Frederic Masson; Louis B. Frewer [trans.] — Napoleon at St. Helena, 1815-1821

Oxford, Pen-in-Hand, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and illustrated historical account of the final years of Napoleon Bonaparte's life, between 1815 and 1821. The first edition, first impression of Louis B. Frewer's translation of Frederic Masson's account of Napoleon Bonaparte's final years exiled on St. Helena.First published in the original French in 1912.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped.Illustrated with seven plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete.With a newspaper clipping to the front pastedown, and contemporary inscriptions, dated 1952, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Newspaper clipping to front pastedown, inscriptions to front free endpaper. Foxing to fore edge of text block. Chipping to dust wrapper back strip head, with closed tears to folds at flyleaves. Closed tear to tail of rear wrap, with marks to rear wraps and discolouration to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Very Good.