1. "Headdresses of the British Army - Yeomanry" by Wiliam Young Carman, F.S.A., F.R. Hist.S.: Hardcover, copyrighted by the author in 1970, published by Wiliam Young Carman of Sutton, Surrey, printed by Clark and Son (Printers) Limited of Sutton, Surrey, SBN 902562 01 0. It begins with a Foreword by the author, the remainder of the book containing text and photographs for each of the following Yeomanry Regiments: Berkshire; Berwickshire; Buckinghamshire; Cheshire; Denbighshire; Derbyshire; Devonshire, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry; Essex; Fifeshire; Glasgow; Gloucestershire; Hertfordshire; Ireland, North Irish Horse; Ireland, South Irish Horse; Lanarkshire; Lancashire, Duke of Lancaster's Own Hussars; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; London, Rough Riders; London, Westminster Dragoons; London, Sharpshooters; Lothian, East; Lothian, Mid-; Lovat Scouts; Montgomeryshire; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Pembrokeshire; Shropshire; Somerset, East; Somerset, North; Staffordshire; Suffolk; Surrey; Sussex; Worcestershire; Yorkshire Hussars; Yorkshire Dragoons; Yorkshire, 2nd West; Yorkshire, East Riding; Imperial Yeomanry. A publisher's insert tab appears between pages 42 and 43 stating "Corrigendum - Illustrations of plates 18 and 39 have been transposed." The book contains 88 pages of detailed text along with forty black and white photographic plates, printed in black ink, on a coated white paper stock, page 4 with a colour photograph of a Worcestershire Yeomanry Officers' Helmet c.1850, measuring 180 mm (w) x 233 mm (h) x 10 mm (d), the pages pristine.
2. "Headdresses of the British Army - Cavalry" by Wiliam Young Carman, F.S.A., F.R. Hist.S.: Softcover, copyrighted by the author in 1968, published by Wiliam Young Carman of Sutton, Surrey, printed by R.A. Printing Press Limited of Woolwich. It begins with an Introduction, followed by an Acknowledgements. The book is divided into six chapters (1 - The Hat; 2 - Household Cavalry; 3 - Heavy Cavalry; 4 - Light Dragoons; 5 - Hussars; 6 - Lancers), each chapter illustrating the various versions in existence for that particular unit. The book contains 88 pages of detailed text along with forty black and white photographic plates, printed in black ink, on a coated white paper stock, page 4 with a colour photograph of a Helmet of the 15th Light Dragoons c.1767, measuring 178 mm (w) x 227 mm (h) x 6 mm (d), exhibiting crinkling at the upper left on the front cover, however, the pages remaining pristine.
Together, near extremely fine.
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