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Zustand: Fair. 1964. Abridged Edition. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Map panels have minimal visible markings. Slight wear between panels with some minor splitting. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning to spine. Slightly skewed.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Captain Gronow's last recollections | Being the fourth and final series of his reminiscences and anecdotes. Second Edition | Rees Gronow | Taschenbuch | 212 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337173838 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Second impression (in same year as first). Laminated jacket is marked and shelfworn, most noticeably at (lightly tanned) spine. Page block is marked. A few page corners are lightly worn. Content is clear, and pages are sound and clean. TS. Used.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Size of the book: US Trade 152 x 229 mm and around 214 Cream color pages. Unchanged reprint of the original 1866 edition. Please review our "Terms of Sale". If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us.

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Captain Gronow's last Recollections | Being the fourth and final Series of his Reminiscences and Anecdotes | Howell Gronow | Taschenbuch | Paperback | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2022 | Outlook | EAN 9783752578348 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Europäischer Geschichtsverlag, ein Imprint von Outlook Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Zeilweg 44, 60439 Frankfurt, salzwasser[at]lais-systeme[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xiv 340p bright blue cloth with arms to front, top edge gilt, a tight and fresh copy of Volume 2 ONLY, first edition Language: English.

Hardback. 1st thus. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour plates. All plates present including three not listed on the contents page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxiii, 351 pages. Captain Gronow was a nineteenth century dandy, crack shot and chronicler of the social scene.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

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Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60075196: 1964. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Intérieur frais. 384 pages. Reproduction en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait). Illustré de nombreuses reproductions en noir et blanc hors texte. Eléments de la jaquette d'origine encollés au dos du premier plat et en page de garde, avec quelques annotations. Frontispice se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

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hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2-volume set. Uniformly bound in half-leather with gilt, top joint of volume 1 is detached, top board of volume 1 is partially detached, covers show minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). Abridged by John Raymond. Illus. 8vo, top of front and back covers faded, spine ends very lightly worn, corners lightly bumped. New York: Viking, (1964).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Abridged edition. Introduction by John Raymond. Small quarto. 384pp. Frontispiece and sixteen illustrations from contemporary sources. Hinge cracked but sound, boards gently worn, spine edges slightly bumped, very good, lacking the dust jacket.

Zustand: Very Good. Personal observations on European life, people and politics in the Regency period. very good plus set. Portrait frontis, numerous engraved plates. 8vo., 21.8x14 cm. xxviii, 353; xiv, 339 pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine titles, gilt, sliver and red coat of arms on front covers, top edge gilt.

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.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Joseph Grego (illustrator). A two volume set of works featuring the reminiscences and recollections of the soldier and known dandy Captain Gronow. Complete in two volumes. Limited edition copy printed, number 687 of 870 printed for England and America. This work features 25 illustrations in duplicate, one on plate paper, the other on Whatman paper, and coloured by hand. In this set Gronow reflects on the society of London, the political landscape of Paris and the courts of Napoleon. Though the reliability of this account can be brought into question, it makes for an entertaining read. Written by Rees Howell Gronow, known as Captain Gronow. Well known for his autobiographical writing, Illustrated throughout. Collated complete. One set of plates to volume II is misbound, but is present. A interesting personal account, giving an insight into the British and French society of the 19th, albeit from the bias of the renowned dandy. In a full cloth binding, with rough cut pages. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and also to the extremities. Rubbing to the spine, joints and extremities. Light creases to the spine. The odd scratch mark to the front and rear boards. Bookplates to the front and rear pastedowns. Spotting to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Light age toning to the fore edge. Internally, generally firmly bound, with several pages and plates loosening slightly. Page are generally clean. Offsetting caused by the illustrated plates, mainly affecting the tissue guards. Instances of foxing and spotting throughout each volume. Tape repair to the reverse of several plate, securing the binding, becoming lightly age toned. Good. book.

Cloth. First edition. xxviii, 351 pp.; xii, 343 pp. Illus. with 25 color plates and 25 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. No. 667 of 875 copies, with duplicate plates, one on plate paper, proofs before letters, and the other on Whatman paper, with title, and colored by hand. Includes Boston Daily newspaper ad clipping dated Dec. 6, 1889. Near fine copies; owner's book plate on front pastedown of Vol. I.

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.