Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of The Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860.
London: Nimmo, 1889. 2 volumes. Four woodcuts, and twenty etched and aquatint illustrations from contemporary sources by Joseph Greco. Small 4to, 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards and endpapers. London: John C. Nimmo, 1899. Very good (+). Large paper copy. One of 870 numbered copies. A very good set of the celebrated and entertaining society "gossip" who moved in the best circles and knew everybody worth knowing -- from Monk Lewis and Beau Brummell, to Wellington and Louis Napoleon. With the..... More