Comte De Paris Preface (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. First Edition. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. In slipcase. First edition. Blue satiny cloth clean and bright, sunned spine. Book is firm in binding, color plates throughout, crisp interior. Slipcase is in VG- condition; sunned, with wear to edges, and fraying and splits to corners. Contains color reproductions of the Prince de Joinville's paintings of US Civil War battle scenes and military life. With a preface by Henri, Comte de Paris, the artist's great-grandson. Texts by Andre Maurois and General James M. Gavin. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages.…

Hardcover. blue, silken boards w/ gilt printing. 34 pp plus 20 color plates. cloth slipcase. Occasional smudge or light mark, otherwise, pages remain bright. Good (silk boards scuffed, scratched & smudged. corners rubbed. spine & edges sunned pink; gilt printing remains bright. slipcase hightly sunned, scuffed & scratched; edges & corners rubbed to boards; bumping & splitting upper edges; not presentation quality).…