12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
  Lot 151
 

151

Wylly, Col. H.C. Neill's Blue Caps. Being the Record of the Antecedents and early History of...

Wylly, Col. H.C. Neill's Blue Caps. Being the Record of the Antecedents and early History of the Regiment variously known as the East India Company's European Regiment, the Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Regiment, the 1st Madras European Fuziliers, the 1st Madras Fuziliers, the 102nd Royal Madras Fuziliers, and the 1st Batallion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Ireland: Schull Books, 1996. 8vo (3 vols with map case). org. blue buckram, spines lettered in gilt, in slipcase; portrait frontis., numerous plates, some in colour, 13 maps loosely inserted in map case. Limited edition no. 119 of 200. A limited reprint of a scarce privately printed history of a long and storied regiment, covering their service from 1639-1922. This covers their long association with India up to the then recently-finished war. This history includes many of the most significant military actions of the British Raj from its earliest days.
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A near fine set.

 


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