The Chronicle of the Drum
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2310711
First illustrated edition. Bookplate on second blank.
xi, 70 pp. Grey cloth, gilt, maroon, and black decorations and titles on spine and front board, all edges gilt. Illustrations by Howard Pyle, A.B. Frost, et al. A ballad written in Paris in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon, by the British author best known for his novels Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon, the latter inspiring Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film.
Price: $50.00
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