Description
Blandford Press, [Published date: 1975]; hardcover; 228 pp; 20 cm; first edition. With 80 pages of full color plates with illustrations by Malcolm McGregor.
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In very good condition/ NO dust jacket. Pale yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine. Light scuffing and soiling to covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Not Ex-library. Provides a detailed visual record of the uniforms of the American, British, German, French, Loyalist, and Native American forces of the Revolutionary War. John Mollo's text draws upon the work of Charles M. Lefferts and other historical sources to reconstruct period uniforms with accompanying descriptions of campaigns and individual plates. Contents include: Preface and Acknowledgements; The British Army; German Auxiliary Troops; Loyalists; Indians; The Continental Army; The French Army; The Colour Plates; Campaigns and Plate Descriptions (Boston 1775; Canada 1775 - 1776; Charleston 1776; New York 1776; Canada 1776 - 1777; Saratoga 1777; Pennsylvania 1777; Valley Forge; Raids and Counter-Raids; Rhode Island; The War at Sea; Continental Army Dress Regulations of 1779; The War in the South - Georgia 1779; South Carolina 1780; North Carolina 1780 - 1781; Virginia 1780 - 1781; The Corps of Light Infantry; American Flags and Colours; British and Provincial Regimental Colours; German Regimental Colours; French Regimental Colours; Firearms; Swords and Edged Weapons; Head-dress; Ornaments; British Infantry and Artillery Facings and Rank and File Lace; Bibliography.