Groves colonel percy (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Exceptionally well illustrated history with full colour plates by the acclaimed artist Harry Payne. 1st Edition 1893. 30pp., with 4 tissue guarded plates of soldiers/Officer groups from the Regiment. The plates are outstanding and in exceptional condition. The book has a couple of minor blemishes, age fading to spine, foxing to endpapers and Officers bookplate, otherwise it is the nicest example we have seen. Ships from UK. Harry Payne (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Three volumes, quarto, printed boards, plain red cloth spines, general wear to spine extremities, and scuffing to covers, loosening to textblocks and some splitting otherwise bindings holding. Each volume illustrated with 4 chromolithographic plates with description on the tissue guards, volumes 1 and 3 have additional chromolithographic plates of tartans. All published of a planned 17 volume set. This is a heavy set (1.9 kg net weight) and may require additional for postage/shipping. [QH] [QP]. PAYNE, Harry (illustrator).…

Hard. Zustand: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in original decorated cloth binding. Published Guernsey: Frederick B Guerin, 1903. Thick 8vo., 7 1/4" x 9 3/4", 454pp., plus 2pp. errata, frontis portrait, 16 chromolithograph plates by the author (15 of uniforms, 1 of colours(flags)), 15 portrait plates and 2 others, 6 folding maps and 4 text maps. Blind embossed royal blue cloth with bevelled boards, gilt titles, gilt cover emblem. An important and rare work on the Regiment. Spine uniformly faded, small band of fade across top of front cover, minor rub at the lower tips, light foxing to edge of page block, very slight ocassional foxing to some margins. Ink ownership inscription of Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore (1880-1953), (Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Fusiliers) on blacnk before title: "A.C.S. Chichester, Royal Fusiliers, April 28th. 1905." Very good plus clean, attractive copy, pages and plates pristine. Scarce.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. folio., 30 pp. inc. appendixes. c.p 5 colour plates with titled tissue guards.browned foredges, browned endpapers, thumbmarks to margins, light browning, good plus in original quarter cloth with pictorial paper covered boards, browned, worn, mootled cloth good Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Payne, Harry (illustrator).…

Each volume has about 30pp. of text and 4 chromolithographic plates by Harry Payne; 1st and 3rd volumes have an additional chromolithographic plate of relevant tartans. Original coloured pictorial boards with cloth backstrip. Boards showing some edge wear and general soiling , the backstrip of volume three is worn. Internally an excellent set. First edition of a projected larger series, most of which were never published. Photographs avilable.…

Hardcover. Important and substantial record of the Regiment with very useful and detailed biographical details of Officers. Also 16 exceptional coloured plates by the author, who is rightly renowned for their quality (all but one uniform plates). 454pp., ills., maps, appendices, errata details. Rare in original blue binding, gilt, very faded and some wear, including deep chip to rear board. However contents very firm and tight and plates, which are protected by tissue are near fine. A scarce book retaining original authentic binding.…