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Lord Byron 1788-1824

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CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS

Advice to Officers and Soldiers.
"Classic of bad advice to Crown Forces." Bill Sherburne

The Journal of Ensign Thomas Glyn, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards on American Service with the Brigade of Guards 1776-1777
Transcription by Linnea Bass from the original handwritten manuscript.
"This is an oft-quoted journal regarding orders pertaining to uniform modifications. The Officers did not serve the entire war, for they where rotated out periodically. Glyn went back to London in 1777." Winston Stone.

Letters from an American Farmer
and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America
J Hector, St.John De Crèvecoeur
Viking Press, 1981
First-hand observations of life in the colonies by a French immigrant.

Memoranda of Lieutenant Colonel Eld of the Coldstream Guards
during his service in America in the years 1779-1780
Historical Manuscripts and Reprints Number 1
Boston Public Library
1892
"In the Research Dept. of the BPL but in very poor condition. Eld's notes on this experiences while fighting in America. Of note is his story of an encounter with a drunken Highland officer while on R&R in a NYC Coffee House. Also included are letters of Earl Percy while in Boston and NYC. His letters to his Father about Lexington and Concord and his command of the Guards in his division During the Battle of Long Island." Winston Stone.

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier:
Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and
Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin.
Joseph Plumb Martin, introduction by Thomas Fleming.
Mass Market Paperback: 260 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x 6.80 x 4.21
Publisher: Signet Classic; ISBN: 0451528115; (September 5, 2001)
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Private Yankee Doodle,
Being a Narrative of Some of the Adventures,
Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier
Joseph Plumb Martin
Eastern Acorn Press, 1995
A personal account of a private soldier during the Revolutionary War, full of details of daily life

Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 & 1782
Marquis Francois Jean Chastellux
revised translation, with Introduction & Notes by Howard C Rice, Jr.
University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History & Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1963
2 volumes, including photos, reproductions of old prints, maps
Detailed journal of a French nobleman who served with the French army.

 

GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PERIOD

1776: Year of Illusions
Thomas Fleming
"A good read." Mary Stone.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution.
Alan Axelrod
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Eighteenth Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords
Douglas Hay, Nicholas Rogers
Paperback: 240 pages ; Dimensions: 0.71 x 7.73 x 5.11"
Publisher: Oxford University Press;
ISBN: 0192891944; (July 1997)
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The period from 1688-1820 was marked with riots and rebellions, seditions and strikes, as the lower classes rebelled against the state bias towards the interests of higher social groups. This readable history focuses on the experience of the eighty percent of the population who made up England's "lower orders." Hay and Rogers provide insights into food shortages, changes in poor relief, use of the criminal law, and the shifts in social power caused by industrialization.

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
Mark Mayo Boatner (Hardcover - August 1994)
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The First Salute
Barbara W Tuchman
Amazon
Well researched and readable history of the early republic.
Graeme Marsden has a hardcover copy that he will lend.

The Glorious Cause:
The American Revolution 1763-1898
Robert Middlekauff, 1982
Paperback. Dimensions: 1.51 x 8.02 x 5.41"
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195035755
Reprint edition May 1986
In print, paperback & hardcover

Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
George C Neumann Frank J Kravic George C Woodbridge (Illustrator)
Format: Hardcover, 286pp.
ISBN: 0960566678
Publisher: Scurlock Publishing Company
Pub. Date: January 1989
Barnes&Noble
A great resource for all history enthusiasts, craftsmen, collectors, reenactors and teachers. Over 2300 photos of artifacts, including rifles, axes, knives, pottery, trunks, tools and more. The photographic format lets you visually examine the lifestyle of both combatants and civilians during the Revolutionary War period

Liberty! The American Revolution
Thomas Fleming
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Rebels and Redcoats:
The American Revolution Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought and Lived It
by George F Scheer (Editor), Hugh F Rankin (Photographer)
Paperback: 572 pages ; Dimensions: 1.24 x 8.42 x 5.37"
Publisher: Da Capo Press;
ISBN: 0306803070; (May 1988)
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Redcoats and Rebels
Christopher Hibbert
WW Norton and Company
Amazon
Hardcover & paperback

Red Dawn at Lexington

The Road to Lexington
John Shy.
"This is pre-war, but I consider it a MUST read for anyone interested in the foundations of British attitude toward the Americans during the RevWar.
It is out of print, but easy enough to find through bookfinders.com, even Amazon should give you some used copies." Jonathan Lane.

