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Black Book, The. [Alternate title: Reign of Terror] Your choice of a DVD (region-free) or VHS videotape, both in NTSC (North American) video format. (1949). Over-the-top film noir based very, very, very loosely on the events of Thermidor, featuring a villainous Robespierre, a virtuous Tallien, and women with 1940s hair. Starring Robert Cummings & Arlene Dahl as the fictional hero & heroine, Richard Basehart as Robespierre, Jess Barker as a kitten-kicking Saint-Just; directed by Anthony Mann. B/W, 90 minutes. This film is in the public domain in the US; you will receive a dubbed copy in SP video mode or XP DVD mode (best image quality). NOTE: There is a small chance that your dubbed DVD may refuse to play in your player if you have something other than a Panasonic DVD player. If so, please return the DVD to me for a replacement. $8.00Danton. Your choice of a DVD (region-free) or VHS videotape, both in NTSC (North American) format. (1921). NOT the Wajda film, but the silent German film often called "a masterpiece of German Expressionism," extremely loosely based on Büchner's Danton's Death. Starring Emil Jannings as Danton; directed by Dimitri Buchowetski. Silent with English titles & musical score. B/W, 60 minutes. Very scarce film in the public domain in the US; you will receive a dubbed copy in SP video mode or XP DVD mode (best image quality--but please allow for the many flaws in the original filmstock). Sold by other public-domain distributors at prices from $20 to $30. NOTE: There is a small chance that your dubbed DVD may refuse to play in your player if you have something other than a Panasonic DVD player. If so, please return the DVD to me for a replacement. $8.00
Revolution Francaise, La: Les Annees Lumiere & Les Années Terribles. VHS videotape in NTSC (North American) format. (1989) Excellent and historically faithful film drama, covering the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1794 with focus on its major players, starring Jean-Francois Balmer as Louis XVI, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Danton, Francois Cluzet as Desmoulins, Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Marat, Sam Neill as Lafayette, Andrzej Seweryn as Robespierre, Jane Seymour as Marie Antoinette, Peter Ustinov as Mirabeau; directed by Robert Enrico (Part 1) and Richard Heffron (Part 2). IN FRENCH ONLY, WITHOUT SUBTITLES. Email me for information about the English version. Color, 2 cassettes; 5 hrs 35 minutes total. This film has not been released in the US and is extremely hard to find! Brand new and sealed. $55.00
Napoléon Bonaparte. VHS videotape in NTSC (North American) format. Video documentary. In French, NO English subtitles. Color, 2 tapes, 60 minutes each. Video and original plastic clamshell boxes in very good condition. $20.00
Amann, Peter. The Eighteenth-Century Revolution: French or Western? Boston; D.C. Heath, 1963. 16 essays. Paperback, light wear to wraps, else good, clean. $4.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[5]; Ronald C. Rosbottom, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 5. U of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 510 pp. 28 articles (27 in English, 1 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England & France, a few on Spain, Italy, & colonial America. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[6]; Ronald C. Rosbottom, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 6. U of Wisconsin Press, 1977. 485 pp. 27 articles (24 in English, 3 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England, France, & literature. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[7]; Roseann Runte, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 7. U of Wisconsin Press, 1978. 512 pp. 28 articles (27 in English, 1 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England, France. & colonial America. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[8]; Roseann Runte, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 8. U of Wisconsin Press, 1979. 381 pp. 19 articles on 18th-century topics, mostly on England & France, & literature. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $20.00
Anderson, Robert Gordon. Those Quarrelsome Bonapartes. NY; Appleton-Century, 1939. 501 pp. A biography of Napoleon and his family written in novelistic form. Hardcover, good w/shabby dj. OP; $6.00
Anonymous ["An American"]. The Campaigns of Napoleon Buonaparte, Embracing the Events of his Unexampled Military Career, From the Siege of Toulon to the Battle of Waterloo; Also, the Period from his Abdication of the Throne, to his final imprisonment and death on the Rock of St. Helena; Previous to Which an Account of the French Revolution. Compiled from Distinguished Authors. Boston; Charles Gaylord, 1835. 422 pp + 10-page appendix. Includes a few engravings. First edition of this anonymously compiled biographical assemblage from the works of Scott, Lockhart, Clarke, and others. The editorial preface outlines the care the editor took to avoid reflecting the national prejudices of these authors. Dark green cloth, extensive wear and soiling consistent with age, but binding in reasonable condition; one hinge is cracked, frontispiece of Battle of Moscow is missing half; page block heavily foxed (brown spotting) but otherwise in solid condition. $150.00
Aubry, Octave. St. Helena. Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1936. 608 pp. Exhaustive account of Napoleon's captivity. Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, good condition except in one 3" section along front cover, hinge, & spine where mouse-nibbling (?) has done some damage to the boards only. Feel free to ask for a photo. Page block in excellent shape. OP; $15.00
Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de. Memoirs of Barras, Member of the Directorate. NY; Harper & Bros, 1896. 4 volumes complete. Approx. 600 pp per volume. Edited by George Duruy; translated by C.E. Roche. Hardcover, brown cloth, ex-library copy with usual markings & pockets; slight wear, scuffing and soiling to cloth, hinges cracked on vol. 1, else fair to good overall; page blocks very good, clean, sturdy. OP; $75.00
Bernardy, Francoise de. Son of Talleyrand. London; Collins, 1956. Biography of Charles de Flahaut, Talleyrand's illegitimate son by Adele de Flahaut. Hardcover, a little pencil underlining in first few pages, else good w/dj. OP; $15.00
Bernier, Olivier. Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood: The Mob, the Monarchy, and the French Revolution. Boston; Little, Brown, 1989. 452 pp. With notes, bibliography. Hardcover, very light soiling on page edges, else very good w/vg dj. OP; $15.00
Billington, James. Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith. NY; Basic Books/Harper Colophon, 1980. 677 pp. From the French to the Russian Revolution. Extensive notes. Large trade paperback, light wear & creasing to wraps, else very good, clean. OP; $15.00
Blackburn, Julia. The Emperor's Last Island. NY; Vintage, 1991. 277 pp. History of Napoleon's last years on St. Helena, and a contemporary visit. Bibliography. Trade paperback, light wear to wraps, else good. In print at $22.00; $5.00
Breton, Guy. Napoleon and His Ladies. NY; Coward-McCann, 1966. 224 pp. Notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, some soiling to cloth, occasional penciling in text, else good w/dj. OP; $8.00
Bruun, Geoffrey. Saint-Just, Apostle of the Terror. Boston & NY; Houghton Mifflin, 1932. 168 pp. Biography. Extensive footnotes & bibliography. Hardcover, fine crisp & tight copy, unread condition, in near-fine dj. OP; $24.00
Carpenter, Scott. Acts of Fiction: Resistance and Resolution from Sade to Baudelaire. Penn State, 1996. 172 pp. "Carpenter shows how the restructuring of society in postrevolutionary France (1795-1869) triggered a variety of narrative attempts to come to terms with social, political, and epistemological shifts. While identifying four modes of writing in works by Sade, Balzac, Nerval, and Baudelaire, Carpenter studies the entanglements of literature and history, demonstrating how narratives were used to re-engineer the cultural imagination." Notes, bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $18.95; $6.00
Castelot, André. Napoleon. NY; Harper & Row, 1967. 627 pp. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $12.00
Caulaincourt, Armand Augustin Louis de. No Peace With Napoleon! Concluding the Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza. NY; William Morrow, 1936. 286 pp. Original French edition edited by Jean Hanoteau; this edition further edited, abridged, & introduced by George Libaire. A much scarcer volume than "With Napoleon in Russia." Hardcover, spine sunned, else very good, no dj. OP; $20.00
Connelly, Owen. The Gentle Bonaparte: A Biography of Joseph, Napoleon's Elder Brother. NY; Macmillan, 1968. 335 pp. Extensive bibliography. Hardcover, good/no dj. OP; $17.00
Constant. Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon, by Constant, Premier Valet de Chambre. Akron, OH; Saalfield, 1913. 3 volumes complete. Approx. 400 pp per volume. Some footnotes by Walter Clark, editor & translator. Hardcover, blue cloth, wear to all edges & corners consistent with age, hinges bad on two volumes, overall good. OP; $55.00
Cooper, Duff. Talleyrand. London; Jonathan Cape, 1932. 399 pp. Extensive bibliography. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $12.00
Cooper, Duff. Talleyrand. NY; Fromm, 1986, reprint of original 1932 ed. 399 pp. Extensive bibliography. Trade paperback, a couple of lines of highlighting on 3 pages, else good. OP; $6.00
Dawson, John C. Lakanal the Regicide: A Biographical and Historical Study of the Career of Joseph Lakanal. Alabama, 1948. 213 pp. Footnotes, appendices, bibliography. Hardcover; good w/fair dj. OP; $15.00
Delderfield, R.F. Imperial Sunset: The Fall of Napoleon, 1813-14. NY; Stein & Day, 1984, reprint of 1968 ed. 300 pp. Trade paperback, very good. OP; $12.00
Delderfield, R.F. Napoleon in Love. NY; Simon & Schuster, 1959. 285 pp. Portraits of the women in Napoleon's life. Bibliography. Hardcover, near mint w/dj. OP; $15.00
Ducrest] Memoirs of the Court of the Empress Josephine: Being the Secret Memoirs of Madame Ducrest. 3 volumes complete. Boston; L.C. Page, 1900. Approx 350 pp per vol. Hardcover, nice red cloth binding in good condition, no hard wear, with gold stamping, spines slightly faded but still attractive. Books overall are in very good clean condition with just a few light pencil marks in volume 1, otherwise clean text. OP; $60.00
Durant, Will & Ariel. The Age of Napoleon. NY; Simon & Schuster, 1975. 872 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. This is the volume that you're missing if you bought the set in the 1960s or early 70s! Hardcover, near mint w/dj in protective plastic cover. In print at $35.00; $12.00*
Espitalier, Albert. Napoleon and King Murat: A Biography Compiled From Hitherto Unknown and Unpublished Documents. London & NY; John Lane/Bodley Head, 1912. 509 pp. Hardcover, wear on all edges & corners, spine cloth detached on one side; binding poor, page block good. OP; $25.00
Furet, François, & Denis Richet. The French Revolution. NY; Macmillan, 1970. 416 pp. Includes bibliography, many illustrations. Hardcover, very good w/worn dj. OP; $20.00
Gershoy, Leo. Bertrand Barère: A Reluctant Terrorist. Princeton UP, 1962. 459 pp. Scarce biography. Extensive footnotes, bibliography. Hardcover, a few ink marks in text, light wear to cloth, else very good, no dj. OP; $25.00
Geyl, Pieter. Napoleon: For and Against. London; Penguin, 1965 printing of 1949 original. 432 pp. Translated by Olive Renier. Paperback, light wear to wraps, else good, clean. OP; $8.00
Gimpel, Herbert J. Napoleon: Man of Destiny. NY; Franklin Watts, 1968. 245 pp. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $7.00
Hampson, Norman. Will and Circumstance: Montesquieu, Rousseau, and the French Revolution. Oklahoma, 1983. 282 pp. Hardcover, mint condition w/dj. OP; $9.00
Headley, J.T. The Old Guard. London; Henry Vizetelly, n.d. (ca. 1850). 192 pp. "A simple history of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon . . . meant to be rather a domestic than military history." Small hardcover in period cardboard binding w/pictorial boards; spine gone, wear & tear consistent with age; a few illustrations; text clean & readable. $15.00
Headley, P.C. The Life of the Empress Josephine. Auburn, NY; Derby & Miller, 1850. 383 pp. Hardcover, some wear to binding, light foxing to pages, else good. OP; $9.00
Heer, Friedrich. Europe, Mother of Revolutions. NY; Praeger, 1972. 369 pp. Hardcover, light wear to edges and corners, else good, no dj, text clean. OP; $22.00
Hemmings, F.W.J. Culture and Society in France, 1789-1848. Leicester UP, 1987. 342 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography, some illustrations. Trade paperback, light wear to wraps; a bash near the foot of the spine has left a dent in the book that carries through the page block, but only as a minor cosmetic flaw. Overall very good with clean pages. Scarce in the US. $18.00
Herold, J. Christopher. Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Staël. NY; Bobbs-Merrill, 1958. 500 pp. Bibliography. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $4.00
Herold, J. Christopher. The Age of Napoleon. London; Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1963. 425 pp. Oversize illustrated edition; b/w illustrations on almost every page, plus many color plates. Hardcover, very good w/worn dj, in protective plastic cover. OP; $20.00
Herold, J. Christopher. The Age of Napoleon. NY; American Heritage, 1963. 453 pp. Some b/w illustrations. Hardcover, very good w/good dj in protective plastic cover. OP; $7.00 ...NOW $2.00
Hertzberg, Arthur. The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism. Columbia UP, 1968 (1900 printing). 420 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, some wear & creasing to wraps, pages clean, overall good. In print at $30.00; $12.00
Horne, Alistair. How Far From Austerlitz? Napoleon 1805-1815. NY; St Martin's, 1996. 429 pp. Notes, bibliography, b/w illustrations & maps, w/8 pages of color plates. Hardcover, bookplate on flyleaf, else near mint w/vg dj. OP; $20.00
Huet, Marie-Hélène. Mourning Glory: The Will of the French Revolution. U of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. 223 pp. "Sheds new light on troubled times as it shows how passion and prejudice, grief and denial all contributed to the continuing creation of a revolutionary legacy that still affects our understanding of the nature of language and history." Illustrations, extensive notes & bibliography. PAPERBACK, new. In print at $19.95; $3.00 ...NOW $1.00
Hutt, Maurice, ed. Napoleon. Prentice-Hall, 1972. 180 pp. "Great Lives Observed" series; compilation of short pieces by and about Napoleon. Paperback, scuffed wraps, some pink highlighting on a few pages, else good. OP; $5.00
Hutt, Maurice, ed. Napoleon. Prentice-Hall, 1972. 180 pp. "Great Lives Observed" series; compilation of short pieces by and about Napoleon. Paperback, scuffed wraps, some pencil underlining on a few pages, else good. OP; $7.00
Jolis, Alan. Love and Terror. NY; Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. 335 pp. FICTION. Historical novel incorporating Fouché, Marie-Antoinette, and Fersen in October 1793. hardcover, mint w/dj. In print at $24.00; $8.00
Jordan, David P. The King's Trial: The French Revolution vs. Louis XVI. U of California Press, 1979. 275 pp. Appendices, bibliography. Paperback, very good. In print at $16.95; $8.00
Junot, Laure Permon, duchesse d'Abrantès. Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon: From Ajaccio to Waterloo, as Soldier, Emperor, Husband. 3 volumes complete of this lengthy memoir by Madame Junot, who knew Napoleon from childhood and became the wife of one of his trusted generals. The memoirs were probably ghostwritten by Honore de Balzac but still contain a wealth of information and anecdotes about the Revolution, the Consulate, and the Empire. Washington & London; M. Walter Dunne, 1901. Approx. 450 pp per volume. Hardcover, gray satinlike cloth, top edge gilded, a nice edition. Light wear to edges & corners, & sunning/soiling to spines; else very good+ condition with all hinges intact, clean and tight. $35.00
Junot, Laure Permon, duchesse d'Abrantès. The Secret Memoirs of the Duchesse d'Abrantès, 1784-1838. NY; Brentano's, n.d. (ca. 1920). 320 pp. Edited & abridged by Robert Chantemesse, translated by Eric Sutton. Hardcover, some wear & light soiling to cloth, else good, text clean. OP; $12.00
Kadish, Doris Y. Politicizing Gender: Narrative Strategies in the Aftermath of the French Revolution. Rutgers, 1991. 197 pp. "Kadish explores the intriguing links between gender and politics in the literature and painting of the French Revolutionary period and its aftermath in the 19th century. She uncovers the common cultural patterns that recur in such diverse French and English narrative and pictorial works as David's 'Marat assassiné' and Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities.' She also pays special attention to women writers, highlighting their active participation in the production of political meaning in both the private and public spheres." Extensive notes. hardcover, new w/dj. OP; $3.00
Knapton, Ernest J. Empress Josephine. Harvard UP, 1982 printing of 1963 original. 359 pp. A biography. Bibliography, notes. Trade paperback, some underlining & highlighting throughout, else fair. OP; $4.00 ...NOW $2.00
