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THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW: BEING ANECDOTES OF THE CAMP, COURT, CLUBS, AND SOCIETY, 1810-1860

THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW: BEING ANECDOTES OF THE CAMP, COURT, CLUBS, AND SOCIETY, 1810-1860 by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). GRONOW, [REES HOWELL]

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Title
THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW: BEING ANECDOTES OF THE CAMP, COURT, CLUBS, AND SOCIETY, 1810-1860
Author
(BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). GRONOW, [REES HOWELL]
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: [Printed by Ballantyne and Co. for] J. C. Nimmo, 1889. No. 22 OF 870 COPIES printed for England and America with 25 plates in two states. 267 x 168 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 5/8"). Two volumes.. EXTREMELY HANDSOME RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, VERY INTRICATELY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-ins and with special oval gilt stamp on rear pastedowns), covers with wide filigree frame with densely massed scrolling fleurons, raised bands (unevenly spaced in the continental style) forming five compartments, the second and two small bottom compartments with titling, the top and elongated middle compartment decorated with intricate gilt in the same way as the boards, broad inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers (with a thickly gilt lining between dentelles and pastedowns), top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. With 50 plates (comprising 25 images, each in two states: one proof before letters done on plate paper, the other on Whatman paper, titled and hand colored), as called for. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of John Raymond Danson. ◆A couple of very faint scratches on back cover of volume II, just a hint of rubbing at top and bottom of lower joint of same volume, corners gently rubbed, but AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY in remarkably decorative morocco, the text virtually spotless, and the bindings extremely lustrous and scarcely worn. Offered here as a particularly beautiful set, these "reminiscences" provide a memorable window into military and social life in London and on the continent during the half century preceding the author's death (at 71) in 1865. Captain Rees Howell Gronow had a knack for being in the right place at the right time, whether it be the Almack's assembly rooms where he was present for the introduction of the "shocking" new waltzes that replaced reel dances, or the Battle of Waterloo, for which he provided one of the finest eyewitness accounts. He also had the ability to write of his adventures in an entertaining fashion. After serving in the army for nearly 10 years, he returned to London with the intention of entering politics and, more importantly, pursuing life as a man about town. He purchased the house that had belonged to Beau Brummell, the famous dandy whose dress and manners were obviously an inspiration to Gronow. His political career was brief, as he was unable to afford the bribes necessary to sustain it. According to DNB, he then "devoted the next thirty years to a life of idleness and fashionable pursuits in London and, later, in Paris, where he was present during the coup d'état of 1-2 December 1851." He also began work on these memoirs, first published in 1861, with a second edition and three sequels to follow. DNB tells us that these accounts are accurate as to "his personal experiences, . . . the state of Paris in 1815, the condition of society in London in his own time, and the doings of the court of Napoleon III," but are not to be relied upon when Gronow embarks, however amusingly, on gossip about persons he never met. The present limited edition is illustrated with charming engravings selected by art writer Joseph Grego (1843-1908), and the book's glimmering, elaborately decorated morocco is very striking..
JEAN SEBERG | BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1957) Photo - 2

JEAN SEBERG | BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1957) Photo - 2 by Columbia

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JEAN SEBERG | BONJOUR TRISTESSE (1957) Photo - 2
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Columbia
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Columbia. No binding. Near Fine. [Hollywood]: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm) black-and-white print still photo, small mended tear in blank top, near fine. An unusual portrait of Jean Seberg, immaculately dressed in a costume by Hope Bryce, appropriate to her character Cecile's summer sojourn on the French Riviera. Photo is coded "BT-3-AD".
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Autograph manuscript fair copy of apparently two poems: "Thoughts in a Burial Place" and "More than they that watch for the morning by CONDER, Josiah (1789-1855), bookseller, author and poet

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Autograph manuscript fair copy of apparently two poems: "Thoughts in a Burial Place" and "More than they that watch for the morning
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CONDER, Josiah (1789-1855), bookseller, author and poet
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
N.p., 1809. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8 pages, 8vo, two bifolium each tipped to the same sheet of heavy paper, signed by Conder at bottom of fourth page. With a three-line note by Conder at the end of the second poem about the resemblance of it to an Olney Hymn of William Cooper's. (BA) Conder was a correspondent of Robert Southey and was well-connected to Romantic authors of his day as editor of the British literary magazine 'The Eclectic Review' and the Nonconformist and abolitionist newspaper 'The Patriot'. These poems were written in his teenage years when he worked as an assistant in his family's bookshop in the City of London; he took over the business in 1811 and then left it around 1819 when offered the editorship of 'The Eclectic Review'.
Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993-1999

Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993-1999 by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. VERKLER

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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993-1999
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ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. VERKLER
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. First editions. Seven volumes. Fine.
Auld Acquaintances: Famous Music from the James Fuld Collection

Auld Acquaintances: Famous Music from the James Fuld Collection by J. Rigbie Turner

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Auld Acquaintances: Famous Music from the James Fuld Collection
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J. Rigbie Turner
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
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New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1995 catalogue of the exhibition at The Morgan Library. Bright and Fine in its original stapled wrappers. Octavo, 48 pgs.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NORMAL SCHOOLS AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED AT THEIR FIRST MEETING HELD AT MADISON, JULY 15, 1857. TOGETHER WITH THE LAW CREATING THE SAME

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NORMAL SCHOOLS AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED AT THEIR FIRST MEETING HELD AT MADISON, JULY 15, 1857. TOGETHER WITH THE LAW CREATING THE SAME by Wisconsin

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NORMAL SCHOOLS AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED AT THEIR FIRST MEETING HELD AT MADISON, JULY 15, 1857. TOGETHER WITH THE LAW CREATING THE SAME
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Wisconsin
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Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Rublee, 1857. Original printed wrappers [light wear and soil], stitched. 22, [1], [1 blank] pp. Some spotting, else Very Good. The beginning of the Wisconsin Normal School system. A Normal School "is one in which students are educated with especial reference to fitting them for teaching in our public Schools." Course of study is set forth, with other Rules for the Government of the Board of Regents of Normal Schools. The 'Act for the Encouragement of Academies and Normal Schools,' passed at the 1857 session, is printed. FIRST EDITION. AII 381.
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Queen Mary, A Drama by Tennyson, Alfred

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Queen Mary, A Drama
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Tennyson, Alfred
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James R. Osgood, Boston, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. This first American edition of Tennyson's influential work bears the bookplate and signature of Robert Clarence Pruyn, who was a famous American inventor, banker, businessman, and politician. Among other things, he established the Santanoni Preserve in the Adirondack Mountains, which is today a state park and National Historic Landmark. Book Condition: Good - original green boards with gilt decorations and title; head and tail of spine worn; some rubbing to corners, otherwise covers mostly clean with a few spots to back cover; pages clean.
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Novoe v Preduprezhdenii i Lechenii Maliarii [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve] by Sergiev, P. G.

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Novoe v Preduprezhdenii i Lechenii Maliarii [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve]
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Sergiev, P. G.
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
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Moscow: Pravda, 1948. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 23; stapled printed wraps; very minor wear - near fine or better. “Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii†(The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the ‘League of Militant Atheists’, or ‘The Union of the Godless’, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and anti-religious organization of common workers and intelligentsia. In 1947 the Society commenced publishing journals and propaganda materials and it sponsored lectures, demonstrations and parades. Dedicated to eradicating religious beliefs and promoting science and knowledge, the public lectures were diligently recorded and printed (an example of which is the current one) in a pamphlet form with numerous illustrations. The topics covered scientific discoveries, Communist leaders’ works and speeches, etc. In 1963 the organization was yet again renamed to ‘Znanie’ (Knowledge) and it is still in existence today. Subject: Malaria
THE PLEASURES OF SMOKING

THE PLEASURES OF SMOKING by Watkins, Sylvestre C. (Compiled by)

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THE PLEASURES OF SMOKING
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Watkins, Sylvestre C. (Compiled by)
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Tan illustrated cloth covered boards. Good
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New York: HENRY SCHUMAN, 1948. Hardcover. Tan illustrated cloth covered boards. Good. 203 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Filled with poetry, fiction, narratives, anecdotes and humor. Authors include: Melville, Kipling, Thackeray, Longfellow, Twain, Wilde, Doyle, Fielding, Zola, and many more. Illustrated throughout. Interior lightly toned. Boards water stained at bottom edge. Dust wrapper price clipped, rubbed and chipped. Covered in protective mylar.

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