General Books - Peches dans l'Amerique du Nord

Lucien Jonas - Reproduction of the field sketchbook of Jonas subtitled 'Armée Anglaise Juin 1915' (British Army, June 1915) with studies of Sir John French, Douglas Haig, Brigadier Maurice, General Lambton and other officers, many with a location; inside front cover with listing of British and Indian regimental officers; inside back cover with list of Interpreters, French and Belgian mission officers, studies of Ypres (2) and the Pas de Calais; hardback with cloth covers (partly detached)' publisher's note to inside back cover (in French) stating that this sketchbook by the painter Jonas, who was attached to the Musée de l' Armée, has been reproduced in facsimile through Librarie Dorbon-Ainé in Paris; this volume is one of 200 monochrome offprints; with artist's manuscript initials. 799 grams, 32.2 x 24.2 cm



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Unique first-hand study of the British Army in the early stages of the First World war.

Général Rapp - Paris, 1823, marbled boards in quarter-calf binding, gilt fore edge, 439 pp; spine chipped. 494 grams, 21 x 13.2 cm



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First-hand account of the career of Général Jean Rapp, Napoleon's leading staff officer, written and published two years after the Emperor's death in 1821 with the series title 'Memoirs of contemporaries to support the history of the Republic and the Empire'. Rapp saved the life of the Emperor on more than one occasion, and was present at the battles of Austerlitz (1805), Jena (1806) and Borodino (1812), where he sustained several wounds. In his birthplace of Colmar a statue in his honour stands on the Champ de Mars.

M. CH. Delaunay - 3rd edition - Paris, 1860, marbled board covers, leather spine with gold blocking, 644 pp. 608 grams, 18 x 12 cm



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