The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897 by Captain R J MacDonald - 1899

Crecy Books, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Small ownership label on front fixed end-paper.Pp.xx,104 + 24 coloured plates at end. Black and white illustrations in text. First published in a limited edition in 1899.

(Bristol): Crecy Books (Cathedral Pub, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Originally published in 1899. Quarto. xx, 104pp., xxiv color plates. Small bookstore label on front pastedown, else near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with short tears on spine ends and corners.

Crecy Books. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. Hardback; foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in scratched, chipped and creased dustjacket. ; Reprint of 1899 edition. Tracing the development of the uniforms of the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery. With 25 colour plates by the author, and numerous b/w line drawings in the text. ; 104 pages .

Henry Sotheran, London, 1899. Coloured plates & other illustrations. Folio (13 x 10 inches), 131-pages including list of subscribers. Original cloth-backed boards; binding soiled, large piece torn from half-title not affecting text.

London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. Small folio. Only fair externally as the spine is discoloured and with some wear/tear at the spine ends. Board tips a little worn also. Bevelled edges. Lower front hinge cracked. Ownership inscription. Generally good internally. Pp.xviii,131. Frontispiece and 24 full-page tissue-guarded colour plates. Some foxing to the tissue guards but the colour plates are clean except for the surround to one plate. Many black and white illustrations in text. This is one of 700 subscribers' copies, the total print-run being 1500.

London: Henry Sotheran & Co. , 1899. Cloth. Good. 13" by 10". Captain R. J. MacDonald. A beautifully illustrated work of military history, compiled and illustrated by Captain R. J. MacDonald Strictly limited to a printing of 1500 copies, with this particular volume appers to be one of the 300 volumes published for general sale. This particular work explores the dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1625 to 1869. Illustrated throughout by Captain R. J. MacDonald, this work documents the changes in military attire over a period of 200 years. Also included is a later supplement, dated 1925, entitled 'The Royal Regiment of Artillery', complied by Lieut.-Col J. H Leslie and Col. E. A. P. Hobday. With a list of subscribers to the rear of the volume. Collated, incomplete, with one plate lacking. 23 plates remain. This particular volume is ideal for those with a keen interest in military history, or indeed clothing designs of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In a quarter… Read More

London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1899.. First edition, one of 700 "Subscriber's" copies. 4to. 131, (1) pp. Publisher's cream cloth backed blue boards, red and black printed text to upper cover and with gilt crests to both sides Frontispiece and 24 colour plates. Some edge wear and soiling to the covers, two scratches to the lower cover, otherwise a decent copy.

London: Sotheran, 1899 xviii, 131pp. Frontis. and 24 col. illustrations, tissue guarded. Subscribers copy. Limited publication of 300 copies for Guarantors and 700 copies for subscribers and 500 copies for sale, on completion the plates were destroyed. Boards marked and with very slight loss. Content VG+.