The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, 1900

The memoirs of popular society Dandy, Captain Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865), who served as a Welsh Grenadier and an unsuccessful politician, who at one stage ended up in debtor's prison.

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and society 1810-1860. With Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources by Joseph Grego. In Two Volumes.

Published by John C. Nimmo, London, and Charles Scribners Sons, New York. 1900 first edition. Printed in Great Britain. First published as a limited edition the previous year.

A very good set of 2 blue hardbacks with colourful armorials to front covers and titles to spine. Blue cloth has a simulated leather effect. Plain blue endpapers with just a little give in the spine, but all soundly bound. Spines slightly sunned.

Provenance - Bookplates to front pastedowns of 'Sir Archibald Hamilton Dunbar of Northfield, Seventh Baronet.'

Text is bright and clean throughout with gilt top edge. Plates are well presented. 

Text in English.

Vol I: xxvii + 353pp + Plates;

Vol II: xi + 340pp + Plates + 16pp Publisher's advertisements.

Weight approximately 1.5kg (the set - unpacked).

Approx Dimensions: Each volume 217mm high x 150mm wide x 33mm deep.