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Afghanistan:

Bell, Major Evans . THE DISPUTED SUCCESSION IN AFGHANISTAN
London 1874. Removed from the Journal of the East India Association, Vol. VIII, at pp. 81-120. Sm.8vo., rebound in later wraps. VG. (a31414)
$45.00 de Bouillane de Lacoste, Major . AROUND AFGHANISTAN
London 1909 1st Pitman. Preface by M. George Leygues. Translated from French by J. G. Anderson. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 218pp., ads, Islamic decoration in black ink on reddish cloth with gilt lettering. Blind stamp of library on title page and a few tiny numbers on verso of title. Fain residue of label at heel of spine. Good, new endpapers, some tearing along outer hinge, light chipping on spine ends, corners worn. (a72177)
$260.00 Dupree, Louis . SHAMSHIR GHAR: HISTORIC CAVE SITE IN KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
NY 1958. Anthropological Papers of American Museum of Natural History. 4to., pp. 141-311, 31 photo illustrations, foldout chart, wraps. VG, small wrinkling on lower cover corner. (a17215)
$29.00 Geoffroy-Schneiter, Berenice . GANDHARA THE MEMORY OF AFGHANISTAN. ISBN 2 84323 294 5.
NY 2001 Assouline. ISBN 2 84323 294 5. One of the world's most extraordinary artistic hybrids, the Greco-Buddhist art of the Gandhara region in Afghanistan. Large portions of this art were destroyed just weeks after this book was printed. 8vo., 79pp., color and monochrome photographs, hardcover. Mint, as new. (a58814)
$20.00 Herrlich, Albert . LAND DES LICHTES
Munchen 1938 Knorr & Hirth. Deutsche Kundfahrt zu unbekannten Volkern im Hindukutsch. Afghanistan, Himalayas, Hindu Kush. In German. Lg.8vo., 177pp., photo illustrations, wraps with DJ. VG, light wear, in Good DJ, somewhat worn. (a43071)
$50.00 Junker, Heinrich . EIN BRUCHSTUECK DER AFRINAGHAN I GAHANBAR
Leipzig 1932. Berichte Ueber die Verhandlungen der Saechsischen Akad. der Wiss. zu Leipzig, Philologische-historische Klasse 85 Band 4 Heft. In German. 8vo., 38pp., ten plates, wraps. Unopened. VG. (a37641)
$50.00 Kapur, Harish . SOVIET RUSSIA AND ASIA 1917-27 A STUDY OF SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS TURKEY IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
Geneva 1966 1st Michael Joseph. 8vo., 266pp., index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a54141)
$65.00 Klass, Rosanne . LAND OF THE HIGH FLAGS A TRAVEL-MEMOIR OF AFGHANISTAN
NY 1964 1st Random. Author spent two years in Afghanistan as a teacher of English. Intelligent and well-written-- a fine introduction to Afghanistan and her people. 8vo., 319pp., original hardcover. VG, slight soiling on front end papers, no DJ.. (a29898)
$20.00 Koie, M. and K.H. Rechinger . SYMBOLAE AFGHANICAE II. ENUMERATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED BY L. EDELBERG AND M. KOIE ON THE 3RD DANISH EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL ASIA AND BY W. KOELZZ, H.F. NEUBAUER, O.H. VOLK AND OTHER I AFGHANISTAN II. K. H. RECHINGER: COMPOSITAE
Copenhagen 1955. Det Kongeliske Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter bind 8, Nr. 2. 4to., 214pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, slight vertical fold. (a22150)
$45.00 Malleson, Colonel G. B. . HERAT: THE GRANARY AND GARDEN OF CENTRAL ASIA
London 1880 1st W H Allen & Co. Hardcover. Octavo, (6), 196pp., ads, gilt printed steel-blue cloth with bevelled board edges. Mercantile Association library name stamp on title page, beginning of text and end of text with ink numbers on title page - no other library marks. Good, hinges beginning to crack, front blank end paper detached, lacks front free blank free and half title, lacks map. (a70424)
$495.00 Olufsen, O. . THROUGH THE UNKNOWN PAMIRS (VAKHAN AND GARAN) - THE SECOND DANISH PAMIR EXPEDITION 1898-99
London 1904 1st Heinemann. Octavo, 238pp., photo illustrations, 2 folding maps, one foldout diagram, index, red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, spine faded, some discoloration and slight staining on front, end papers brown-speckled. (a61761)
$245.00 Scott, John . EAST OF SUEZ, A REPORT TO TIME'S PUBLISHERS, JAMES A LINEN, ON AN EXTENSIVE TRIP THROUGH SOUTH & SOUTHWEST ASIA SUMMER 1956
1956. Israel, Iraq, Iran Pakistan, Bahrain, India, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Kashmir. 4to., 119pp., plastic spiral wraps. VG. (a67879)
$79.00 Sinclair, Gordon . KHYBER CARAVAN THROUGH KASHMIR, WAZIRISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, BALUCHISTAN AND NORTHERN INDIA
NY 1936 1st Farrar. Octavo, 316pp., orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Near VG, light fading and soiling, no DJ. (a69694)
$39.00 Stephens, Ian . HORNED MOON AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY THROUGH PAKISTAN, KASHMIR AND AFGHANISTAN
London 1954 Chatto and Windus. 8vo., 288pp., color and bw photo illus. Hardcover. Good, light foxing on initial and final pages, no DJ. (a38715)
$30.00 Trinkler, Emil . THROUGH THE HEART OF AFGHANISTAN
Boston 1928 1st Houghton. Edited and translated by B. K. Featherstone. Hardcover. Octavo, 246pp., photo illustrations, large foldout map, cloth. VG, light soiling, no DJ. (a72168)
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