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Retreat from Moscow: The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813
Author(s): Bourgogne, Sergeant; Fortescue. J W (translator)
| Volume Condition: | Fine |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Impression: | 2nd Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | The Folio Society |
| Publication Year: | 1987 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 000066 |
| Catalogue(s): | Autobiography and Biography ◇ Beautiful Books |
viii, 262pp. Illustrated. Indexed. Bound in illustrated green Brillianta cloth printed with a contemporary painting of the crossing of the Berezina. Gilt lettering to spine. Maps showing the extent of Napoleon's empire in 1812 on endpapers. Beige slipcase. The text of this edition is taken from the translation by J W Fortescue, first published in 1926. Introduction by Vincent Cronin. Very gentle shelfwear to slipcase, else fine. Handsome volume throughout.