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Abdullah, Morag Murray. VALLEY OF THE GIANT BUDDHAS. |
£15 |
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Memoirs and Travels. 309pp. Memoirs of Afghanistan in the 1930s by Scottish wife of Afghan prince. Fine in fine dw. Inscription. 1993 First edition, Octagon Press. |
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Abdullah, Morag Murray. VALLEY OF THE GIANT BUDDHAS. |
£18 |
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Memoirs and Travels. 309pp. Memoirs of Afghanistan in the 1930s by Scottish wife of Afghan prince. Fine in fine dw. With the bookplate of 'The Sufi Trust'. 1993 First edition, Octagon Press. |
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Ansary, Tamin. WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK. |
£10 |
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An Afghan Story. 293pp. Afghan-American reflects on conflicts between Islam and the West and his own life story. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Macmillan. |
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Barr, Lieut. William. TRAVELS FROM DELHI TO PUNJAB AND KABUL |
£24 |
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with the Mission of Lieut.-Colonel Sir C.M.Wade. 235pp. Reprint of scarce 1844 original. By the artillery commander to the escort seeking to establish a client of the British and the Sikhs on the Afghan throne in 1839. Very good. 1987 Nirmal, New Delhi. |
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Barthorp, Michael. AFGHAN WARS AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER 1839-1947 |
£12 |
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184pp. Index. Profusely illustrated. Published in flexible pictorial covers without a dustwrapper. First published in 1982 as 'The North-West Frontier. Fine. 2002 New edition, Cassell. |
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Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. |
£15 |
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Travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. 235pp. Map. A lively travelogue of a journey following the characters of 'The Man Who Would Be King'. Through a very dangerous Afghanistan to find the pagan tribes of Kafiristan. Fine in fine dw. 1998 First edition, William Heinemann. |
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Beveridge, Annette Susananah (translates). BABUR-NAMA. |
£28 |
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Memoirs of Babur. 880pp + lxxi pp appendices. Fine in fine dw. 1998 Reprint, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. |
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Beveridge, Annette Susananah (translates). BABUR-NAMA. |
£24 |
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Memoirs of Babur. 880pp + lxxi pp appendices. Fine in fine dw. 1979 Reprint, Sangemeel Publications, Lahore |
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Booth, Martin. OPIUM. |
£12 |
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A History. 381pp. Index. Much on Afghanistan, India and China. Fine in fine dw. 1996 First edition, Simon & Schuster. |
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Bosly, Caroline. RUGS TO RICHES. |
£16 |
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An Insider's Guide to Oriental Rugs. 248pp. Index. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Fully revised and updated. Fine in fine dw. 1987 Third edition, Unwin Hyman. |
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Burnes, Alexander. CABOOL. |
£24 |
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Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to and Residence in that City. 398pp. 12 illustrations. Facsimile reprint of 1842 original. Fine in fine dw. Slight marking to endpapers. 2001 Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. |
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Carew, Tom. JIHAD! |
£12 |
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The Secret War in Afghanistan. 282pp. Ex-SAS soldier as western agent with the Mujahideen. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First, Mainstream. |
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Chaliand, Gerard. REPORT FROM AFGHANISTAN. |
£8 |
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A first-hand account of the Soviet occupation and Afghan Resistance. 112pp. Index. Paperback. 6 maps. Fine. 1982 Penguin Books, New York. |
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Colley, Linda. CAPTIVES. |
£12 |
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Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850. 438pp. Index. 74 b/w illustrations. Imperial history through the experiences of British prisoners. Much on Tipu's captives and prisoners in Afghanistan. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Colley, Linda. CAPTIVES. |
£12 |
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Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850. 438pp. Index. 74 b/w illustrations. Imperial history through the experiences of British prisoners. Much on Tipu's captives and prisoners in Afghanistan. Signed on the title page. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Collister, Peter. HOSTAGE IN AFGHANISTAN. |
£12 |
