The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries

A colourfully illustrated limited edition study on the history of the dress of the First Regiment of the Life Guards. A limited edition work, number forty-three of three hundred numbered copies of this work by Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven.A beautifully illustrated study of the Life Guards, the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals.Illustrated with forty tipped in colour plates, and a forty monochrome plates. Collated, complete.A wonderful examination of the military dress of this senior regiment, in the publisher's original full pigskin binding.Bookplate of Ernest J. Martin to the front paste down. In the original publisher's pigskin binding, rebacked. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities, resulting in a small amount of loss of leather. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the occasional scattered spot. Good. …