Books on Uniform, Badges, Equipment & Colours,

The 1742 Clothing Book

A Representation of the Clothing of His Majesty’s Household and all the Forces upon the Establishments of Great Britain & Ireland.

This very Rare book of approx. 100 full colour plates is hear reproduced for only the second time since 1742 (the first time being 1893 when 25 copies were produced).

This edition has each plates reproduced in full colour 9x6" size mounted onto an art card page of 160gms. Each page is had sewn with a title & contents page and bound with hard covers, covered with scarlet buckram cloth and re-enforced black leather corners. The spine & front cover with gold leaf lettering & design. The book has its own slip case with the scarlet buckram covering.

This production run of only 150 numbered copies is a once in a lifetime chance for the modern day collector to purchase the full book with ALL the original subjects as it was once. Cost of Book & Slipcase £ 175.00. 2 Kg+

Uniforms of the Officers of the British Army c1819,

Based on a chart by C.Marcuard

This very special publication uses the Chart illustrated by C.Marcuard (late Q.M.G. Dept) to illustrate all the Regiments of the Army(126) with 4 of Staff, 8 of R.A., R.M., Dept’s, and 8 others.

Using details of existing items of uniform & headdress, information published and new research to add to the details already available this publication is a unique example of a totally new subject never covered before using new technology to create a lavishly illustrated, well produced publication.

With 146 new illustrations painted specially by the miniaturist artist Terrence Pratt using a technique to shown the maximum amount of detail. Each of the 146 FULL COLOUR illustrations are A5 size making 73 A4 colour plates plus details of each Regiments service, Battle Honours with photographs of examples of some of the uniforms, lace, headdress in the appendix. All hand bound in scarlet buckram cloth, with a slipcase covered with the same material. Size A4 landscape. Cost of book & slip case £149.50 2Kg+ (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Infantry and Corps Headdress Badges 1829 to 1844

By G.F.McWilliam, Illustrated by B.Hugill

As a result of over 30 years research, G.McWilliam has written & instructed artist B.Hugill on the designs & detail of these very complicated badges. With Officer & OR styles of the various know examples of the Shako badges of all Guards, Infantry Regiments , Corps and Miscellaneous units Each badge design of which some Regiments have several, has a full description of when worn, construction, when & where seen, in what collection, auction price etc. The finished book has 280 A4 Landscape pp, showing 250 badges. Produced on high quality 160gms art card, hand bound, covered in black buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering & large gold leaf badge design on front cover.

Cost 85.00. 1.410 Kg (Example of this book shown in photograph)

The first book to be published on this subject for over 34, G.McWilliams has spent the last 40 years of careful research much of which has been done in institutions now longer in existence. Information has for this new research has come from the large collections appeared for sale on the open market and various displays & private collections. In this book there are 290 high quality B & W photos taken by the author 140 new variations never published before. With a text for each subject giving a detailed description of size, special features, where & when worn, fixings, Officer types, where seen in auction etc. It also includes Forward, Introduction, Details of Restrikes, Societies, Auctioneers & Salesrooms .The finished book of 90pp, A4 portrait size using 120gms art card. Hand bound using black buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering & design of 24^th Foot Glengarry badge on front cover. All to match the design of his first book. Cost £30. 670gms (Example of this book shown in photograph)

British Uniform Patten Book 1886 or Jones’s Tailors Patten Book 1886

With the introduction of each new edition of the various "Dress Regulations" the Master Tailors and various contractors has to have an illustrated account of how they were going to supply the new pattern of uniforms to the Officers of the Regiments & Government Dept’s. who would then place orders with these manufactures. Each Regimental Taylor had to submit a pattern book of detailed designs with all dimensions & cutting details etc. before being accepted to his position within the Regiment.

This edition covers the new regulations for the "Territorial" Regiments with their title & dress which was to last as the final patterns for full dress for a further 80 years. The book covers Full Dress, Undress, Mess Dress, Service Dress, etc. of each Regiment in the Army as well as Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Vol’s & Yeomanry, Royal Household, Civilian etc. There are over 120 Rank Types/Types of Regiments shown.

This edition is reduced in size to A4 and has 21 FULL COLOUR Plates, 100’s line drawings, line patterns & illustrations, 60pp of text. Cost £ 35.00 . 730 gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Originally published in 1900 and covering the design of badges worn up to 1809, this book gives in insight into the design & manufacture of Shoulder belt plate , Eqaulette, shoulder strap & wings. Produced A4 size pf 98pp showing 86 different designs with an index of 4 pages. Cost £ 17.00. 430 gms.

