Major d g j ryan (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Printed by Gale & Polden For Private Circulation Only. Date:1925, but foreword dated 1926. First edition. Original cloth embossed in silver to the spine and front board. Marbled endpapers. Size: 15cm x 22cm. pp. xxiv + 329. Profusely illustrated throughout and with 20 maps and sketches. A detailed regimental history covering the period from 1817 from when it was known as The Cuttack Legion to 1903 when it became The 6th Gurkha Rifles through to the end of the First World War. Binding nice and tight, bright and clean with only slight rubbing to the edges. Pages and maps generally very nice and clean with occasional slight foxing. A near fine copy. Very scarce.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Condizione: Good. Limited Edition. G - in Good condition. Rebound with new endpapers. Inner hinges cracked. Some repairs to preliminary pages and maps where paper has have been reinforced. Edge-tears to one folding map. Occasional light marking within. Text remains clean and tight throughout however. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 329pp. B/w plates and maps, (many folding). Printed for private circulation only. Foreword dated 1926.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condizione: Good. Comprehensive regimental history authored by Major D.G.J. Ryan, Major G.C. Strachan, and Captain J.K. Jones. Published in 1925, this volume meticulously chronicles the formation and evolution of the 6th Gurkha Rifles from its inception as the Cuttack Legion in 1817 through its various engagements up to the end of World War I in 1919. The book offers detailed accounts of the regiment's campaigns, organizational changes, and the valor displayed by its members, serving as a significant resource for understanding the contributions of the Gurkha soldiers in British military history. Spine of book worn, rubbed, some lettering missing ink. See photos.…