Conscript Tale French 1813 by Erckmann Chatrian (8 results)

Brown hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, 288pp + plates. b&w plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo. Half leather.Toning and some foxing to leaves, occasional foxing and mild over-opening. Overall rubbing to covers, a little wear to fore-corners of boards. G.

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, Madame. The Conscript: A Tale of the French War of 1813. Orig. pictorial cloth. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1870. First edition in English. A very good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated English translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. The first of this English translation with these illustrations. First edition of this translation published in 1865.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with twenty-five plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Written jointly by French authors Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, this novel follows a young watchmaker's apprentice in Alsace, who is conscripted into the French army during the Napoleonic Wars, specifically the 1813 campaign against Russia.With three pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with slight cocking to the spine and mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Rear hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, binding is tender in places, with plates facing page 234 and 53 detached but present. Pages are generally bright, with occasional scattered spots throughout. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated translation of Erckmann-Chatrian's tale of the French war of 1813. This work is presented in publisher's original decorative binding. The first edition of this translation was in 1865.The Conscript was written jointly by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian.This work details the struggle between nations at the time of the war in 1813, presenting the horrors of this war. It shows the story of a conscripted soldier during this time and the sacrifices that were made. This work includes original advertisements and twenty five illustrations. Collated complete.Binding label of Burn & Co on rear cover paste down. Booksellers label of Dalton & Lucy on front cover paste down. In original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with some shelf wear to the extremities only. Bright cloth with decorative design and gilt on front board and spine. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Age toning and light spotting to endpapers. Offsetting and occasional mark to endpapers. Binding label of Burn & Co on rear cover paste down. Booksellers label of Dalton & Lucy on front cover paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Light age toning and the occasional spotting. Very Good. book.

1845. (Quarter leather) Very good. Tobacco:185 p. Conscript: 288 p. Four illus. Joints starting with minor loss to head. Marbled boards. Internally entirely clean & bright. Tobacco: "With an introductory letter addressed to the Hon. John Quincy Adams, L.L.D., by the Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox, D.D." BOUND with "The Conscript: (etc)" by Erckmann-Chatrian , Smith, Elder, London, 1870.

pp. iv, 288. From an old Society library with their stamps on title and label on front paste-down, in old binder's cloth, a bit of foxing but a clean, firm copy. *COPAC records copies at the BL - OXFORD - LONDON LIBRARY only.

Front., plates, 3pp ads. Orig. green pebble-grained cloth, front board blocked with central vignette of soldier in gilt, dec. in black, spine lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. A good-plus copy. Histoire d'un conscrit de 1813, 1864. First English edition, 1865. The translator's preface is dated September 1, 1870.