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142pp. Card covers. 24 b/w illustrations. 2 maps. A study of the hostages taken during the First Afghan War 1839-42. Fine. 1999 First edition, Pentland Press, Bishop Auckland. |
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Corwin, Phillip. DOOMED IN AFGHANISTAN. |
£12 |
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A UN Officer's Memoir of the Fall of Kabul and Najibullah's Failed Escape. 241pp. Index. 4 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dw. 2003 First edition, Rutgers University Press. |
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Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S TRAVELS. |
£12 |
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Beyond Forbidden Frontiers. 424pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. From Istanbul to Peking through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tibet. Very good in chipped dw. 1987 Reprint, Grafton. |
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Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S TRAVELS. |
£10 |
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Beyond Forbidden Frontiers. 424pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. From Istanbul to Peking through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tibet. Very good. Inscription. 1987 Reprint, Grafton. |
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de Baer, Oliver Rudston. AFGHAN INTERLUDE. |
£12 |
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223pp. 23 black and white plates. Expedition by Cambridge undergraduates who stay in British embassies and with Governors and Ministers. Very good indeed in worn dw. 1957 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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de Baer, Oliver Rudston. AFGHAN INTERLUDE. |
£12 |
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223pp. 23 black and white plates. Expedition by Cambridge undergraduates. Very good indeed. 1957 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Dennie, Colonel William H. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGNS IN AFFGHANISTAN, |
£350 |
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Sinde, Beloochistan, etc. Detailed in a Series of Letters. 223pp. Small 8vo. Folding map. Recased in the original cloth with new endpapers. A very good copy of an extremely scarce item. Section cut from top of half-title and corners worn. 1843 First edition, William Curry, Dublin. |
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Douglas, William O. BEYOND THE HIGH HIMALAYAS. |
£12 |
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352pp. Index. Endpaper maps. A Justice of the US Supreme Court treks in Afghanistan, Hunza and Ladakh. Very good in very good dw. 1953 First, Gollancz. |
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Drummond, Emma. BEYOND ALL FRONTIERS. |
£10 |
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472pp. Romantic fiction set in 1838 against the background of the Great Game and the invasion of Afghanistan. Very good in very good. Front endpaper removed. 1983 First edition, Gollancz. |
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Dunsheath, Joyce and Baillie, Eleanor. AFGHAN QUEST. |
£10 |
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The Story of their Abinger Afghanistan Expedition 1960 239pp. 16 b/w photographs and a map. An expedition to climb Mir Samir in the Hindu Kush. No ascent but many adventures. Fine in very good dw. 1961 First edition, Harrap. |
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Eikelman, Dale F. (edits). RUSSIA'S MUSLIM FRONTIERS. |
£10 |
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New Directions in Cross-Cultural Analysis. 206pp. Index. Card covers. Papers from joint US/Russian conferences on Central Asia, Afganistan and Pakistan. Fine. 1993 Indiana University Press. |
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Elliot, Jason. AN UNEXPECTED LIGHT. |
£14 |
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Travels in Afghanistan. 473pp. Despite the dangers, he heads off from Kabul to the North on horseback. Fine in fine dw. 1999 First edition, Picador. |
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Elliot, Jason. AN UNEXPECTED LIGHT. |
£14 |
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Travels in Afghanistan. 473pp. Despite the dangers, he heads of from Kabul to the North on horseback. Fine in fine dw. 2001 First edition US, Picador. |
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Elphinstone, Mountstuart. AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF CAUBUL. |
£55 |
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In 2 volumes. 422, 465pp. Index. Facsimile reprint. First published 1815. With a 22pp introduction by Olaf Caroe. Very good in very good dws. 1972 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
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Emanuel, W.V. THE WILD ASSES. |
£28 |
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A Journey through Persia. 352pp. Index. Folding map. 13 b/w photographs. A journey through the Caucasus, Persia and into Afghanistan in 1936. Very good indeed. 1939 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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