Korngold, Ralph. The Last Years of Napoleon: His Captivity on St. Helena. NY; Harcourt, Brace, & Co, 1959. 429 pp. Bibliography. Hardcover, light wear & bumped corners, else good/no dj. OP; $17.00
Lachouque, Henry. The Last Days of Napoleon's Empire: From Waterloo to St. Helena. NY; Orion Press, 1967. 299 pp. Hardcover, very good w/fair dj. OP; $15.00
Laing, Margaret. Josephine & Napoleon. NY; Mason/Charter, 1973. 196 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $6.00
Las Cases, Count. Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. NY; Peter Eckler, n.d. (ca. 1890). 4 volumes complete. Approx. 400 pp per volume. Includes an index to all four volumes and appendices with Napoleon's will, etc. hardcover, brown cloth, wear consistent with age on edges and corners, still looks good on the shelf with gilt spine lettering; hinges bad on two volumes. Overall good with clean text. Very scarce, especially in complete sets. OP; $75.00
Laver, James. The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848. NY; David McKay, 1972. 197 pp. Many illustrations, notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. OP; $17.00
Lenotre, G. The Tribunal of the Terror: A Study of Paris in 1793-1795. London; William Heinemann, 1909. 291 pp. Extensive notes. Bound in 3/4 maroon leather, a beautiful collector's copy. Some light rubbing to leather, occasional light foxing on pages, overall very good condition. $50.00
Loomis, Stanley. The Fatal Friendship: Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen, and the Flight to Varennes. Garden City, NY; Doubleday, 1972. 341 pp. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, good, clean, w/fair dj. OP; $5.00
Loomis, Stanley. Paris in the Terror: June 1793-July 1794. Philadelphia & NY; Lippincott, 1964. 415 pp. Entertaining & colorful, though highly biased, narrative account, focusing on the major players of the Terror. Includes extensive bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/worn dj. $5.00 ...NOW $2.00
Madelin, Louis. Talleyrand: A Vivid Biography of the Amoral, Unscrupulous, and Fascinating French Statesman. NY; Roy, 1948. 320 pp. Hardcover, wear at all edges & corners, else good/no dj. OP; $12.00
Malling, Mathilda. The Governor's Wife: Pictures from the Imperial Court of France, 1806-1807. NY; Thomas M. St. John, 1904. 261 pp. FICTION. Novel centering upon Mme Junot, later duchesse d'Abrantès. Hardcover, very good condition. $6.00
Manceron, Claude. The Wind From America: 1778-1781. NY; Knopf/Borzoi, 1978. 584 pp. Vol. II of Manceron's unfinished French Revolution series; a hugely readable compendium of key scenes from the age and peeks into the lives of the famous and soon-to-be-famous figures of the Revolution. Extensive notes. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dust jacket. OP; $12.00
Martineau, Gilbert. Madame Mère: Napoleon's Mother. London; John Murray, 1978. 198 pp. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, near mint w/good dj. OP; $17.00
Mathiez, Albert. The French Revolution. NY; Grosset & Dunlap, 1964 ed. 529 pp. Trade paperback, light wear & creasing to wraps, else good, clean text. OP; $12.00
Maugras, Gaston, & Comte P. de Croze-Lemercier Memoirs of Delphine de Sabran, Marquise de Custine. London & NY; Heinemann/George H Doran, 1912. 384 pp. Biography of Delphine de Sabran (1770-1826), based on letters & family papers quoted extensively in the text. Hardcover, wear to all edges & corners, binding fair overall; page block good. No dj. OP; $25.00
McNair Wilson, R. Josephine: The Portrait of a Woman. London; Eyre & Spottiswoode, n.d. (preface dated 1929). 332 pp. Notes, bibliography. Hardcover, ½ cloth, hard wear to binding with very frayed spine cloth, front hinge bad; page block in very good condition. OP; $8.00
McNair Wilson, R. Napoleon the Man. NY; Century, 1928. 621 pp. Hardcover, very slight wear to cloth, else very good+, no dj. OP; $17.00
Melzer, Sara E., & Kathryn Norberg. From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France. U of California Press, 1998. 267 pp. "Leading scholars examine the role of the body as a primary site of signification for political power in 17th- and 18th-century France. . . . The monarchy enlisted its subjects' minds through the body: through dance, music, drama, art, and social rituals. The final essays show how the royal body politic came undone in the late 18th century and was replaced by a new republican body." 10 essays. Illustrations, extensive notes. Trade paperback, new. In print at $18.00; $3.00
Méneval, Baron C.-F. de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: The Court of the First Empire. ODD VOLUMES. NY; Collier, 1910. Volumes 1 & 2 of three only, ending in 1812. 832 pages total. By Napoleon's private secretary. Small hardcovers, same edition inside but with different bindings, both in fair condition with wear and tear to cloth, hinges going bad on vol. 1. Overall, vol 1 (black cloth) in fair- condition, vol 2 (red cloth w/gold stamping) in fair+ condition. Page blocks good in both volumes. No dust jackets. OP edition. $15.00
Merezhkovsky, Dmitri. Napoleon: A Study. London; J.M. Dent, n.d. (ca. 1930). 267 pp. An analysis rather than a biography. Hardcover, some wear & tear, pages clean, overall good, no dj. OP $8.00
Moreau de Jonnes. Adventures in the Revolution and under the Consulate. NY; Praeger, 1970. 248 pp. Introduction by Michael Glover, translated by Cyril Hammond. Moreau de Jonnes's military service began in 1791 in the Paris National Guard and lasted through 1805 in the navy, including Quiberon Bay and the Irish expeditions. Hardcover, highlighting on 3 pages in the introduction only, else very good w/very good dj. OP; $12.00
Mossiker, Frances. Napoleon and Josephine: The Biography of a Marriage. NY; Simon & Schuster, 1964. 446 pp. Some b/w illustrations, bibliography. Hardcover, very light wear to binding, else good, no dj. OP; $8.00
