The land of the Gurkhas or the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal . With a chapter by Bridadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce: thier manners, customs and country . with a foreword byBrigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce

Northey, W. Brook, Major

Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., n.d., Cambridge, 1937

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First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 248; frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, folding color map and 76 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 39 plates; original green cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; slight discoloration of the cloth but generally a very good, sound, and clean copy. "The author engaged in a Gurkha Battalion for twenty years, acted as Gurkha recruiting officer, and visited Kathmandu and the Tarai. In this book he gives its geography, history, ethnology, etc." (Yakushi). Yakushi N157.

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• Title: The land of the Gurkhas or the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal . With a chapter by Bridadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce: thier manners, customs and country . with a foreword byBrigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce
• Publisher: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., n.d., Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1937
• Edition: First Edition.
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