Paris Under Siege: A Journal of the Events of 1870-1871
by RICHARDSON, Joanna (translator & compiler)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 1982. Hardcover. A handsome, illustrated Folio Society edition describing events in Paris in 1870-71 as Prussian forces besieged the city as part of the Franco-Prussian War. The war marked the end of Napoleonic rule with the dethronement of Napoleon III, and the consolidation of various states into the German Empire. The story has been extracted from various periodic journals, translated and organized by Joanna Richardson; illustrated throughout with period black & white drawings and photos. --- Covers with sepia-toned wrap-around drawing of various defenders on a Parisian rooftop; gilt-stamped spine titling & brown topstain. Volume wrapped in pale yellow paper-covered slipcase. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, and bright copy. Structurally sound slipcase with odorless soiled area to one corner, else undamaged.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 221 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88496
- Title
- Paris Under Siege: A Journal of the Events of 1870-1871
- Author
- RICHARDSON, Joanna (translator & compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>European History;
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- Paste-down
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- Soiled
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- Fine
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