Author: Bennet, H. Graham.
Title: Dress Worn by Gentlemen at His Majesty's Court and on Occasions of Ceremony. Collected from Official Sources With the Sanction of the Lord Chamberlain. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Illustrated. (Edition for Thresher and Glenny, 1903).
Description: London, Harrison & Sons, 1903. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Pp. vi, (ii), 9-103. Plus colour frontispiece portrait of King Edward. Plus 7 plates of uniforms, six of which are in colour, some with tissue-guards. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's burgundy full cloth, large crown embossed in gilt on cover, gilt lettering; spine-ends at corner-tips trifle worn, inscription at top of first free endpaper crossed-out. In a very good condition, fine plates. ~ New edition, revised and enlarged. Extremely rare special issue, "Edition for Thresher and Glenny". This text is embossed in gilt on cover. Messrs. Thresher and Glenny, Military and Civil Tailors and Outfitters by Appointment to the King, specialized in court and diplomatic tailoring. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). Fully collated. 005-10 .

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