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Stackpole Books. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Some edge wear to the dust jacket. Name inside.

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books; (1966). First Edition . Hardcover. First US edition, very good in a very good dust jacket. Boards have just a hint of flaring; the jacket has a little edgewear. Includes map endpapers, many photos, bibliography, and an index; 291 pages.

London: MacDonald, 1966 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Normal book wear; moderate dust jacket wear (including splotches and stains). A decent readable copy..

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1966. Dj moderately worn. Mild foxing to top of pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Stackpole Books, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Good hardcover lacking dust jacket. Binding is good. Cover has mild amount of wear.

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean, bright and square Green cloth boards. Very good +. Protected price clipped dustjacket, sharp and clean. Book is firm in binding. Northern India and Nepal Map decorated front endpaper and Italy and North Africa on back endpaper. B&W historic photographs and map illustrations. Discarded stamp from Monterey County Library, Salinas, CA. Otherwise free of any other markings. ; Import; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages .

Macdonald, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. First Edition. 291 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first American edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Price-clipped dust jacket has light wear along edges. Writing on rear free endpage. The story of the fighters who travel from Nepal to join the British army. Illustrated with photos. Map endpapers. 8vo. 291 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .

Stackpole Books. Very Good+. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, near pristine. no dust jacket. Book firm in binding, 291 pages include Index, b&w photographs. Front endpapers with map of Northern India and Nepal; back endpapers of Italy and North Africa. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 291 pages .

Macdonald, 1965., 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1966. 291 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. "For one hundred and fifty years the Gurkhas have been coming down from their mountain homes of Nepal to join the British Army. In that time they have carved a reputation as the toughest, bravest and most lovable fighting troops in the world. Certainly they are the best known. (This book) tellls their exciting, humorous and moving story. The vast canvas ranges from the formation of the first Gurkha Regiments on April 24, 1815, to their steadfastness during the Indian Mutiny, through the fierce nineteenth century wars on India's turbulent frontiers, into World War I in France, Mesopotamia, and Gallipoli. We join them as they add further glory to their reputation during World War II in North Africa, Italy and the jungles of Burma. The post-war period tells of their activities in Malaya and Borneo, and of their last-ditch actions against the Chinese on the cold,… Read More

(Harrisburg, PA): Stackpole Books, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 291pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine thus near fine in a very good dustwrapper with some tears to the top edge. The Library of Military Classics Series.

London: Leo Cooper, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ex library with the usual marks, original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 274 pages, good only in good only unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B21.

London: Leo Cooper, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH U.K. PRICE. Uncommon in this condition.

Leo Cooper, 1975. 9780850521092. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 274, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

London, Macdonald, (1965).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. 291; frontispiece, map endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, dustjacket, spine and corners bumped, price clipped, tape stains to endpapers, foxing to cloth, good copy.

London: Macdonald. 1966. 2nd impr., 8vo, pp. 291, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates, endpaper maps, original cloth bds., mottled marks rear edges and spine, in d.j. head and tail spine chipped, small stain bottom portion spine. History of the gurkhas, from formation in 1815 to the post-WWII period. 2nd impression. Cloth Boards.

leo cooper london 1975. first edition 274pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.rodent nibbles to fore-edge of top board,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,rodent nibbles and holes to flap hinges)

Macdonald , 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Possibly Signed. Appears to be signed by Harold James on the title page. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing around the edges. The boards are slightly edge rubbed. The binding is secure. Ink inscriptions from a previous owner on the title page. No other ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. 1965. Fd: Lt.Gen. Sir Francis Tuker. 291pp 23 plates maps, Macdonald, London 1965. Very good .