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Rare and modern books

Masters John

Bugles and a Tiger. A Personal Story. IN FULL MOROCCO

Michael Joseph, 1956

499.10 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1956
Author
Masters John
Publishers
Michael Joseph
Keyword
mstock, modern firsts, john masters, military, indian army, gurkhas, john masters, modern first editions, bugles, tiger
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, illustrations in the text and a full-page map; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frames, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Masters' classic narrative 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.