Napoleon I; Charles de la Ronciere, ed. Napoleon's Letters to Marie Louise. NY; Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. 292 pp. Includes many b/w plates. Hardcover, very good condition, no dj. OP; $25.00
Napoleon I; F.M. Kircheisen, ed. Memoirs of Napoleon I: Compiled From His Own Writings. London; Hutchinson, n.d. (editor's postscript dated 1927). 288 pp. Hardcover, light foxing on page edges, else very good w/dj. $20.00
Napoleon I; R.M. Johnston, ed. The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words. Boston & NY; Houghton Mifflin, 1910. 526 pp. An account of Napoleon's life, put into diary form, drawn entirely from extracts of his own writings and spoken words. Hardcover, navy blue cloth; edge & corner wear, else very good. $15.00
Orieux, Jean. Talleyrand: The Art of Survival. NY; Knopf, 1974. 677 pp. Notes, bibliography. Hardcover, occasional pencil markings & underlining, else very good/no dj. OP; $20.00
Ortzen, Len. Imperial Venus: The Story of Pauline Bonaparte-Borghese. London; Constable, 1974. 224 pp. Notes, bibliography. Hardcover, slight damage to flyleaf & pastedown where a wrapper and bookplate have stuck, else very good w/good dj in plastic cover. OP; $15.00
Palmer, R.R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: The Struggle: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800. Princeton, 1964. 584 pp. Companion volume to Palmer's "Age of the Democratic Revolution: The Challenge." Extensive notes. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. $9.00
Pernoud, Georges, & Sabine Flaissier, eds. The French Revolution. NY; Putnam, 1961. 350 pp. Chronicle of the Revolution told completely through extracts from contemporary memoirs, letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, etc. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, edgewear, overall good, no dj. OP; $6.00
Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé. Les Nuits de Paris. NY; Random House, 1964. 375 pp. Selections from the French original, 108 brief essays and observations from "The Nocturnal Spectator" plus 30 "Revolutionary Nights" spanning 1789 to 1793. Translated into English by Linda Asher & Ellen Fertig. Includes explanatory notes. Hardcover, light edge & corner wear, light spotting to top page edges, else good, text clean, w/shabby dj. OP; $20.00
Rheinhardt, E.A. Josephine: Wife of Napoleon. NY; Knopf, 1934. 365 pp. Hardcover, binding fair, text clean. OP; $5.00
Richardson, Frank. Napoleon: Bisexual Emperor. NY; Horizon, 1972. 255 pp. Exploration, by a military doctor, of Napoleon's physical and psychological motivations. Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, some highlighting on first 75 pages, else good w/good dj. OP; $8.00
Rivoire, Mario. The Life & Times of Napoleon. Philadelphia; Curtis Books, 1967. Part of "Portraits of Greatness" series. Oversize, 75 pp. Brief overview of Napoleon's life, heavily illustrated in color. Hardcover, very good. OP; $4.00 ...NOW $2.00
Ropes, John C. The First Napoleon: A Sketch, Political and Military. Boston & NY; Houghton Mifflin, 1886. Seven lectures on the life and achievements of Napoleon. Hardcover, hard wear to binding, front hinge broken, one signature detached, another almost so, loose & shabby; pages clean & all present. OP; $8.00
Rose, John Holland. The Life of Napoleon I: Including new materials from the British official records. NY; Macmillan, 1913. 1018 pp, two volumes in one. Hardcover, green buckram, top edge gilded; light wear to binding, some light dampwarping to pages, text unaffected, good overall. No dj. OP; $20.00
Rosebery, Lord. Napoleon: The Last Phase. NY; Harper & Bros, 1900. 283 pp. Account of Napoleon's exile on St. Helena. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings; some slight damage to cloth at top of spine and rear board from mouse-nibbles; otherwise good page block. OP; $15.00
Rudé, George. Revolutionary Europe, 1783-1815. NY; Harper & Row, 1964. 350 pp. Part of the "History of Europe" series edited by J.H. Plumb. With extensive bibliography. Hardcover, some light soiling & foxing on front pastedown & page edges, else very good w/good dj in plastic cover. OP; $15.00
Sandars, Mary F. Louis XVIII. NY; James Pott, n.d. (ca. 1920). 384 pp. A scarce biography of an uncommon subject. hardcover, binding worn & tattered at head & foot of spine, some repair to inner front hinge, ink inscription on flyleaf; pages very good & clean, some uncut. No dj. OP; $20.00
Saunders, Edith. Napoleon and Mlle. George. London; Longmans, 1958. 248 pp. Account of Napoleon's liaison with the famous actress during the Consulate. Bibliography. Hardcover, some light pencil markings, else very good w/slightly worn dj. OP; $20.00
Savant, Jean. Napoleon in His Time. London: Putnam, 1958. 440 pp. Napoleon's life told by extracts from accounts by his contemporaries, both admirers and enemies. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/fair dj. OP; $20.00
Schom, Alan. Napoleon Bonaparte. NY; HarperCollins, 1997. 888 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Huge hardcover, a little highlighting & marginalia throughout, else good w/very good dj. In print at $40.00; $12.00
Seward, Desmond. Napoleon's Family: The Notorious Bonapartes and Their Ascent to the Thrones of Europe. NY; Viking, 1986. Bibliography. Hardcover, some occasional underlining & highlighting in first 50 pages, else good w/dj. OP; $12.00
Shearing, Joseph (Marjorie Bowen). The Angel of the Assassination: Marie-Charlotte Corday d'Armont, Jean-Paul Marat, Jean-Adam Lux: A Study of Three Disciples of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. London: Heinemann, 1935. 336 pp. Includes bibliography. hardcover, sunning to spine, light wear overall consistent with age, good, no dj. OP; $12.00
