gronow captain r h (6 Ergebnisse)

Blaue, blindgeprägte Original-Leinwand mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, 8°, 234 Seiten, 3 Blätter Verlagsanzeigen, Einband minimal fleckig, innen gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Buch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo., (viii)234pp. plus 6 pages of publisher's ads in the rear. Sharp First Edition of this "Third Series", (there were a total of four). Re-backed, seemingly commonly so, with original spine laid in. Contemporary blue cloth with blind-stamped decorations on both boards. Titling in gilt on spine. Frontis. Square and tight with some fairly minor scattered foxing throughout. Fairly mild wear to tips, edges and spine ends. Light soiling. An area of light off-setting on the front board where it looks like another volume rested. A very petty, sound collectable copy.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits and 32 other illustrations by Joseph Greco. 8vo, blue cloth with heraldic image on front covers, lightly rubbed. London: John C. Nimmo, 1900. Very good(+). A very good set of the celebrated and entertaining society "gossip" who moved in the best circles and knew everybody worth knowing -- from Monk Lewis and Beau Brummell, to Wellington and Louis Napoleon. With the bookplates from Ralph Frederica Pulitzer.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1862 1863 1865 1866 4 volumes in 2 x - 246 - vii - 232 + viii - 234 + viii - 200 Illustrations including 1 in colour. Circular bookplate to each volume, spotting to first few pages of volume 1. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Publishers pebbled cloth even fading to spines some light rubbing to edges some wear to head of spine of volume 2. Binding tight no staining or splits. Comprising of:Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of he Camp, The Court and the Clubs at the Close of the Last War With France - Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences of the Camp, The Court and the Clubs - Celebrities of London and Paris Being a Third Series of Reminiscences and Anecdotes of the Camp, The Court and the Clubs Containing a Correct Account of the Coup D'etat. (1865)Captain Gronow's Last Recollections Being the Fourth and Final Series of His Reminiscences and Anecdotes. Illustrated, with four plates to volume I, a colured frontispiece to volume III and a portrait frontispiece to volume IV.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). The first two volumes of Captain Rees Howell Gronow's memoirs. In total Gronow wrote and published four volumes of his Reminiscences, and these are the first two volumes published. Volume I is illustrated, with four full page plates. Errata slip to volume I also. Russell Howell Gronow was a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer, a dandy and a writer of celebrated reminiscences. He was ensigned in 1812 and took part in several military operations. By June 1815 he was a lieutenant of his regiment. Gronow's reminiscences were extremely popular as they gave an interesting insight into his military career, the camp, the court and the clubs. Volume I also specifically references the war with France. In a quarter calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Just some minor handling marks to spines. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Prior owner's inscription to title page of volume II, H Low. Pages are slightly age toned, particularly to edges, with instances of the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). 2 volumes. Four woodcuts, and twenty etched and aquatint illustrations from contemporary sources by Joseph Greco. Small 4to, 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards and endpapers. London: John C. Nimmo, 1899. Very good (+). Large paper copy. One of 870 numbered copies. A very good set of the celebrated and entertaining society "gossip" who moved in the best circles and knew everybody worth knowing -- from Monk Lewis and Beau Brummell, to Wellington and Louis Napoleon. With the bookplates from Ralph Frederica Pulitzer.