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Historical Record of the Twenty-Sixth, or Cameronian Regiment. Edited by Thomas Carter. FIRST ISSUE
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with a lithographed frontispiece finely coloured by hand (original tissue guard present) and 2 lithographed plates finely coloured by hand (original tissue guards present), some mild age-staining to title and last few leaves, contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original red cloth, upper board with blind frame border enclosing title in gilt, gilt edges, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, new yellow endpapers to style, boards mildly age-stained else a very good, firm copy. With a small quanitity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The second dedicated history of the regiment, following the anonymous account of 1828. The plates comprise one of colours and two of uniform (1713 and 1866). Carter was Cannon's assistant in the compilation of the latter's well-known 'Historical Records' series. At Cannon's retirement Carter was considered as editor but the Treasury elected to discontinue the series and Carter therefore published this work independently. Unsold copies were reissued in 1883 with an additional eight pages titled 'Conclusion of the Historical Record' and 24 coloured plates of uniform by Simkin. In this Second Issue the plate of 1713 is often missing. Very scarce. Sutcliffe, p.167; White, p.79.
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