The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860. Two Volumes, Complete
by Gronow, Captain & Joseph Grego (Illust. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner & Welford. Good+. 1889. First Edition; Limited edtion. Hardcover. 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. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40584
- Title
- The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860. Two Volumes, Complete
- Author
- Gronow, Captain & Joseph Grego (Illust. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition; Limited edtion
- Publisher
- Scribner & Welford
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Shaken
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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