Military--Gurkha Rifles
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST
Description
History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 1858-1928. Aldershot: for the Regimental Committee by Gale & Polden, [n.d.], Subscribed edition, number 34 of 200 copies, 5 folding maps in pocket at end, plates, maps, original green and black cloth, binding very lightly marked; Lovett, Major A. & MacMunn, Major G. The armies of India. London, 1911, 4to, tipped in colour plates, number 231 of 500 deluxe copies, signed by the publisher, original cream cloth gilt, dustmarked, backstrip faded, interior clean; Edwardes, Major Herbert A year on the Punjab frontier in 1848-49. London, 1851, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, some spotting, inner hinges weak; Hozier, Capt H. The Franco-Prussian war. London, [no date], 4to, 2 volumes, engraved title, plates, original decorative red cloth gilt, some rubbing (6)