Sieburg, Friedrich. Robespierre The Incorruptible. NY; Robert M. McBride, 1938. 307 pp. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $15.00
Stendhal (Henri Beyle); Robert Sage, translator & ed. The Private Diaries of Stendhal. Garden City, NY; Doubleday, 1954. 570 pp. A detailed and extensive diary kept by young Henri Beyle from 1801 to 1814, chronicling his travels to Italy, Germany, and Russia as well as within France, as an attaché to Napoleon's army. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dj. OP; $20.00
Talmon, J.T. The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy. NY; Praeger, 1961. 366 pp. Paperback, some pencil underlining throughout, fair overall. OP; $6.00
Tarbell, Ida M. A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: With a sketch of Josephine, Empress of the French. NY; Macmillan, 1921 (copyright 1894). 485 pp. Hardcover, wear to all edges & corners, else good. OP; $8.00
Turquan, Joseph. The Love Affairs of Napoleon. London; John Lane/Bodley Head, n.d. (ca. 1910). 378 pp. Some footnotes. Hardcover, light wear to binding, else good. OP; $10.00
Turquan, Joseph. The Wife of General Bonaparte. London & NY; John Lane, n.d. (ca. 1920). 372 pp. Translated by Violette Montagu. A biography of Josephine from her acquaintance with Napoleon through the Consulate, 1795-1804. Notes, index. Hardcover, hard wear & tear to cloth, a loose signature, front hinge cracked, overall shabby binding w/good page block. A few light pencil marks in text. OP; $15.00
Uxkull, Baron Boris. Arms and the Woman: The intimate journal of an amorous Baltic nobleman in the Napoleonic Wars. NY; Macmillan, 1966. 319 pp. With historical notes, foreword, & epilogue by Detlev von Uexkull; translated by Joel Carmichael. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. OP; $15.00
Uxkull, Baron Boris. Arms and the Woman: The intimate journal of an amorous Baltic nobleman in the Napoleonic Wars. NY; Macmillan, 1966. 319 pp. With historical notes, foreword, & epilogue by Detlev von Uexkull; translated by Joel Carmichael. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings, stamps, bookplate, else good & clean w/dj. OP; $12.00
Weider, Ben, & David Hapgood. The Murder of Napoleon. NY; Berkeley Books, 1982. 266 pp. Presents the theory that Napoleon actually died of arsenic poisoning. Hardcover, spine slightly skewed, light wear, else good w/dj. OP; $5.00
Weider, Ben, & Sten Forshufvud. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited: The Classic Investigation Expanded With New Evidence. NY; John Wiley, 1994. 555 pp. W/bibliography & extensive appendices. Hardcover, very good w/vg dj. OP; $15.00
Weiner, Margery. The Parvenu Princesses: Elisa, Pauline and Caroline Bonaparte. London; John Murray, 1964. 269 pp. Bibliography. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual marks & pocket, wear & tear, fair overall. OP; $10.00
Wertheimer, Edward de. The Duke of Reichstadt. London & NY; John Lane, 1905. 463 pp. Biography of Napoleon's son, a.k.a. the King of Rome. Illustrations, extensive notes. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings, stamps, pocket; binding very worn, interior hinges bad, spine cloth split & beginning to detach. Text block good overall, clean; adequate reading copy of a scarce biography. OP; $25.00
Wheeler, Harold F.B. Napoleon: 1769-1821. London; Harrap, n.d. (ca. 1900). 319 pp. A straightforward layman's biography. Hardcover, hard wear to binding, else fair. OP; $5.00 ...NOW $1.00
Williams, H. Noel. Madame Recamier and Her Friends. London; Harper & Bros, n.d. (ca. 1920). 350 pp. Hardcover, wear at edges & corners, dampstain on back cover, occasional light pencil marks in text, else good. OP; $10.00
Woloch, Isser. The New Regime: Transformations of the French Civic Order, 1789-1820s. NY; Norton, 1994. 536 pp. "In this wide-ranging study of three turbulent decades in French history, Woloch sets forth a fundamental reassessment of continuity and change in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France." With bibliography and extensive notes. Trade paperback, new. In print at $16.95; $9.00
Wright, Esmond; R.R. Palmer, advisory editor, J.J. Tumelty, general editor. An Age of Revolution: 1763-1807. NY & London; Paul Hamlyn, 1970. 128 pp. Nice oversized, heavily illustrated overview of the period of the American and French Revolutions. Great as an image sourcebook of the age. hardcover, very good w/pictorial cover, no dj. OP; $15.00
Albert-Clément, E. La Vraie Figure de Charlotte Corday. Paris; Emile-Paul Frères, 1936. 316 pp. Scarce biography. Broché, some spotting to wraps, else very good. $25.00
Anonymous. Mémoire justificatif de Thomas Mahy de Favras, ou Appel à la Postérité et à la cour de révision. Par l'auteur des Réflexions sur le Jugement et la Mort de M. de Favras. PHOTOCOPY OF TEXT FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Original printed in Paris by J.J. Rainville, 1790. Original had viii + 83 pp. Photocopied on 46 8½ x 11" sheets. PHOTOCOPY $7.00
Arnaud, Raoul. La Vie Turbulente de Camille Desmoulins. Paris; Plon, 1928. 294 pp. Biography. Includes bibliography. broché, good condition. $7.00 ...NOW $2.00
Aulard, A. Histoire Politique de la Révolution Française: Origines et Développement de la Démocratie et de la République, 1789-1804. Paris; Armand Colin, 1905. 805 pp. Extensive notes & index. Hardcover, original 1/2 leather binding in very poor condition; front cover detached, leather spine loose. Slightly loose stitching; page block otherwise in good condition and could and should be rebound. $45.00
Barbaroux, Charles; Alfred-Chabaud, ed. Mémoires de Barbaroux. Paris; Armand Colin, 1936. Complete text of the original published in the 1820s, with extensive annotations by the editor. Includes 50 pp of appendices. Hardcover, bound in library cloth but NOT an ex-library copy; bookplate, else near-mint condition, no dj. $30.00
