Tales from Kings African Rifles
by Nunneley, John
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0304353493
- ISBN 13
- 9780304353491
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. Hard Cover. 8vo 0304353493 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owners name. Illustrated by photographs on plates. viii, 213 pages clean and tight. This is John Nunneley's account of how as a 19-year-old officer in World War II he arrived in Kenya to join the King's Africa Rifles, a famous colonical regiment, to lead his askaris first in Africa and them in Burma's Kabaw Valley, the "Valley of Death", fighting the elite White Tigers of the Imperial Japanese Army. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145967
- Title
- Tales from Kings African Rifles
- Author
- Nunneley, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0304353493
- ISBN 13
- 9780304353491
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
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CHARLES BOSSOM
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ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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