The Great Game On Secret Service In High Asia

London: John Murray, 2006 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased); pp. xiv, 562, [4 (pubs. advts.)], with 15 illustrations & 3 maps. A near fine copy. . Reprint. Soft Cover. F-.

London: Kodansha International Limited, 1992 G/VG. 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards gilt (ex-library with RSMs, labels etc. to outer leaves, rubbed and a little worn along tail edge, splitting in gutter at illustrations, though all pages secure, a little thumbed & marked, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little nicked, spine sunned); pp. xxiv, 566 (last blank),… Read more about this item

London: John Murray. Paperback. The Great Game. On Secret Service in High Asia. Mark to edge. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased); pp. xiv, 562, with 15 illustrations & 6 maps. A very good copy. . Reprint. Soft Cover. VG+.

Oxford: Oxford U. P., 1991. reprint. Very Good. small octavo. stiff wrappers xiv + 562pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, The definitive account of the background to War in Central Asia. Also a minor literary masterpiece