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Wylly, H.C. [Col.]. History of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, from 1755-1914 with 6 Illustrations & 12 Maps, Volume I (Only). London: Percy, Lund, Humphries & Co., Ltd., ND [Circa 1930]. First Edition, First Printing. pp. viii, 374. Royal 8vo. Lilac cloth over boards with gilt rules, lettering and aromorial plate of the regiment to the front board, spine; untrimmed pages edges. Faint library stamps to the endpapers otherwise, no other library marks internally, or externally. Colour frontispiece depicting John Moore, and accompanied with a plethora of black and white maps, photographic reproductions, illustrations, et al. Pocket affixed to rear pastedown featuring two folded maps. Very light bumping to the spine ends, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good. Inscribed to Lt.-Col. R.B.L. Thompson from Major General (later Lieutenant General) Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE (1899-1986) of the K.O.Y.L.I. in ink to the front pastedown. Hardcover. (#1582) $85.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
