The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush
by Robertson, George Scott (Sir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 969350738X
- ISBN 13
- 9789693507386
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-e-Meel Publications. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2001). Hardcover. 969350738X . A 2001 facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1896. [16], 656 pages. The preliminary leaves are incorrectly numbered xxix-xxxix. Folding map not present in this edition. Illustrations are not clearly reproduced. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: 212 x 135mm. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick. "In the year 1888, in company with Colonel Durand, C.B., then a young cavalry captain, I was travelling through the Astor Valley of Kashmir to Gilgit. On one memorable occasion we had made a double march. The track was extremely arduous, and the waning light found us tired and jaded, and still some distance from camp." - from the Preface. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25240
- Title
- The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush
- Author
- Robertson, George Scott (Sir)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 969350738X
- ISBN 13
- 9789693507386
- Publisher
- Sang-e-Meel Publications
- Place of Publication
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Date Published
- (2001)
- Keywords
- 969350738X
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