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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 40 (unpaginated). Illustrated throughout. Exhibition catalogue. Covers slightly creased, slight wear at top of spine, slight rubbing otherwise near VG.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. [8], 136, [1] pp. Publisher's terracotta cloth with black lettering to the spine and front board. With a red stamp reading 'With Publisher's Compliments' to the title page. Rubbing to the spine and corners and some markings to the boards. Offsetting to the endpapers, a little spotting to the fore edge and a pencil ownership inscription to the first free endpaper; text darkened but otherwise clean. Written by British Indian Army officer as a guide for military personnel fighting on India's border with Afghanistan and Pakistan, named the North-West Frontier by British forces, to offer insight into warfare on mountainous terrian. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Gale & Polden, Aldershot, UK. 1932. Viii, 136 pgs. Second Edition. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating little item, not a training manual, in which General Skeen, drawing on his own experiences, tries to impart to junior infantry officers of the British Army in India, his advice on how to improve upon their training for frontier fighting. General Sir Andrew Skeen, KCB, KCIE, CMG (20 January 1873 18 February 1935) served in the British Indian Army, rising to the position of Chief of the General Staff in India. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.