Barrière, Pierre. La Vie Intellectuelle en France: Du XVIe Siècle à l'Epoque Contemporaine. Paris; Albin Michel, 1961. 635 pp. Bibliography, general index. broché, two small tears to wraps, else very good. $10.00 ...NOW $2.00
Barthou, Louis. Le Neuf Thermidor. Paris; Hachette, 1926. 126 pp. Broché, good condition. $9.00
Bertaud, Jean-Paul. Bonaparte et le duc d'Enghien: le duel des deux France. Paris; Robert Laffont, 1972. 205 pp. Notes, bibliography, some illustrations. Trade paperback, light wear to wraps, else very good. $17.00
Bertaut, Jules. La Vie Littéraire en France au XVIIIe Siècle. Paris; Tallandier, 1954. 460 pp. Covers French literary life from the early 18th-century salons through the Revolution and to the early Empire. Hardcover in library cloth binding, very good/no dj. $12.00
Biré, Edmond. La Légende des Girondins. Soc. Générale de Librairie Catholique, 1881. 454 pp. Footnotes. Small hardcover, 3/4 green leather, w/gold stamping & raised bands; wear at all edges & corners, some scuffing to boards, ex-library copy w/usual stamps, marks, & pocket, else very good. $25.00
Blémus, René. Eugène de Beauharnais: L'Honneur à Tout Vent. Paris; Editions France-Empire, 1993. 344 pp. Bibliography. Trade paperback, occasional highlighting & underlining throughout, else good. $10.00
Borel, Antoine, & Elluin, illustrators; Alain Clerval, preface. Cent vignettes érotiques gravées par Elluin pour illustrer sept romans libertins du dix-huitième siècle and Cent gravures de l'époque pour illustrer La Nouvelle Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu, suivie de l'Histoire de Juliette, sa soeur, de Sade. 2 volumes. N.p.; Images Obliques/Editions Borderie, 1978. 139 + 109 pp. Illustrations plus brief introductions, no other text. (How do the subjects of these eye-popping pictures manage to keep their hair so suspiciously perfect?) Hardcover, a little light sunning to cloth, else near mint. $45.00
Castelnau, Jacques. Fouquier-Tinville: Le Pourvoyeur de l'Echafaud. Paris; Hachette, 1937. 251 pp. Biography. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, corners bumped, pages slightly browned, else good/no dj. $12.00
Castelot, Andre. Joséphine. Paris; Perrin, 1964. 629 pp. Extensive bibliography. Hardcover in faux leather binding, mint condition. $20.00
Chalas, Yves, ed. Mythe et Révolutions. P.U. de Grenoble, 1990. 350 pp. 14 lengthy articles by divers scholars. Extensive notes. Trade paperback, very good. $10.00
Courtois, Edmé Bonaventure (1754-1816). Rapport fait au nom des comités de salut public et de sûreté générale, Sur les évènements du 9 thermidor, an II, Précédé d'une Préface en réponse aux détracteurs de cette mémorable journée, Prononcé le 8 thermidor an 3, la veille de l'anniversaire de la chute du tyran, Par E.B. Courtois, Député de l'Aube. PHOTOCOPY OF TEXT FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Original printed in Paris, Imprimerie nationale, floréal an IV. Original had 220 pp + 40-page preface. Photocopied on 130 8½ x 11" sheets. PHOTOCOPY $19.00
Dauban, C.A. La Démagogie en 1793 A Paris: ou Histoire, Jour par Jour, de l'Année 1793; Accompagnée de documents contemporains rares ou inédits. Paris; Plon, 1868. 644 pp. Includes 16 engravings. Extremely scarce. Hardcover, 3/4 bound in modern red leather; excellent condition overall, including paper, with just a little wear to leather. $125.00
Dauxois, Jacqueline. Charlotte Corday. Paris; Albin Michel, 1988. 271 pp. Includes bibliography. Trade paperback, very good. $15.00
Gourgaud, Gaspard (1783-1852). La Campagne de 1815, ou Relation des Opérations Militaires Qui Ont Eu Lieu En France et En Belgique., Pendant les Cent Jours; Ecrite à Ste-Hélène, par le Général Gourgaud. PHOTOCOPY OF TEXT FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Original printed in London; J. Ridgway, 1818. The English-language edition appeared the same year. Original had viii + 208 pp with fold-out map & four fold-out charts. Photocopied on 114 8½ x 11" sheets. PHOTOCOPY $17.00
Jacob, Louis. Fabre d'Eglantine, Chef des "Fripons". Paris; Hachette, 1946. 316 pp. Biography. Includes bibliography. Broché, shabby wraps, browned pages. $7.00 ...NOW $2.00
Janssens, Jacques. Camille Desmoulins: le Premier Républicain de France. Paris; Perrin, 1973. 777 pp. Biography. Includes some illustrations, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, faux leather, very good+ condition. $25.00
Korngold, Ralph. Saint-Just. Paris; Grasset, 1937. 255 pp. Biography, includes bibliography. Scarce. Broché, very good. $20.00
La Gorce, Pierre de. Histoire Religieuse de la Révolution Française. Paris; Plon, no date; later reprint of original 1912 edition. INCOMPLETE SET. Volumes I, II, & III only of 5, approx 500 pp per vol. These volumes cover prerevolution and Revolution to Thermidor and the Vendéan war. Hardcover, ½ cloth w/marbled boards & endpapers. Light edge & corner wear, pages browned, else very good condition, clean and tight. No dust jackets. Will consider selling these volumes separately; please inquire. $30.00
La Gorce, Pierre de. Histoire Religieuse de la Révolution Française. 1969 AMS reprint of original 1912 edition. 5 volumes complete, approx 500 pp per vol. hardcover, brown library cloth, ex-library copy with usual markings, stamps, bookplates, & pockets, else very good+ condition, clean and tight. No dust jackets. $45.00
Labracherie, Pierre. Camille Desmoulins: Grandeur et Misère d'un Ame Ardente. Paris; Hachette, 1948. 252 pp. Biography. Includes bibliography. Broché, pages slightly browned, else good. $7.00 ...NOW $2.00
