound in quarter-morocco on cloth boards. Externally, very smart. Light wear to extremities and spine, with a bit of rubbing to raised bands of joints. A few marks to boards, with particular marks and fading to rear board. Prior owner's illustrated bookplate to front paste down, with prize bookplate to front endpaper. Front hinge is starting. Front endpapers, free endpapers, and frontispiece has detached from binding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean with light age-toning to pages. The first few pages of text are beginning to detach from the binding. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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