Her Majesty’s Army [3 Volumes]
Walter Richards, Her Majesty’s Army, 3 Volumes, London: J S Virtue & Co Limited, [1888-91], 3 Volumes
Volume I: A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments now Comprising the Queen's Forces, from their first Establishment to the Present Time, iv + 352 pages including colour frontispiece chromolithographic plate + colour vignette chromolithographic plate to title page + 14 full-page colour chromolithograph plates illustrated by G D Giles
Volume II: A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments now Comprising the Queen's Forces, from their first Establishment to the Present Time, 352 pages including colour frontispiece chromolithographic plate + colour vignette chromolithographic plate to title page + 14 full-page colour chromolithograph plates illustrated by G D Giles
Volume III: Indian and Colonial Forces: A Descriptive Account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen’s forces in India and the colonies, vi + 376 pages including colour frontispiece chromolithographic plate + colour vignette chromolithographic plate to title page + 14 full-page colour chromolithograph plates illustrated by G D Giles
Illustrated original red pebbled cloth over boards, black ink lettering, bevelled boards, gilt titling, chocolate brown end papers, all edges gilt (each)
11.25 x 9 in (28.5 x 22.7 cm) (each)
The set of 3 volumes, including the supplementary volume on the Indian and Colonial Forces. A descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time (vols I & II) and In India and the Colonies (vol III). Depicting a variety of divisions in the regiments of the Queen's forces, such as: the royal artillery, the horse guards, the Bengal cavalry, Victorian forces, the Welsh regiment, the Royal marines, etc. Illustrated with beautiful colour plates by Godfrey Douglas Giles, Frank Feller, and others.
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