Those Damned Rebels: The American Revolution through British Eyes
"For the British perspective. Very well done." Mary Stone.

The War for America 1775-1783
Piers Mackesy
Paperback: 565 pages. Dimensions: 1.24 x 8.94 x 5.93"
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803281927 Reprint edition March 1993
In print

SPECIFIC HISTORY OF THE PERIOD

Antique Medical Instruments
Keith Wilbur
Format: Paperback, 4th ed., 156pp.
ISBN: 076431081X
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Pub. Date: July 2000
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The Battle for New York:
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution
by Barnet Schecter
Hardcover: 448 pages ; Dimensions: 1.55 x 9.64 x 6.40"
Publisher: Walker & Co
ISBN: 0802713742; (September 2002)

A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution
by Craig L. Symonds, William J. Clipson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co of America
ISBN: 0933852533; 7th printing edition (June 1986)

Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781
(Major Battles and Campaigns : 3)
by WJ Wood, John SD Eisenhower (Editor)
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Paperback: 315 pages ; Dimensions : 1.04 x 8.49 x 5.46"
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306806177; (April 1995)
Strategic and tactical history of the major battles and campaigns.

Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero:
An American Warrior Reconsidered
by James Kirby Martin
Paperback: 535 pages ; Dimensions : 1.38 x 8.89 x 5.95"
Publisher: New York University Press;
ISBN: 0814756468; (August 2000)
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Decisive Day:
The Battle for Bunker Hill
Richard M Ketchum
Paperback: 288 pages. Dimensions: 0.81 x 8.20 x 5.48"
Publisher: Owl Books
ISBN: 0805060995 May 1999
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The Day the American Revolution Began,
19 April 1775
William H Hallahan
Hardcover: 336 pages. Dimensions: 1.25 x 9.58 x 6.49"
Publisher: Avon Books (Trade)
ISBN: 0380976161 4 April 2000

Diary of an Early American Boy
Eric Sloane
Ballantine, 1965
Craftsman artist Eric Sloane describes and illustrates life and culture of the late 18th century.

The Devil of a Whipping:
The Battle of Cowpens
Lawrence E Babits
Hardcover: 231 pages. Dimensions: 0.94 x 9.60 x 6.40"
Publisher: AAA
ISBN: 0807824348
16 November 1998
In print

The Execution of Major Andre
by John Evangelist Walsh
Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions : 0.94 x 9.57 x 6.43"
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0312238894; 1st palgra edition (October 2001)
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In Irons:
Britain's Naval Supremacy in the American Revolutionary Economy
Richard Buel
Hardcover: 400 pages. Dimensions: 1.21 x 9.50 x 6.43"
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300073887 November 1998

Lexington and Concord:
The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution
by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot
Paperback: 336 pages ; Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.22 x 5.54"
Publisher: WW Norton & Company;
ISBN: 0393320561; (April 2000)
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The Long Fuse:
How England Lost the American Colonies 1760-1785
Don Cook
Paperback. Dimensions: 1.17 x 9.03 x 6.10"
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0871136619
October 1996
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The Long Retreat:
The Calamitous American Defense of New Jersey, 1776
Arthur S Lefkowitz
Hardcover: 208 pages. Dimensions : 0.82 x 9.36 x 6.29"
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813527597 November 1999
In print

The Minutemen and Their World
Robert A. Gross
Hill and Wang, 1976
Society in Massachusetts during the third quarter of the 18th century.

