Naga Path by Bower, Ursula Graham - 1952

John Murray, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Edition Reprint. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Mustard cloth with brown lettering to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates. Book has a fairly strong odour,. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Small splits to spine ends. Faint mottling to front and rear boards.

London: Readers Union, 1952. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 238 pages, page edges spotted, covers a little marked otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

John Murray, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. At the beginning of the text there are two pages of maps showing the area spoken about within the text. Between pages 6 and seven there are 16 pages of black and white photographs. Mustard coloured cloth covered boards with dark brown coloured titles to the back strip. The author was one of the pioneer anthropologists in the Naga Hills of India between 1937 and 1946. During WWII was a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese in Burma from 1942-1945 with V-Force. This is her story of both endeavours. Softening of the back strip edges with a little bumping of the book corners. There is cocking of the spine and the covers show some handling marks and darkening. Noticeable darkening of the back strip. Browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. The front edge of the pages 147 to 150 are a little ragged as they were not cut cleanly in the book's… Read More

London : Readers Union : J. Murray, 1952. paperback. Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1952; London; pink illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with pink titles; dust jacket contains rubbing and edge wear; dust jacket contains chips and tears; dust jacket contains sun damage and color fading; interior is in very good condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 238 pages

John Murray, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Covers have been bent creasing the cloth. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.

London: Readers Union / John Murray. Very Good. 1952. Hardcover. Map of India on endpapers. Sepia photos. Index 250gms weight; Book Club Edition; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 240 pages .

Readers Union. Very Good. . 1952, clean copy, no markings, feint toning to pages, no dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1952. Hardcover.

London: John Murray. G : in good condition with dust jacket in clear protective wraps. Tears to upper edge of dust jacket. Sporadic light foxing. 1950. First Edition. Yellow hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 260pp. B/w photographs; frontis map. Ursula Graham Bower, a Roedean graduate, was invited to visit Nagaland in 1937 by a friend and was struck by the dignity and tribal culture of the Naga people. She stayed on and started work on an anthropological study. In 1944, WWII, Japanese armies invaded the jungles of Nagaland from Burma. Bower, who had been trained to shoot as a child by her father, marshalled and trained the Zeme Nagas as scouts who searched the jungles for Japanese troops. Bower was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in April 1945 for her actions in Burma and was the subject of an American comic book titled Jungle Queen. .

International: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969 An excellent, clean and tightly bound reference work. The previous owner's name is inked neatly on the IFC.