My Dear Walter - Observations of a Gurkha Officer 1937-43
by Portland (R W Morland-Hughes)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0907621821
- ISBN 13
- 9780907621829
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Quiller Press Ltd, 1987 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Series of illustrated letters written by an officer of the 5th Royal Gurkha rifles to his teenage brother Walter, together with pages from his sketchbook depicting life in his regiment. 60pp illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear and tiny nick to corner, otherwise very good..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013696
- Title
- My Dear Walter - Observations of a Gurkha Officer 1937-43
- Author
- Portland (R W Morland-Hughes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0907621821
- ISBN 13
- 9780907621829
- Publisher
- Quiller Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Bookseller catalogs
- World Wars I and II;
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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