Paul Revere's Ride
David Hackett Fischer
Hardcover: 445 pages. Dimensions : 1.27 x 9.56 x 6.41"
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195088476 April 1994
In print
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Partisans and Redcoats:
The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution
by Walter B. Edgar
Hardcover: 224 pages ; Dimensions : 0.84 x 9.59 x 6.43"
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
ISBN: 0380977605; (October 23, 2001)
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Patriots:
The Men who Started the Revolution
AJ Langguth
Paperback. Dimensions: 1.60 x 8.46 x 5.79"
Publisher: Touchstone Books
ISBN: 0671675621 Reprint edition March 1989
Graeme Marsden will lend hardcover

Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship:
From the Manuscript of Capt. Thomas Dring
(American Experience Series, No 8)
by Thomas Dring, Albert Greene
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Paperback: Dimensions: 0.53 x 7.01 x 4.77"
Publisher: Applewood Books;
ISBN: 0918222923; Reissue edition (April 1987)

From Resistance to Revolution:
Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776
by Pauline Maier
Paperback: ; Dimensions: 0.80 x 7.70 x 5.25"
Publisher: WW Norton & Company;
ISBN: 0393308251; Reprint edition (January 1992)
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Rise to Rebellion
Jeff M Shaara
Hardcover: 492 pages. Dimensions: 1.67 x 9.59 x 6.56"
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trade)
ISBN: 034542753X
3 July 2001

Revolutionary Medicine 1700-1800
C Keith Wilbur
Format: Paperback, 2nd ed., 88pp.
ISBN: 0762701390
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date: October 1997
Barnes&Noble

The Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1783:
An Illustrated SourceBook of Authentic Details about Everyday Life
for Revolutionary War Soldiers
C. Keith Wilbur, Bruce Markot (Editor)
Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 96pp.
ISBN: 1564401669
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date: January 1993
Barnes& Noble
Another Keith Wilbur classic. Highly entertaining and informative.

The Road to Guilford Courthouse:
The American Revolution in the Carolinas
John Buchanan
Format: Paperback, 464pp.
ISBN: 0471327166
Publisher: Wiley, John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date: July 1999
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Roots of Conflict:
British Armed Forces and Colonial Americans, 1677-1763
Douglas Edward Leach
University of North Carolina Press, 1986
The British army in North America and its relationship with the colonists.

Saratoga:
Turning point of America's Revolutionary War
Richard M Ketchum
Paperback: 560 pages. Dimensions: 1.42 x 9.26 x 6.14"
Publisher: Owl Books
ISBN: 0805061231
May 1999
Barnes&Noble

The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six:
The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants
Henry Steele Commager (Editor), Richard B. Morris (Editor)
Paperback: 1348 pages ; Dimensions : 2.26 x 8.99 x 5.90"
Publisher: Da Capo Press;
ISBN: 0306806207; (April 1995)
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Surgeons at War:
Medical Arrangements for the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded in the British Army during the late 18th and 19th Centuries
(Contributions in Military Studies)
Matthew H. Kaufman
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 9.62 x 6.42
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group; ISBN: 0313316651; (November 30, 2000)
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The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre
James Thomas Flexner
Paperback: New York Classics
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Hardcover: Little Brown & Company;
ASIN: 0316286060 August 1975
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The Way of Duty:
A Woman and her Family in Revolutionary America
Joy Day Buel and Richard Buel, Jr
Format: Paperback, 310pp.
ISBN: 0393312100
Publisher: WW Norton. & Company
Pub. Date: April 1985 reissue
Barnes & Noble
Civilian life and the effects of the war on the lives of women and families.

The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton
by Richard M. Ketchum
Paperback: 448 pages ; Dimensions : 0.98 x 8.26 x 5.48"
Publisher: Owl Books;
ISBN: 0805060987; (May 1999)
Hardcover: 110 pages
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MILITARY

The British Army in the American Revolution
Edward E Curtis
Format: Paperback, 2nd ed., 235pp.
ISBN: 0879281227
Publisher: Corner House Historical Publications
Pub. Date: February 1998

