Author: Edited By Prince Napoleon with Notes by Jean Hanoteau (Translated By Mabel Robinson and Arthur Griggs)

Title: The Memoirs of Queen Hortense Two Volume Set

Publication: First UK Edition 1st Impressions Published By Thornton Butterworth London 1928.....(See (Pictures)

Condition and Status of the Books and Dust-Jackets:

Two Volume Set in Their original and rare dust-wrappers.Graded Very Good Books in Good Dust-Jackets with a 1.5 inch of loss to the base of spine on volume 2 and with light rubbing and chipping to outer extremities of both dust-jackets.Not price clipped and there are NO former banes or inscriptions present.Bindings remain firm with no hinge weakness.Contents remain clean with a little light spotting to the text block edges and endpapers.In presenting to the public the Memoirs of Queen Hortense exactly as she recorded them, in exposing it to scholars—with an intrinsic and absolute respect for the integral historical accuracy of the text—these intimate revelations as set down by her royal hand.Edited by Prince Napoleon he did a service not only to history but also to the memory of a princess too often harshly criticized eminently French in her heart and mind, to the memory of an unfortunate Queen, to the memory of an exquisite woman.8vo Vol 1 283pp Vol 2 285pp Illustrated with 6 plates in volume one and 10 plates in volume 2.Scarce with the dust-jackets present.First Editions 1st Impressions [1928] 

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