HISTORY OF THE 2nd DRAGOONS -- THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS 1678-1893
by Groves, Percy & Payne, Harry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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mansfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
W & A K Johnston, Edinburgh. 1893., 1893 A professionally rebound book with cream cloth and a red cloth spine. The original illustrated covers have been placed onto a thick paper and pasted onto the front and rear covers. Book size a bit larger than 10 by 12 inches. Some 30 pages plus four full page chromolithograph color plates by HARRY PAYNE. Front cover is illustrated with a Payne image of some eleven members of various Scottish regiments in dress. Rear cover lists only three books in this series (This is Book No. 2). Each of the brilliant color plates of Scottish soldiers in battle and out has a captioned tissue guard. Harry Payne was arguably the finest artist of the period in illuminating military themes. Text consists of some 18 pages of history of the regiment followed by Appendices relating to officers and their status over the years (Served, medalists, colonels, Waterloo, etc). Very slight wear to the book with a bright clean interior. The pasted-on original covers show signs of original wear, scuffing, chipping. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- the book scot (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8233
- Title
- HISTORY OF THE 2nd DRAGOONS -- THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS 1678-1893
- Author
- Groves, Percy & Payne, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- W & A K Johnston, Edinburgh. 1893.
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, REGIMENT, MILITARY, HARRY PAYNE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scotland;
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the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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