By Col. H. C. Wylly
London   Percy Lund, Humphries & Co.
9" by 6" viii, 374; viii, 375-711pp.
Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates.
By Col. H. C. Wylly

1926 History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry From 1755 to 1914

London   Percy Lund, Humphries & Co.
9" by 6" viii, 374; viii, 375-711pp.
Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates.
£95.00
: 2kgs / : 829M11

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Folding Maps, Leather Binding, Uncommon

Bound in paper vellum with the gilt crest of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to the front board. Copy Number 60 of this work, originally belonging to the subscriber Captain H. B. Hibbert, who was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1913. Portrait frontispiece of Sir John Moore to Volume I. Portrait frontispiece of Lieutenant-General Archibald Browne Dyce to Volume I. 6 plates and 12 folding maps to Volume I. 17 plates and 3 folding maps to Volume II. Collated complete. A couple of the plates are in colour, and the folding maps depict the countries and battles mentioned in the text. Pocket to the rear of Volume I, containing 3 plans of the Battle of Thonhausen near Minden. Harold Carmichael Wylly (1858 – 1932) was a British Army colonel and military historian. Here he provides a history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and their battles from 1755 to 1914. He also features the records of uniforms, colours and medals of the K.O.Y.L.I and the particular histories of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Battalions.

Condition

Bound in paper vellum. Externally very smart except for some staining. In Volume 1 there is some historic silverfish damage to the front and rear paste downs, to the front and rear free end papers, and to the rear pocket containing 3 plans of the Battle of Thonhausen near Minden. Volume 2 has only minor silverfish damage to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with just some spots to the first and last pages. All folding maps in excellent condition.

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