Regimental Badges 5^th Edition by Major T.J.Edwards

This the latest edition of the classic work includes the new designs of badges for the "larger Regiments" and newly formed T & A.V.R. Also included are "Divisional" badges, Brigade of Gurkha’s, Yeomanry Regiments, Val’s Artillery & Engineers, and the Territorial Bt’s. As well as up to 6 designs for each new "Large" Regiment, the subject of the history of badge design with its changes and many more details & complex information is given on the subject. With 380pp, with 450 badge designs & headdress illustrations. Produced A5 size. Cost £25.00. 600 gms.

Shoulder Belt Plates & Buttons. By Major H.G.Parkyn

For over 30 years this was the only book on this subject. It places on record some of the many changes in the design of the Shoulder-Belt Plate & Buttons worn by the Regular Army. It gives details of change in titles, and dates of battle honours awarded during the period when the SBP’s were worn. An encyclopaedia of Regiments of Horse & Foot (in their post 1881 order) going by their original numbering system. The design of buttons are covered up to 1911 with all their various changes. An average entry for one Regiment can show up to 10 different examples. The book has 550 line drawings on 342pp A5 size. It is enhanced by 22 B & W photos from the Military Images Collection of examples of S.B.P.’s. Cost £ 25.00 630 gms.

Regimental Badges & Side Caps

Originally published in 1941, a booklet showing the coloured designs of the Side Caps( worn in undress & walking out dress) of the Regular Cavalry & Infantry, 36 Yeomanry, 26 Rifle Volunteers, 15 Corps, 4 Women services. In addition the Commonwealth Forces and colour backings for Officer Rank Badges & strips worn below the shoulder straps by other ranks. On 33 5x7" colour photo mounted onto card pages bound in book form A5 size. Cost £ 25.00. 380 gms.

Sabretache's of the British Army

A Hand bound book of 33 pages with coloured photographic copies of illustrations made by a taylor/lacemaker in order to make these for the different Regiments. The 33 pages range from rough sketches with basic colouring to high quality finished drawings ready for the production & manufacture of the items themselves. All the pages are hand bound into an A5 size book. A Limited edition of only 50 books. Cost £ 25. 390 gms.

Uniform Regulations for Officers, Petty Officers, and Seaman of the Fleet 1879.

Unlike its Army counterpart this set of Dress Regulations take the reader through the dress & equipment used by each rank from Admiral of the Fleet to Band Boy. It has 42 FULL COLOUR plates showing these uniforms, equipment, rank badges, medal ribbons.

This is a rare edition, republished for the first time with 53pp & 42 COLOU Plates A4 size hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering and badges on front cover. Cost £65. 900 gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Dress Regulations of the British Army.

The OHMS publications were issued as and when changes appeared to the fashion & style of the Officers Dress. During the period of this collection listed (1822-1900) a great change appeared in way the Army was dressed & equipped, these regulations reflect this. With exact details including the type & width of lace styles etc. each edition has were possible additional colour plates or B & W photos of the period to help the reader see & understand these complex specifications. These publications are ideal for a researchers/ collectors who may want to identify when various styles of dress were introduced, tailors/re-enactors who may be producing copies of period dress etc. This collection has never been available before, in fact very few Regimental Museums inc. National ones have copies of these. All are hand bound in scarlet buckram cloth & gold leaf lettering A5 size & cost £19 per edition apart from the 1857 edition which is A4 size and costs £ 25.00

Dress Regulations of the Army 1822 with 103pp + 12 Colour Plates by Heath. 340 gms

Dress Regulations of the Army 1826 with 103pp + series of Colour plates . 310 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1831 with 130pp. 340gms

Dress Regulations of the Army 1834 with 155pp + 16 Colour Plates by Spooner. 420 gms

Dress Regulations of the Army 1846 with 160pp + 12 B & W photos. (Uniforms worn in Crimean War). 410 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1855 with 110pp + 16 Colour Plates. 350 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1857 with 156pp + Colour Plates, with addition of 40 pages with comparison with 1855 edition showing changes in text. On separate pages.800gms

Dress Regulations of the Army 1861 with 130 pp. 340 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1864 with 122p + 13 pages of cuff, collar & rank illustrations, and 12 B & W photos. 400 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1874 with 85pp+ 4 B & W plates showing all Reg’s of Foot Glengarry Badges and 16 B & W photos. (Uniforms worn in the Zulu War). 360 gms

Dress Regulations of the Army 1883 with 155pp + a series of photos showing Officers Helmet plates, various Officers waist belt plates, A list of the new "Territorial" titles, A tailors illustrated list with costs of uniform & equipment. 430 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1891 with 180pp +12 B & W photos. 430 gms.

Dress Regulations of the Army 1894 with168pp + 12 B & W photos by Stuart.460 gms

Standing Orders, Dress Regulations, and Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1864.

