9780950769776 - Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow di Gronow, R.H. (20 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustratore). 1984. R.S. Surtees Soc, Frome, 1984. Hard cover, light brown boards, gilt titles. Book condition : Very good, clean tight text.Very mild spotting page edges. Seventeen coloured plates. Heavy book may require extra postage. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #007964. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. N/A.

Condizione: Used - Very Good. VG hardback. New edition. First volume. In brown cloth, with gilt, silver & red lettering & coat-of-arms. 13 colour illustrations. Page fore-edge lightly foxed, with a few spots of faint foxing in text. Being 'Anecdotes of the Camp, the Court and the Clubs at the close of the last war with France' and 'Recollections and anecdotes'.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. A clean hardcover in very good condition; light bumped upper corners. No DJ. NOTE: Slightly oversize volume; no priority or overseas Amazon orders.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Captain Gronow, served as an officer in the First Guards, and here provides a firsthand account of his experiences in the military, high society, and various social circles from 1810 to 1860. His writings offer a unique perspective on camp life, court intrigue, fashionable clubs, and society gatherings during the Napoleon Wars. Quarto, 351 pp. w/ 17 color plates. Brown cloth with armorial stamp on upper board. From private collection. Spine slant evident. Cloth shows some light wear and soling, including small faint stain to upper board. Text and plates remain clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. 350pp. Colour plates.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Unmarked copy. 17 coloured plates.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. A classic volume of Regency and early Victorian memoir, Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow offers a vivid, witty and often sharply observed portrait of high society, military life and notable figures of the age. Captain Rees Howell Gronow, a Guards officer and celebrated man-about-town, recounts duels, salons, campaigns and scandals with unmatched charm and insider detail. Long valued for its authenticity and lively storytelling, this remains an essential work for readers of Napoleonic history, Regency culture and 19th-century memoir. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1984 R. S. Surtees society version of The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow. Hardback version in near fine condition, small marks on base of pages (image included).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1984 edition from the Surtees Scociety. Contains 'Anecdotes of the Camp, the Court & the Clubs at the close of the last war with France' & ' Recollections & Anecdotes'. Firmly bound & very carefully read. The book is in VG clean condition. There is a little light spotting to the page edges but inside the pages are clean. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated with 17 colour plates. A heavy book.

Facsimile reprint. Near-fine copy bound in full, gilt-blocked aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxviii, 351 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Spine title: The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow 1810-1860. Facsimile of v. 1 of the limited edition, London : Nimmo, 1889. Subjects: Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell) - 1794-1865. Anecdotes - Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Good ++. 1st Edition. 351 pages. Glasine (see-through) dustjacket which is rubbed and has snag with noticeable loss to top of spine. Very clean toffee-brown hardback binding with gilt-coloured, silver and red heraldic emblem to front board and bright gold-coloured titles to spine. Light wear to spine-ends. Top page-edges foxed o/w pages very clean.

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.

Facsimile reprint. Near-fine copy bound in full, gilt-blocked aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxviii, 351 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Spine title: The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow 1810-1860. Facsimile of v. 1 of the limited edition, London : Nimmo, 1889. Subjects: Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell) - 1794-1865. Anecdotes - Great Britain. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Grego, Joseph (illustratore). 1984. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Volume One Only. Brown cloth. Gilt titles. Gilt and red heraldic crest to front cover. Colour plates. Bookplate to front pastedown. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condizione: New. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the gilt arms to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dust wrapper is not called for however the publisher's clear acetate wrapper is present. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow is a fascinating memoir by Rees Howell Gronow, a former British army captain and Member of Parliament. The book offers a vivid glimpse into 19th-century British society, covering anecdotes from the military, aristocracy, and social clubs between 1810 and 1860. Gronow's writing is witty and engaging, bringing to life the Regency period and the Napoleonic Wars with personal stories and observations. He shares insights into high society, military life, and political intrigue, making it a valuable historical account. The book includes portraits and illustrations from contemporary sources. Ref LLL 3.

TWO VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION - PROTECTED WITH ACETATE COVERS AND NO DUSTWRAPS.PREVIOUS OWNER`S BOOKPLATES ON EACH VOLUME. 13 COLOUR PLATES.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint. Facsimile reprint, illustrated. Brown cloth covers, with heraldic device on front cover. 351pp, near Fine. Glassine cover.

[0-9507697-7-0] 1984. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 351pp. Brown cloth with titles in gilt and crest on front board. Frontispiece, color plates, index. Marginal note on p. 79, lightly edgeworn. (Biography, British Army, Military, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War).