KINGS OF THE BATTLEFIELD; Comprising A Series of Biographical Sketches of the Most Distinguished Military Leaders, of Europe and America...
Philadelphia: AEtna Publishing Company, 1885. Illustrated. Early Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 4to, brilliantly gilded, decorated, & blind-stamped pictorial black cloth, illustrated with engraved frontispiece of Napoleon & several wood engravings of Washington, Lafayette, Lee, & others, 525 pages. Very Good +. Item #87
Superb Scarce edition with bright decorated black cloth & bright steel engravings. Excellent discussions from William Wallace, Napoleon, Washington, Lafayette, and Lee to British soldiers.
A bit shaken but pages holding and bright; illustrations clear and distinct; frontispiece of Napoleon has tissue guard but considerable offset browning to title page.
Price: $175.00