Three books in one, Standing orders 130pp, Trumpet & Bugle sounds 40pp of music, Dress Regulations 24pp along with list of workmanship making a total No. of pages including index of 236pp. The Dress Regulations have an addition of 56 very detailed engravings showing all Officers, WO’s , Sergeants & all ranks dress, badges, swords, busby, kit information with 5 A4 pull out plates. Hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering & badge on front cover. Cost £ 25.00. 610 gms.

Royal Air Force Dress Regulations 1939 2^nd (abridged) Edition

This the second edition of Dress Regulations for the RAF, covers the uniform & dress normally used & worn during WWII.

With 4 sections covering : General Instructions, Orders of Dress, Details of Dress & Uniform and Manner of wearing ribbons of orders, decorations & medals. There are 3 Appendix covering : Details of Officers Outfit, Care & preservation of uniform & gold lace, Foreign Decorations in wartime.

The items of Dress & Uniform are shown as B & W photos on 10 pages of plates showing over 30 different Badges, Uniform, Dress etc. in full detail. Rank details are also shown.

An A4 size publication of 26pp plus 10 pages of B & W plates, hand bound in light blue buckram cloth with a gold leaf Officers cap badge design on front cover & gold leaf lettering on book spine. An essential book for students of WWII period uniform.

Cost £ 25.00 + £3.00 (UK) 520gms.

Army Equipment Collection (1860’s)

Never during the history of the British Army has there been an illustrated representation of equipment used by all branches of the services and listing & illustrating examples of their dress, clothing, necessaries,appointments,rank details,ammunition and all equipment used for all ranks. The "all ranks" is possibly the most important point as Officers has their written Dress Regulations of various dates , this is a collection of publications gives over a short period of the 1860’s a listing & description of the items which would be found being used by the Army of the day, from the way they looked, what tools they used, instruments used in hospitals etc. A true time capsual of documentation of the mid Victorian period. Each plate of illustrations has them either drawn to scale (with the scale on it) or each item has its own dimensions. With over 90% of items described not of "Officer" usage, this provides a unique source of detail for the collector, researcher, modeller, re-enactor etc to see what the post Crimean soldier used wore in his Army life. Each part is bound in matching in maroon buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine & early pattern royal arms badge on cover. A4 size

Army Equipment Pt. III Royal Engineers Personal Dress & equipment of Officers & all ranks, in addition fully illustrated tool sets for each Trade & skilled branch of the Royal Corps of Engineers at that date(1866) with cost of each item. 83pp,27 A4 size plates with 7 of Uniform & dress, rest illustrating 100’s tools, all to scale. Cost £25. 860gms

Army Equipment Pt. V Equipment for Infantry List & details of all equipment used by Officers & all ranks, quantity issued per Battalion, Cost of such items etc. 210pp, 22 A3 size fold out plates. £ 25. 1070gms

Army Equipment Pt. VII Hospital Equipment . Personal Dress & equipment for Medical Officers & Army Hospital Corps. Plus hospital equipment, tents, medical chests, instrument cases(with all instruments illustrated & dimensions), Hospital carts, Ambulance wagon, pack saddles, Medical panniers, light operating tables, etc. 112pp, 41 A3 size fold out plates. Cost £ 25. 970gms.

The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery

One of the finest books ever produced on any Regiment’s history of Dress. Capt. McDonald’s skill in portraying uniform & equipment is still very accurate and life like and compare well with modern artists. Originally by subscription only in 1899 ,it has 24 magnificent large full colour plates of which many have two ore more figures. It goes through every order and introduction of dress & equipments. Has xx, 120pp with 90 pen & ink sketches, 24 colour plates mounted in single pages. This edition measures 9.5" x 8" is hand bound, hard cover’s, covered in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf letter to spine, large 4" high Corps badge in gold leaf letter on book spine. Cost £ 49.50. 800gms.

Uniforms of The Late-Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry 1880-1899.

By R. J. Smith and D. J. Knight Foreword By F.M. Sir John Chapple, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.L.

This project started over 50 years ago by author Robert J.Smith & the late Leslie Barlow to document & photograph the Uniform, Headdress and developments of the Yeomanry Cavalry. Visiting Museums, Drill Halls, Private collection, tailors shops etc. to research their subject to come to some conclusion to be in a position to publish their research in a book. Twelve Single Regiments were covered in booklet form by the Ogilby Trust from 1977-1991. But no single volume was published. With the research & specially illustrated paintings of David J Knight this book is now the result.

This publication contains an introduction and general notes on Yeomanry dress, information on all 39 Regiments. With each Regiment’s organization, C.O., strength, notable events, then a detailed description of their Full Dress :Headdress, Tunic or Jacket, leg wear, arms & accoutrements, saddlery & horse furniture starting with the Officers & then the NCO’s & Men.

