Memoirs of Napoleon by the Duchess D’Abrantes, Volumes I , 1854, D. Appleton

This is Volume I of the Memoirs of Napoleon by the Duchess d’Abrantès, Published by D. Appleton & Co. in 1854. The leather spine shows significant structural wear, particularly with heavy chipping/loss at the top crown, a cracked hinge area. This book has been in one family handed down generation to generation.