The Naga Queen: Ursula Graham Bower and Her Jungle Warriors, 1939-45 by Thomas, Vicky - 2012

Paperback. Very Good.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, superimposed, subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with white+pale green lettering,rear panel with monochrome photographic family portrait; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-238pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,foreword by Max Arthur,an introduction,46 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs and b/w illustration reproductions in 1 block,between pp128/9,and an index; plus [unpaginated]… Read More

Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (2012). First Edition. Hardcover. 0752464019 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic, taped to boards and endpapers.; 238, [2 (blank)] pages + 32 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Page dimensions: 233 x 152mm. "In 1937, Ursula Bower visited Nagaland at the invitation of a friend, and on a dispensary tour encountered the Naga people. She was so taken was with their striking dignity, tribal pride, and unique culture that she arranged to live among them to write an anthropological study. But she became more than an observer—living alone among them, Ursula was integrated into their village life, becoming their figurehead when in 1944 the Japanese invaded the jungles of Nagaland from Burma. The Nagas turned to her for leadership and with the support of General Slim, her Naga guides were armed and trained to patrol and repel the Japanese incursions. The Nagas’ courage… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.