'Blackwood' Tales from the Outpost. VIII. Jungle Tales
by Bethell, L. A. (Lieut. Colonel) (Ed. ) ; Contributors Include Sir Hugh Clifford; John Still; Pousse Cailloux
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. [viii], 294 pages. Blue cloth covers with red spine panel. Top edges dyed red. No signatures. Cloth covers clean and bright. 3/4" circular hole cut away from dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper rubbed at edges. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. Contents: "Mankind and the Jungle" by Sir Hugh Clifford; "True Foresters" by John Still; "Tanks" by John Still; "Lost Sepoys" by 'Pousse Cailloux'; "In the Heart of Kalimantan" by Sir Hugh Clifford; "Hpa-N-Khrit" by 'Sinjab'; "Highbrows and Lowbrows" by 'Pousse Cailloux'; "The Quest of the Golden Fleece" by Sir Hugh Clifford; "Primitive Socialist" by Edward Irving; "The Other Master" by Sir Hugh Clifford; "The Death-March of Kulop Sumbing" by Sir Hugh Clifford; "Movable Columns" by 'Pouse Cailloux'; "White Man's Ground" by 'Selim'. "They are that rare and precious thing, which politicians ignore and professional history hardly hears, the voice of 'the man on the spot'" - reviewer's quote on front flap of dust wrapper. ; 12mo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003283
- Title
- 'Blackwood' Tales from the Outpost. VIII. Jungle Tales
- Author
- Bethell, L. A. (Lieut. Colonel) (Ed. ) ; Contributors Include Sir Hugh Clifford; John Still; Pousse Cailloux
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- History Colonial India Africa
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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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