Reminiscences Recollections Two by Gronow Captain Joseph Grego (5 results)

Condition: Good. 25 plates, in duplicate, one set proofs and one set hand-coloured. (illustrator). Numbered Limited Edition. 25 plates, in duplicate, one set proofs and one set hand-coloured. Original boards, blotched; inner hinges cracked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Grego, Joseph (illustrator). 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. Condition: Good+. First Edition; Limited edtion. With Etched and Aquatint Illustrations by Joseph Grego; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 694 pages; 1st edition, thus; limited to 870 sets for England and America, this set numbered 453. Two volumes, complete in original brown cloth with seal in 3 colors to upper boards and titles in gilt to spines. 351 & 343 pp. Bindings shaken and hinges tender with splits to rear endpages in both volumes. Cloth nicked and frayed at spine ends, with trace rub through at corner tips. A mall closed puncture to the cloth at spine Vol II. Handsomely illustrated with 25 etchings and aquatint engravings by Greco, supplied in duplicate with the 2nd hand colored and all tissue guarded. Front and rear endpages foxed; title page of Vol I cracking in the gutter and nearly loose. Here and there a mild gap between signatures and several plates coming loose from the binding. Prior ownership small name and address label to front pastedown and a small ink name stamp in the gutter of the contents page. A good set for rebinding or rebacking. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

Cloth. Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 2 vols; blue cloth, 2 portrait frontis, top edge gilt; superficial cracks in v. 2, small scattered foxing, firm solid copy.