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    Bredin, Brigadier A.E.C.   THE HAPPY WARRIORS. £28    
         356pp. 21 b/w photographs and 5 maps. The brigade of Gurkhas in the Malayan Emergency.   Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw.   1961 First edition, The Blackmore Press, Gillingham, Dorset.
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    Davis, Patrick.   A CHILD AT ARMS. £24    
      Echoes of War.   264pp. 6 maps. In Burma with the 4/8th Gurkha Rifles. A much-praised memoir.   Fine in edge-worn dw.   1970 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Davis, Patrick.   A CHILD AT ARMS. £24    
      Echoes of War.   264pp. 6 maps. In Burma with the 4/8th Gurkha Rifles. A much-praised memoir.   Fine in chipped dw.   1970 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £12    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 Second impression, Granta.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £18    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 Second impression, Granta.
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    James, Harold and Sheil-Small, Denis.   THE GURKHAS. £8    
         291pp. Index. 37 plates and 6 maps. Ex-public library copy.   Well-read in worn dw.   1965 First Macdonald.
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    James, Harold and Shiel-Small, Denis.   A PRIDE OF GURKHAS. £25    
      2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkhas (The Sirmoor Rifles) 1948-1971.   274pp. Index. 30 b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. Service in Malaya and Borneo.   Fine in fine dw.   1975 First edition, Leo Cooper.
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    Kelavan.   TWO LEAVES AND A BUD. £18    
      Tales of a Ceylon Tea Planter.   190pp. 4to. 23 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Great detail on pre-war tea planting in Ceylon and war service with the 9th Gurkhas on the NW Frontier. From the library of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 Second impression of 150 copies, Colchester.
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    Kerry, Stephen.   DOCTOR SAHIB. £10    
         204pp. Young doctor's two years in the Indian Medical service at Kindine, with the Gurkhas, and Nazipur.   Very good in like dw. Slight spotting to edges.   1967 First Cassell.
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    Mackay, Col. J.N.   HISTORY OF 7th DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES. £160    
         xviii + 383pp. Index. 48 b/w illustrations and 18 maps. In the original green cloth with silver lettering and regimental crest. Service in Mesopotamia in First World War and Burma in the Second.   Very good indeed. A lovely copy without inscriptions or markings.   1962 First edition, William Blackwood.
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    Mains, Lt.Col.A.A.   SOLDIER WITH RAILWAYS. £10    
         173pp. Gurkha officer's travels and involvement with railways in India, Iraq, Syria and Burma from 1934-1953. Railways in war and peace.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First edition, Picton.
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    Masters, John.   BUGLES AND A TIGER. £14    
      A Personal Adventure.   335pp. First volume of autobiography. Pre-war service on the Frontier as a Gurkha subaltern.   Very good in very good dw.   1956 Second impression, Michael Joseph.
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    Masters, John.   THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY. £10    
      A Personal Narrative.   344pp. 12 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Autobiography mainly covering the war in Burma.   Very good indeed. Owner's initials.   1961 Reprint, Michael Joseph.
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    Morris, John.   A WINTER IN NEPAL. £10    
         232pp. Index. 46 photographs. Bibliography. Travel and Gurkha life in 1960 by pre-war Everester.   Very good.   1963 Second impression, Hart-Davis.
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    Morris, John.   A WINTER IN NEPAL. £12    
         232pp. Index. 46 photographs. Bibliography. Travel and Gurkha life in 1960 by pre-war Everester.   Very good in very good dw.   1963 First Hart-Davis.
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    Niven, Colonel Bruce.   THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM. £15    
      Volume 2 The Gurkhas and their Homeland.   110pp. 4to. Colour photographs with brief texts.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Niven.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £65    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good in worn dw. Owner's name.   1928 First edition, John Lane.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £55    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good. A nice, clean copy.   1928 First, John Lane.
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    Pocock, Tom.   FIGHTING GENERAL. £12    
      The Public and Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker.   280pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs and 4 maps. North-West Frontier, Burma and Malaya. Lifetime involvement with the Gurkhas.   Very good in worn dw.   1973 First Collins.
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    Pocock, Tom.   FIGHTING GENERAL. £15    
      The Public and Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker.   280pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs and 4 maps. North-West Frontier, Burma and Malaya. Lifetime involvement with the Gurkhas.   Fine in very good dw.   1973 First Collins.
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    Portland (R.W.Morland-Hughes).   MY DEAR WALTER. £12    
      Observations of a Gurkha Officer 1937-43.   60pp. Humorous letters and drawings in colour facsimile.   Fine in near fine dw.   1987 First edition, Quiller Press.
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    Shipp, John.   MEMOIRS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY CAREER OF JOHN SHIPP, £18    
      Late a Lieutenant in His Majesty's 87th Regiment.   386pp . Engraved frontispiece, 8 illustrations and a map. Introduction by H.Manners Chichester. Account of his service in the Maharatta and Gurkha wars.   Hinges cracked and boards stained but internally sound.   1894 Second edition, Fisher Unwin.
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    Smith, E.D.   JOHNNY GURKHA. £12    
      Friends in the Hills.   176pp. 25 b/w photographs. A history. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Leo Cooper.
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    Smith, E.D.   WARS BRING SCARS. £12    
      Friends in the Hills.   144pp. Index. Card covers. 20 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Gurkha service in Greece, India, Malaya and Borneo 1945-64. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine.   1993 First edition, R.J.Leach, Aylesford.
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    Stevenson-Hamilton, V.E.O.   YES, YOUR EXCELLENCY. £14    
         229pp. 16 photographs. Lively memoirs of Gurkha officer, ADC to the Governor of the Punjab from 1935-1937 and eye-witness to partition.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Harmsworth.
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    Tucci, Sandro.   GURKHAS. £12    
         160pp. 4to. Superb colour photographs. Brief text.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Tuker, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis.   GORKHA. £15    
      The Story of the Gurkhas of Nepal.   319pp. Index. 31 b/w photographs and a folding map.   Very good. Spine a little cocked.   1957 First edition, Constable.
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