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Masters John

Bugles and a Tiger. A Personal Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph, 1956

66.70 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1956
Author
Masters John
Publishers
Michael Joseph
Keyword
modern first editions, modern firsts, masters, john masters, indian army, gurkhas, 4th gurkhas
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, illustrations in the text and a full-page map, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, contemporary signature on front free endpaper; pictorial brown cloth gilt, gilt back, brown top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Masters' classic story of his service with 4th Gurkhas, Indian Army in the years preceding WWII. The best account of its kind since Yeats-Brown's 'Bengal Lancer' nearly thirty years earlier. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.