British Regimental Traditions
Ian FW Beckett
Paperback: 136 pages ; Dimensions: 0.37 x 8.25 x 5.0"
Publisher: Shire Publications;
ISBN: 0747804109; (August 1999)
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The Continental Army
Robert K. Wright Jr
S/N 008-029-00122-5 (Paperback - June 1983)
Excellent reference on the Continental Army, listing all the serving units and their lineages. A definitive work.
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Dictionary of British Military History
by George Usher
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Peter Collin Pub Ltd;
ISBN: 1901659801; (September 2002)
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Gone for a Soldier, a history of life in the British ranks from 1642.
Victor E Neuburg
"Excellent book about what life was like as a ranker from the New Model army up until the Great War. Great contemporary illustrations of all periods. Includes in the dust the March to Finchley by William Hogarth showing the Guards on the March. Much like Frey's book: gives detail into everyday life." Winston Stone.
available used

 

The Military Experience in the Age of Reason
Christopher Duffy
Format: Paperback, 346pp.
ISBN: 1853266906
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited
Pub. Date: July 1998

War in the 18th Century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat of a drum, into a hail of enemy fire. Whole ranks would be wiped out by cannon fire and musketry. Today we marvel at the courage of those who plodded slowly and remorselessly into the maelstrom. How did they come to do it, and why? The scope of Christopher Duffy's investigation is wide. The brutalities of the battlefield naturally assume a central place, but he also traces the lives of the officer and soldier from the formative conditions of their earliest years to their violent deaths or retirement, and shows that, below their well-ordered exteriors, the armies of the Age of Reason underwent a revolutionary change from medieval to modern structures and ways of thinking.
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The Oxford History of the British Army
by David Chandler (Editor), Ian Beckett (Editor)
Paperback: 496 pages ; Dimensions: 1.26 x 7.69 x 5.08"
Publisher: Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0192853333; (March 1997)
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Redcoats:
The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
Richard Holmes
Hardcover: 496 pages ; Dimensions: 1.67 x 9.58 x 6.24"
Publisher: WW Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393052117; ( 14 October 2002
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Redcoats
by Stephen Brumwell
Hardcover: 352 pages ; Dimensions: 1.14 x 9.26 x 6.30"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Trade)
ISBN: 0521807832; ( 1 October 2001)
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With the British Army in Philadelphia, 1777-1778
John W Jackson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0891410570
Publisher: Presidio Press
Pub. Date: December 1978
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The War of Independence :
The British Army in North America 1775-1783.
JW Fortescue, introduction by John Shy. Sir John Fortescue
Format: Hardcover, 240pp.
ISBN: 1853674524
Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
Pub. Date: April 2001
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The British Soldier in America
By Sylvia R Frey
University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover, 211pp.
ISBN: 0292780400
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Pub. Date: June 1981
May still be available from UTP
"A great study of who the common British soldier. What they did before they joined the army. Dispels the theory that most came to the army by way of the Magistrate. What they ate, how they lived, how they were cared for and how they were trained." Winston Stone.

 

UNIFORMS & WEAPONS

British Military Arms 1650-1850
Howard Blackmore
Herbert Jenkins, Publisher
Rare
"A good history of the all weapons used by the infantry from the mid-17th century to mid-19th century. Many photographs of the weapons: some of the then rather strange and experimental. From matchlock to percussion." Winston Stone.

British Military Flintlock Rifles, 1740-1840
De Witt Bailey
Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Inc. (Arms & Armour Press).
Hardcover: 264 pages
ISBN: 1931464030; (August 1, 2002)
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Bulwark & Bastion:
A look at musket era fortifications.
James R Hinds, Edmund Fitzgerald
Format: Paperback, 3rd ed., 100pp.
ISBN: 1877704172
Publisher: Pioneer Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date: June 1996
used

Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
George C Neumann and George Kravic
Rebel Publishing Co 1975
Photographs of thousands of authenticated items of military and civilian life.

Era of the American Revolution: 1755-1795
(Military Uniforms in America)
John R Elting, editor (The Company of Military Historians)
Presidio Press, 1975
Color plates and histories of American, British, French and German units and their uniforms.

From Flintlock to Rifle :
Infantry Tactics, 1740-1866
Stephen T Ross
Format: Hardcover, 2nd ed., 218pp.
ISBN: 0714646024
Publisher: Frank Cass Publications
Pub. Date: February 1996
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Military Uniforms and Equipment
The Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1783
C Keith Wilbur
Globe Pequot Press 1993
Another excellent title from Dr Wilbur. As always, large format, line illustrated and handlettered. Full of useful information.

Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms
Dewitt Bailey
Paperback:
Publisher: Thomas Publications;
ISBN: 1577470168; illustrated edition (October 1997)
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Presenting Arms
Peter Thwaites, editor
British Military history 1660-1900
Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
ISBN: 071851534X
Publisher: Books International, Incorporated
Pub. Date: January 1996
Military museums are the largest group of specialist museums in Britain. With some two hundred of these, Britain has the largest number of military museums in the world. The history of military collecting dates from the seventeenth century and this book examines the origins of military museum collections and describes how military history 1660-1900 is portrayed in them. Included are discussions of the inherent problems in portraying warfare; the social history of the serviceman, his family and camp followers; the relationship between the armed forces and civilian populations; and the role of museum archives and questions of educational provision.

Rapiers
Valentine
c.1968, 6x9", 74p, hardbound, black/white,
Stackpole Books PA
Detailed photos & descriptions of individual rapiers, brief history, bibliography, list of weights of various types of rapiers, swordsmiths.

Sword, Lance and Bayonet
EC ffoulkes
c.1967, 2nd, 6x10", 145p, hardbound, black/white
Arco Publishing, NY
The author was Master of the Armouries of the Tower of London & curator of the Imperial War Museum.
Reprint of 1938 work discusses early records & regulations regarding swords, the various types of swords as used in the Army, Navy, etc, also includes chapters on sword belts, slings & knots and muskets, carbines & rifles,
83 black/white illustrations including 40 close-ups of sword hilts, bibliography, index.

Swords and Blades of the American Revolution
George C Neumann
Scurlock Publishing Co 1991
Photographs and text on swords, bayonets and other edged weapons.

Uniforms of the American Revolution
John Mollo and Malcolm McGregor
Sterling Publishing Co 1991
Color plates and descriptions of uniforms and equipment.

THE GUARDS

The Brigade of Guards on Ceremonial Occasions
Legge-Bourke, Henry
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald, London, 1912, later ptg
Used

The Guards
John de St Jorre and Anthony Edgeworth
Photograph book of the Guards in the late 1970s
available through Bookfinder.com
$15 to $18

The Story of the Guards
Sir Julian Paget
Good history of the Guards from Formation to the late 1970s
Weak on the American Service.
The volume is available through the Guards Museum Shop, Birdcage Walk
used

Uniforms of the Foot Guards from 1660 to the present
William Y Carman. Brian Fosten, illustrator.
The Pompadour Gallery, Publisher, London.
Rare
"Text by Carman, and beautiful illustrations by Fosten of the Guards uniforms from 1660 to the present day. Includes the 3rd Guards in America 1777. Fosten also has done many of the illustrations for Osprey Publishing for the Men at Arms, Elite and Campaign series books." Winston Stone.

The Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Household Division
Major NP Dawnay
Very Rare.
Midas Books
"The definitive book on the rather bewildering number and usage of the Colours etc. used by the entire Household Division, both Household Cavalry and Foot Guards." Winston Stone

UNIFORM & FLAGS

British Infantry Colours
Dino Lemonofides

History of the Uniforms of the British Army
Cecil CP Lawson
used
all 5 volumes
Volume 2 details from the beginning to 1760
Every branch of the Army, including horse, foot, artillery, supply, regulars, and volunteers, are covered, providing exact details of dress and equipment, and their development over time.
Volume 1 examines the origins of British military dress, while volume 2 covers the period from 1715 to 1760, and volume 3 continues through 1797.
Includes special sections on the armies of George I and II, Scottish Regiments, the Royal Engineers, the Body Guards, the Yeomen of the Guard, and the Battle Axe Guards of Ireland.

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two volumes

CLOTHING
and personal effects

A Guide to Civilian Clothing during the American Revolutionary War
Julie Watkins
Folump Enterprises, 1993
Men's and women's civilian clothing.

