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The History of His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms : "The Nearest Guard" of the sovereign and the principal military corps of His Household ... / by Major Henry Brackenbury 1905
222.5 x 144.5 x 48 mm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1086635
Sir Henry Brackenbury (1837-1914)
The History of His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms : "The Nearest Guard" of the sovereign and the principal military corps of His Household . . . / by Major Henry Brackenbury 1905
Sir Henry Brackenbury (1837-1914)
The History of His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms : "The Nearest Guard" of the sovereign and the principal military corps of His Household . . . / by Major Henry Brackenbury 1905
Sir Henry Brackenbury (1837-1914)
The History of His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms : "The Nearest Guard" of the sovereign and the principal military corps of His Household . . . / by Major Henry Brackenbury 1905
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Sir Henry Brackenbury presented this copy of his work on the King’s Bodyguard to the King in March 1906, in a fine brown goatskin binding by Ellen (Nelly) G. Woolrich. She was an American binder living in London, trained by Douglas Cockerell or Sangorski and Sutcliffe; her work had recently been seen at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society show of 1903.
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Presented to King Edward VII by the author, 2 March 1906
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Measurements
222.5 x 144.5 x 48 mm (book measurement (conservation))
22.5 x 5.0 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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