gronow rees howell captain (23 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Hardback without dustjacket; bookplate to paste-down; light crease to margin of pages, otherwise very good in scuffed and marked blue cloth boards. Second impression. ; Abridgement from the 1892 edition. Illustrated from contemporary sources. Gronow served with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in the Peninsular. ; 384 pages.

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also the clear plastic coating is peeling away from same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, a previous owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in four volumes between 1862 and 1866, this is an abridged one-volume edition with introduction by John Raymond. 384pp, 17 b&w illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gronow wrote his reminiscences in the early 1860s when he was an old man . They were hugely popular. This volume is based on the limited edition of 1889 and contains 17 full-page colour plates, including Joseph Grego's remarkable aquatints of etchings from original and contemporary sources. The spine has a slight lean. This book doesn't have a dust jacket but is covered in a clear removable plastic cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. to which are added 'The Last Recollections of Captain Gronow', original pictorial boards, rebacked with remains (aproximately 85%) of original backstrip relaid, corners rubbed, advertisement leaves, scattered spotting, good. first published 1870; 328 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Abridged edition. Abridged edition 1964 very good hardback, board corners and edges lightly rubbed, in a fair dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed with a little loss to some corners, small closed tears, spine browned, top and bottom of spine rubbed, bottom edges browned inside cover. Protected by clear removable archival covering. Owner's inscription. Not price clipped. 384 pages with index. Illustrations.

Hardcover. Etat : Good/Good. First Thus. 8vo. 353; 340pp. Illus. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Spine and corners bumped; Vol. I: front hinge tender, half-title and frontispiece partially detached, slightly foxed; Vol. II: front hinge tender, foxed. Book.

hardcover. Etat : 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. Etat : Good.

Etat : Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket ( paris, france, social life and customs, 19th century, europe ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. The spine of the other vol. is THE LAST RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW 1810-1860. Published in England 1984-1985. Both volumes are clean, no writing and show only slight wear. Measures 10.5" tall, 7" wide.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Faint blind stamp. 384pp. Several plates. Dust jacket a bit of wear to corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No DJ. Grego, Joseph (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Two Volumes. Pp: xv + 351. xii + 343. Gilt titles sp. All plates excised, except for frontis. Brown cloth bds. Embossed heraldic device, frt. bds. No. 733 of 870 sets. Cors. bumped, vol. i. The celebrate memoirs of Captain Rees H. Gronow, a Guards officer in the Napoleonic Wars, a dandy and an eye for th social scene. A nice set except for the missing plates.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. Joseph Grego (illustrateur). This is a near fine hardcover two volume set in green cloth, gold spine lettering, t.e.g., untrimmed edges. With the bookplate of Henry Raynor Wood. "Captain Gronow", was a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer, an unsuccessful parliamentarian, a dandy and a writer of celebrated reminiscences. Lots of upper class gossip and fake news, but a real hoot to read. Photos on request.

Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1892 Hardcover - no dj - 2-volume set - GOOD - some shelfwear/edgewear but still nice - Author: Howell, Captain Rees - Title: Reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow. Publisher: Scribners Oversized.

2 vols. Illustrated. Large thick 8vo, publisher's brown gilt cloth. First US edition; No. 479 of 870 copies, with the 25 illustrations in duplicate; one on plate paper, proofs before letters; and the other on Whatman paper with titles, and colored by hand. Old ink private ownership stamp; endsheets in Vol. II foxed; some light use to cloth; both volumes tight and sound.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 128 pages. 8.75x6.75x0.25 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Halbleder-O. Etat : Gut. -. 343 S., "Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) was a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer, an unsuccessful parliamentarian, a dandy and a writer of celebrated reminiscenes". (Wikipedia). - 8°, dunkelgrüner Halbmaroquinband mit rot. Ldr.-Rückenschild, Rückenvergoldung, und mont. goldgepr. Ldr-Exlibris auf Vordeckel: `E. Michahelles`sche Bibliothek. Hamburg`, Rücken aufgehellt, Ecken etwas berieben, Schnitt etwas stockfleckig, Seiten leicht gebräunt, schönes Exlibris auf Innendeckel (Aus den Büchern des Edgar Michahelles), gutes Exemplar 107268_Literatur Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.

Leather. Etat : Very Good. Joseph Grego (illustrateur). A Bickers bound set of the memoirs of Captain Gronow, a lovely edition complete with hand-coloured plates. Bound by Bickers.Complete in two volumes.The memoir and reminiscences of Captain Rees Howell Gronow, a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer and dandy.Gronow's memoirs recollect various anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs, and society, from 1810 to 1860.Volume I is illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and fifteen hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.Volume II is illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and sixteen hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.Bookplate of L. R. Rawlings to the recto of the front free endpapers. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Cracks to the head and tail of the front joint of Volume II. Spots to the fore edges. Bookplate to the recto of the front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Illustrated Edition. 2vols, 8vo (8.25 in x 5.5 in), pp. xxviii, 353, (1) engraved frontispiece portrait, index; xiv, 340, index, 32 plates after Joseph Grego. Fine binding of 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards, backs in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, gilt dots and center ornaments in the rest, top edges gilt, matching marbled endpapers. Near fine clean bright copy. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. H10167 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN HALF CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND MARBLING TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT OWNER SIGNATURE AND NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND COLORED PLATES, BOOKS MEASURE 9"x5.75". 128 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE IN SCARCE ZAEHNSDORF BINDING.

Fine binding. First Edition; First Printing. Both volumes Very Good in boards. Owner bookplates on front pastedowns of both volumes. Open tears on panel corners and spine crowns of both volumes. Large closed tears on spine side edge of volume 1. Light shelfwear on panels and panel edges of both volumes. Light bumping on spine of both volumes.