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RICHARDS Book of the Fancy Fair in Aid of the Funds for the Proposed Drill Hall for the First ( Exeter and South Devon ) Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment
James Townsend [Printed by], U.K. 1887. Card Covers. Good/No Jacket. 9 pages of advertisements + 53 pages, with with many illustrations of soldiers in various uniforms and several plates taken from photographs. and a further 11 pages of advertisements to the rear, including many interesting businesses such as 'A. Olson & Co - Sanitary Woolen Underclothing' and a full page notice regarding 'The Electric Lighting... Taunton Electric Lighting Co. on the Thomson -Houston System of Arc Lighting' who would be lighting the Bazaar and inviting interested parties to apply to view the 'Generating Machinery'. in thin card covers. Size 8.25 inches tall by 6.5 inches. Contents : Pro Aris Et Focis, By S. T. Whiteford; The Advantages Of A Drill Hall, By W. J. Richards (Late Captain 1st R.V.); Roll Of The Ist (Exeter & South Devon) Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regt. (Late Ist Rifle Volunteers), October, 1887; The Formation Of The Ist Rifle Volunteers (By G. Pycroft); Contemporary Press Report Of The First Inspection Of The 1st Rifle Volunteers, 6th Oct. 1852; Names Of Those Members Of The 1st R.V. Who Joined The Regiment Within The First Six Months Of Its Formation--1st October, 1852,--March, 1853; Old Volunteer Song ;The Volunteers In 1887 (By Permission Of The Graphic); The Old Volunteers, By The Editor; An Old Exeter Volunteer Cadet Corps, By G. Townsend; The Colours Of Two Old Exeter Infantry Regiments Of Volunteers, By The Editor; A Hint From Sir Walter Scott; List Of Old Devonshire Volunteers Programme Of The Fair; List Of Subscribers To The Drill Hall Fund. The Illustrations By P. B. Hayward, Captain L. A. D. Montague, 1st V.B.D.R.; G. Townsend, S. T. Whiteford, And The Editor. Originally stapled now conventially stitched in thin card covers chipped/worn to corners and edges, with slight loss to extreme corners, some light browning, aging rather than spotting, there are also several stamps throughout the book in the form of a shield with the legend 'The Coach & Horses 146 St. Sidwell's Exeter', with the name 'J.C. Lamacraft' on a banner. Presumably showing the ownership of the book, the landlord of this famous Exeter Public House. A RARE & EXTREMELY INTERESTING BOOK , PLEASE EMAIL FOR SCANS Shipped Weight: 750gms-1kgm. Category: History Cornwall Devon Military Inventory No: 000669.
Offered for GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 199.12 by: John T. & Pearl Lewis - Book number: 000669
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