With xii, 204pp,over 350 B & W photos some enlarged to A4 size many re-published for the first time and 50 colour plates 5x7" size of which 42 are taken from the original paintings of David J.Knight. The book A4 size of art paper , hand bound in dark blue balacrome cloth, gold leaf lettering on spine & badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers. Cost £ 55.00 + £ 8.25 postage(UK) 1.8 Kg weight.

Dress Regulations of the INDIAN ARMY

This like the British Army Regulations lists all the orders of dress with the styles of the different periods. It includes the British Officers serving in India as well as Bengal, Madras & Bombay Armies. Listing all forms of dress and detailed descriptions of the Indian uniforms with their detailed styles. They are produced for the first time since they were originally published A4 size, bound in buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on front cover,some with additional photographs of dress. £ 25.00 per edition.

Army Regulations, India, Voll VII, Dress 1886, with 162pp. 760 gms.

Army Regulations, India, Vol VII , Dress 1901, with 214 pp. 870 gms.

Army Regulations, India, Vol VII, Dress 1913, with 102pp + 16 B & W photos.580 gms

Army Regulations, India, Vol XI, Clothing, 1904,1909,1914. 3 years editions in one book. Making 182pp giving details of the Uniform, Badges, necessaries etc. of all ranks below Officer. With costs & no’s issued of all items issued in Indian currency. 790 gms.

Frederick Bremner travelled around India & the NWF in the late 1890’s photographing Indian and British Army soldiers on their normal service, as an observer of the idiosyncrasies of the dress always found in any Regiment, Bremner was and remains the foremost in his field taking detailed group photographs specially posed to show the orders of dress. This magnificent album of whole plate photographs originally taken by Bremner’s Stuido of Quetta in 1897. Is reproduced using 9"x6" size B & W photographs mounted on card pages and hand bound into an A4 Landscape hand cover book, bound with khaki coloured buckram cloth and gold leaf lettering. Cost £ 49.00. 1.01 Kg

Uniforms of the Indian Army by R.Simkin

Richard Simkin produced a series if 180 colour plates for the Army & Navy Gazette between 1888-1902, these 12 plates are taken from this series. Each A4 size plates has a collection of mounted & foot soldiers with 72 different uniforms illustrated. Each page is hand mounted and bound into an A4 landscape size book. This is the first time this collection has been produced before in its original size & in book form. Cost £26. 480gms

The Standards and Colours of the Army by Samuel Milne Milne

A classic book on the subject when published in 1893 was limited to only 200 numbered copies. It had xxiii, 267pp, 29 plates of which 16 are full colour, 57 illustrations. This edition is produced the slightly larger size of A4, hand bound with buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering on spine, colour design on cover in gold leaf, is of limited edition of only 50 numbered copies only. Cost £65. 1.23Kg (Example of this book shown in photograph)

by Major T.J.Edwards

Perhaps the most unique element of this book is that the author has brought together his knowledge of all the arms of the services and many Countries of the Commonwealth. His personal experience of the various events & ceremonies in which Colours are used and

The significance, origin & evolution of the "Colours" from their early time until the 1950’s.He also includes information contained in the Royal warrants of 1747, 1751, 1768, 1844 which give the various basics for Regimental Designs used through the Victorian period and in some cases up to the final set of colours in the 1960’s. With 240pp, A 5 size, 74 photos/illustrations, 16 pages of Full Colour. Cost £ 25. 490gms.

The Flag of our Fighting Forces.

The first book on the subject since the Milne book, this book covers every Regiment including Yeomanry, Volunteers, & Overseas Regiments. Originally published during WWI, it gives details of the Regiment’s crest & devices, background colour, battle honours, design of colour etc. With background information on the History & events of Colours. Also included are The London Volunteers, 22 Indian Regiments, WIR, KO Malta Reg, HAC, RMLI, Milita of Jersey & Guernsey. With 150pp, 8 plates in Full Colour A 5 size book. £ 22. 350gms.

Covers the three presidencies and various subsidiary forces. Covering Squadron Standards & Honorary Standards, giving information about those he saw and had information on. He also covers standards still carried in 1930. A5 size with 36pp & 22 B & W plates.

Cost £ 19.00. 230gms.

As with the above book, the only books written on the subject, each book complimenting the other. Infantry colours covers from the earliest days to when the first regulations started in 1781 then onto 1930’s. Their design, use , granting of Honorary Colours, and adventures with the Colours. Company Europeans, Gurkha Regiments, Old Bengal Army. With A5 size, 108pp 14 B & W plates & 5 illustrations. Cost £ 19.00 300gms.

For more details of any of the above publications, send 4 x 1^st Class Stamps or 4 x I.R.C.’s for a illustrated catalogue to the address shown on the main page.