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Synopsis

Containing contributions of certain writers to the queen's rifle volunteer brigade: the royal scots. edited by archibald stodart walker.

Item Description

8vo. 7 x 5.5 inches. 189 + [2] pp. Bound in limp cream glazed paper, gilt, with yapp edges and regimental crest on front and decorated spine. Rough cut fore edge. A little browning of pages, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 8 pages of plates with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece and by 3 whole page figures numbered in text. Decorated by half title and title page vignettes and by decorative upper and lower borders to all text pages. Anthology of writings in prose and verse, including contributions by Robert Bridges, Laurence Housman, Bram Stoker and G. K. Chesterton, edited by Scottish author, Archibald Stodart Walker (1869-1934). A volume produced for the Queen's Rifle Volunteers of Edinburgh, established in 1859 as part of the national Rifle Volunteer movement. In 1908 the unit became a territorial battalion of its parent regiment, the Royal Scots.