Clothing for Ladies and Gentlemen of Higher and Lower Standing
complied by Marjorie Hicks [Margie is a Ranger at Minuteman NHP]
(Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1988).
Discussion of style, construction and materials of clothing in eastern Massachusetts in the third quarter of the 18th century. [Available from Minute Man National Historical Park]

Rural Pennsylvania Clothing
Ellen J Gehret
Shumway, 1976
History and construction of common people's clothing during the later 18th century.

Tidings from the 18th Century
Beth Gilgun
Rebel Publishing Company, 1993
Reprints of articles on costuming for men, women and children.

Sketch Book '76
Robert Klinger
Pioneer Press, 1967
Sketches and patterns of clothing and weapons for RevWar combatants.

Distaff Sketch Book
Robert Klinger
Pioneer Press, 1974
Sketches and patterns of clothing for women in the RevWar era.

Heroes of the American Revolution Coloring Book
Marko Zlataich with illustrations by Donna Neary
Bellerophon Books, 1988
Illustrated descriptions of uniforms of a variety of New England soldiers.

Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period Coloring Book
Peter Copeland
Dover Publications 1975
Peter Copeland is a master at the line drawing, accurately portraying uniform and dress, and character of the individual. Although doubling as a coloring book, these are serious, yet amusing individual studies.

Early American Trades Coloring Book
Peter Copeland
Dover Publications, Inc 1980
Illustrated descriptions of the dress and life of colonial tradesmen and women.

Early American Antique Country Furnishings
George C Neumann
McGraw-Hill, 1984
Annotated photographs of furniture, cookware and personal items.

 

ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACKS

British Army Flags and Standards 1747-1881
(1): Regular Cavalry and Foot Guards
Ian Sumner Richard Hook (Illustrator)
Format: Paperback, 64pp.
ISBN: 1841762008
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Pub. Date: September 2001
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British Colours and Standards 1747-1881
(2): Infantry and Auxiliaries
Ian Sumner,Richard Hook (Illustrator)
Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback, 64pp.
ISBN: 1841762016
Pub. Date: January 2002
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British Rifleman 1797-1815
Philip Haythornthwaite, Christa Hook (Illustrator)
Paperback: 64 pages ; Dimensions : 0.26 x 10.06 x 6.92"
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Co
ISBN: 184176177X; (April 2002)
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The Grenadier Guards
Men at Arms Series
A bit too late for our period but nice pictures.
Amazon
Vol. 73
David Fraser
Format: Paperback, 48pp.
ISBN: 0850452848
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Pub. Date: July 1989
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British Redcoat 1740-1793
Stuart Reid. Richard Hook, illustrator.
Osprey Military Warrior Series, No 19
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The British Army in North America 1775-1783
Robin May. Gerry Embleton, illustrator.
Men at Arms Series,39
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The Guards Division 1914-45
Mike Chappell
Osprey Elite 61
Available
Gives a history of the Guards in WWI and WWII.

Redcoat Officer 1740-1815 (Warrior, 42)
by Stuart Reid, Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)

Paperback: 64 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.23 x 9.82 x 7.12
Publisher: Osprey Pub Co; ISBN: 1841763799; (January 2002)

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Wellington's Foot Guards
Ian Fletcher and William Younghusband
Osprey Elite 52
available
Good history of the Guards during the Peninsular War and Waterloo.

The Coldstream Guards
Charles Grant and Michael Roffe
Osprey Men at Arms
Very Rare: one of the first published
Has one illustration of a Coldstream Grenadier of the period

British Guards Armoured Division 1941-45
Osprey Vanguard 9
Rare
John Sandars
Good information on the Guards armoured division in WWII when all the Guards became mechanized.

Guilford Courthouse
Angus Konstan and Adam Hook
Osprey Campaign
Newly published
"A good history of what led up to and during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in which the Brigade of Guards played a significant role." Winston Stone.
Currently available at such shops as the Hobby Bunker in Malden

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"I got started way back when I was a little nipper, with the
National
Geographic book on the American Revolution,
though done in the 60's its a
good, very well illustrated (with photos of sites/artifacts/portraits)
overview of the revolution, the premise being that a family follows the
events of the revolution and travels to the places, roughly in order. It
definitely was one of the books that got me started and I'd be happy to lend
my well worn copy." Mary Stone.