George R. Russell — The Hundred Days. 1815.

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1849. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition account of a young boy's time in Paris during the final days of Napoleon's rule. The very scarce first edition of George Robert Russell's account of his time in Paris as a schoolboy in 1815, during the 'War of the Seventh Coalition', better known as the Hundred Days.In a brief but fascinating and personal account, Russell describes the atmosphere in Paris during a period the saw the Waterloo Campaign, and resulted in the exile of Napoleon.With the former owner's inscription 'Roger Scaifi, from Dr. F. Russell, July 1914' to the front free endpaper.With evidence of library number removal to back strip tail, with the folding bookplate of Memphis's Leslie Henri Kuehner library to the front pastedown, and no further library markings.Undated; dated c1849 via both Jisc and WorldCat. In the original full cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Evidence of library label removal to back strip tail. Folding library bookplate to front pastedown. Former owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .