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London: Chapman & Hall, 1890. Hard cover. Published London: Chapman & Hall, no date. Oblong 4to., 12 3/4" x 8 1/2", 20 recto printed full color plates, including title page. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Humorous 1894 inscription on free endpaper. Simkin produced thousands of watercolours depicting the uniforms and campaigns of the British Army, designed recruiting posters and contributed illustrations to numerous magaines. Bound with On Active Service, by Lloyd. Published Chapman & Hall, 1890. Same format as Simkin title, 20 recto printed full color plates, including title page.Slight sunning to the the cloth at the spine and cover ends, else very good plus. . Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.

London, Chapman & Hall, 1890. . First edition. Landscape 4to (21.5 x 31.5 cm), 20 chromolithographs after Lloyd, including title-page vignette, extra-illustrated with the complete set of 20 original watercolour drawings by lloyd, handsomely bound by Riviere in full crushed red levant morocco, gilt extra, broad gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, slipcase, joints lightly rubbed, a unique item in fine condition. A unique copy with the original highly finished watercolour drawings.William Whitelock Lloyd was a second lieutenant in the first battalion of the 24th Regiment. He served through the Zulu campaign and received a medal. The engravings illustrate the life of an office in barracks, on board ship, and in the field during the Kaffir War of 1878 and the Zulu War of 1879, and include some sketches apparently taken in the subsequent campaign in Burma. Mendelssohn, I, 918.