Lacour-Gayet, G. Napoléon: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre, Son Temps. Paris; Hachette, 1921. Oversize, 9 x 11½" (23 x 29 cm). With a preface by Marshal Joffre. Issued for the centennial of Napoleon's death. A spectacular, lavishly illustrated set of chapters, originally issued separately (by subscription) in broché form, intended to be bound together into a huge book. With hundreds of b/w illustrations, plus color plates tipped in (plates printed on separate sheets and attached to bound-in pages). Of the complete 24-chapter set, 14 are present here (nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22); they are still broché, not bound together. A scarce find for the Napoleon collector. Email me for photos. Text pages very slightly browned at edges; cover pages on each issue have some tears and mending. Overall in good, if incomplete, condition. $25.00
Las Cases, Count. Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène: Suivi de Napoléon Dans l'Exil par O'Meara, et du Séjour du Dr. Antommarchi à Sainte-Hélène. Four volumes; may contain only Las Cases' account, and O'Meara and Antommarchi may be in additional, missing volumes. Paris; Garnier, n.d. (mid to late 19th cent.). 500-600 pp per vol. Hardcover, ½ cloth with marbled boards; hard wear consistent with age to all edges & corners, pages yellowed, but books are intact and seem to have no missing pages; a serviceable reading copy. $28.00
Legrand, Robert. Aspects de la Révolution en Picardie. Abbeville; Imprimerie Lafosse, 1960-68. Approx. 120 pp total. Bound collection of pamphlets: "Grèves et Incidents Dans le Santerre," "La Tannerie," "Le Désarmement des Terroristes Après Thermidor," "Les Structures Sociales de la Société Populaire d'Abbeville," "Babeuf et André Dumont." Hardcover, boards sunned, binding a bit loose, overall fair. $10.00
Lemoine, Yves. La Diplomatie Française Pendant la Révolution. Paris; Editions Michel de Maule, 1989. 222 pp, 10 x 11". Preface by Roland Dumas. 1/3 of book is text on revolutionary diplomacy; 2/3 is illustrations of documents & prints of the period, with detailed catalogue; a very handsome oversize book. hardcover, near fine w/dj; $20.00*
Masson, Frederic. Joséphine Répudiée. Paris; Société d'Editions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1901. 408 pp. Hardcover, ½ cloth w/marbled boards, some light wear & tear to all edges & corners, pages browning, else very good. $30.00
Matrat, Jean. Camille Desmoulins. Paris; Jeunes Auteurs Réunis, 1956. 194 pp. Biography. Broché, browned pages, fair. $5.00 ...NOW $1.00
Mazauric, Claude. Sur la Révolution Française: Contributions à l'Histoire de la Révolution Bourgeoise. Paris; Editions Sociales, 1970. 238 pp. Foreword by Albert Soboul. Extensive notes. Trade paperback, slight wear to wraps, else very good. $15.00
Melchior-Bonnet, Bernardine. Les Girondins. Paris; Perrin, 1969. 505 pp. Includes extensive bibliography. hardcover, faux leather, slight corner wear, else very good/no dj. $20.00
Napoleon I; Lucian Regenbogen, ed. Napoleon A Dit: Aphorismes, Citations, et Opinions. Paris; Les Belles Lettres, 1998. 454 pp. Bibliography, index. Small paperback, near mint. $8.00
Narotchnisky, A., et al., eds. La Révolution Française et la Russie. Moscow & Paris; Editions du Progrès & Editions Librairie du Globe, 1989. 539 pp. 26 articles, mostly translated from the Russian, on the French Revolution and its influence on Russian/Soviet history, historiography, and visual/performing arts. Extensive notes & bibl, many b/w & color illustrations. Oversize hardcover, new w/very light shelfwear & vg dj. $20.00*
Rosa, Annette. Citoyennes: Les Femmes et la Révolution Française. Paris; Messidor, 1988. 253 pp. Bibliography, many illustrations. Hardcover w/pictorial cover, new with slight shelfwear to binding. $12.00
Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de; Annie Le Brun & Jean-Jacques Pauvert, eds. Aline et Valcour, ou le Roman philosophique. 2 volumes complete. Editions Pauvert, 1986. 875 pp total. Includes some supplemental material relating to the novel. Trade paperback, some discoloration to wraps, else near mint condition. $45.00
Sénart, Révélations puisées dans les cartons des comités de salut public et de sûreté générale; ou Mémoires (inédits) de Sénart, agent du gouvernement révolutionnaire; publiés par Alexis Dumesnil, auteur de l'Esprit des Réligions, etc. Deuxième édition. PHOTOCOPY OF TEXT FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Original printed in Paris by Alexis Dumesnil, 1824. Original had xix + 287 pp. Photocopied on 153 8½ x 11" sheets. PHOTOCOPY $15.00
Tolmer, René, Roger Gény, Jean Gigot, eds. [v.I] & Robert Decker, Odile Wilsdorf-Colin, Anne-Marie Couvret [v.II]. Archives Départementales de la Haute-Marne: Répertoire numérique de la Série L. Documents administratifs de la période révolutionnaire, 1790-an VIII. [volume I] and Fonds administratifs (supplément) et fonds judiciaires de la période révolutionnaire. [volume II] Chaumont; Imprimerie de l'Est, 1948 [v.I] & 1970 [v.II]. Approximately 150 pp total in 2 oversize (9 x 12", 24 x 31 cm) broché volumes. Light wear to wraps, slight browning to older volume, else very good condition. $20.00
Vilate, Joachim. Causes Secrètes de la Révolution du 9 au 10 Thermidor, par Vilate, Ex-Juré au Tribunal Révolutionnaire de Paris, Détenu à la Force. AVAILABLE AS A PHOTOCOPY ONLY, FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. Copy of Vilate's pamphlet printed in Paris, an III [1795]. 70 pp on 35 photocopied 8 1/2 x 11" pages. Calumnious pamphlet by the once-fervent Jacobin (1768-1795) and member of the jury of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the Terror, written in prison to distance himself from the defeated Robespierrists (it didn't save him from the guillotine). $6.00
Wagener, Francoise. L'Imperatrice Joséphine. Paris; Flammarion, 1999. 504 pp. Notes, extensive bibliography, many appendices. Trade paperback, a few pencil marks in text, else near mint condition. $25.00
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