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MUNDY, Talbot (1879-1940). King of the Khyber Rifles. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1916].
8vo. Frontispiece and numerous double-page plates by Joseph Clement Coll. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth (endpapers renewed); ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (spine sunned with several spots of professional restoration, restoration also to wraps, some mild dampstaining to rear panel); folding cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the author’s name misspelled on title-page. In the RARE DUST JACKET, only appearing once at auction. It was the basis for the 1953 film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Terry Moore.