Adamec, Ludwig W. (edits) HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL GAZETTEER OF AFGHANISTAN. | £68.00 | |||||
Volume 3: Herat and Northwestern Afghanistan. 523pp + 51pp of maps. 4to. Very good indeed in like dw. 1975 First editiom, Akademische Druk-u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria. | ||||||
Al-Faisal Al-Saud, Prince Faisal. THE AFGHANISTAN FILE. | £10.00 | |||||
215pp. Index. By former Director of Saudi Intelligence Directorate. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper. 2021 First edition, Arabian Publishing. | ||||||
Alder, Gary. BEYOND BOKHARA. | £35.00 | |||||
The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon. 417pp. Index. 3 maps. Illustrations in b/w. very good hardback in fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy. 1985 First edition, Century. | ||||||
Alder, Gary. BEYOND BOKHARA. | £40.00 | |||||
The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon. 417pp. Index. 3 maps. Illustrations in b/w. Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper. 1985 First edition, Century. | ||||||
Alder, Gary. BEYOND BOKHARA. | £38.00 | |||||
The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon. 417pp. Index. 3 maps. Illustrations in b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1985 First edition, Century. | ||||||
Atwood, Rodney. THE MARCH TO KANDAHAR. | £12.00 | |||||
Roberts in Afghanistan. 214pp. Index. 8 maps. Second Afghan War in 1880. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Pen and Sword. | ||||||
Barthorp, Michael. AFGHAN WARS AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER 1839-1947 | £12.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
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 dustwrapper. 1998 William Heinemann. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
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 dustwrapper. 1998 William Heinemann. | ||||||
Bealby, Jonny. FOR A PAGAN SONG. | £12.00 | |||||
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 complete dustwrapper with slight fading to the spine panel.. 1998 First edition,William Heinemann. | ||||||
Beveridge, Annette Susananah (translates). BABUR-NAMA. | £10.00 | |||||
Memoirs of Babur. 880pp + lxxi pp appendices. Fine in fine dw. 1998 Reprint, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. | ||||||
Bird, Tim and Marshall, Alex. AFGHANISTAN. | £8.00 | |||||
How the West Lost its Way. 303pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 First edition, Yale University Press. | ||||||
Braithwaite, Rodric. AFGANTSY. | £16.00 | |||||
The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-1989. 417pp. Index. 4 maps. Photographs in colour and b/w. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 First edition, Profile Books. | ||||||
Burnes, Alexander. CABOOL. | £18.00 | |||||
Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to and Residence in that City. 317pp. 12 illustrations. Facsimile reprint of 1842 original. Fine in chipped dw. 1986 Indus, Karachi. | ||||||
Burnes, Alexander. CABOOL. | £21.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Candler, Edmund. ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. | £50.00 | |||||
278pp. 35 photographs and a map. Travels in Kashmir and the Khyber. Very good indeed. A very bright, clean copy. 1919 First edition, Cassell. | ||||||
Caroe, Olaf and Howell, Evelyn (translate). THE POEMS OF KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATAK. | £32.00 | |||||
98pp. Pushtu text with facing English translations of 17th century Pathan warrior poet. Very good in chipped dustwrapper.. 1963 The Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar. | ||||||
Cowper-Coles, Sherard. CABLES FROM KABUL. | £10.00 | |||||
The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign. 312pp. Index. 32 colour photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2011 First edition, Harper Press. | ||||||
Crile, George. MY ENEMY'S ENEMY. | £10.00 | |||||
The story of the largest covert operation in history: the arming of the Mujahideen by the CIA. 550pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2003 First edition, Atlantic Books. | ||||||
Dalrymple, William. RETURN OF A KING. | £14.00 | |||||
The Battle for Afghanistan. 567pp Index. Illustrations in colour. Fine in fine dw. 2013 First edition, Bloomsbury. | ||||||
Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S TRAVELS. | £21.00 | |||||
Beyond Forbidden Frontiers. 424pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. 6 maps. From Istanbul to Peking through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tibet. Fine in fine dw. 1987 First edition, Grafton. | ||||||
Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S TRAVELS. | £10.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S ADVENTURES. | £12.00 | |||||
From Miami to Kabul. 290pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. Much on Afghanistan in the late 80s. Fine in fine dw. 1992 First edition, Harper Collins. | ||||||
Danziger, Nick. DANZIGER'S TRAVELS. | £14.00 | |||||
Beyond Forbidden Frontiers. 424pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. 6 maps. From Istanbul to Peking through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tibet. Near-fine in slightly chipped dw. Inscription. 1987 First edition, Grafton. | ||||||
Eikelman, Dale F. (edits). RUSSIA'S MUSLIM FRONTIERS. | £10.00 | |||||
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. | ||||||
Ewans, Martin. AFGHANISTAN. | £14.00 | |||||
A New History. 250pp. Index. 37b/w illustrations and 8 maps. Fine in fine dw. 2002 Second edition, Curzon Press. | ||||||
Forrest, Sir George. THE LIFE OF LORD ROBERTS, V.C. | £34.00 | |||||
372pp. Index. 8 tissue-guarded photogravure plates. Very good. 1914 First edition, Cassell. | ||||||
Forrest, Sir George. THE LIFE OF LORD ROBERTS, V.C. | £31.00 | |||||
372pp. Index. 8 tissue-guarded photogravure plates. Very good indeed. Presentation inscription pasted to front endpaper. 1914 First edition, Cassell. | ||||||
Fraser-Tytler, W.K. AFGHANISTAN. | £28.00 | |||||
A Study of Political Developments in Central Asia. 330pp. Index. 4 maps. Very good. Small inscription obscured with typex, 1950 First edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Fraser-Tytler, W.K. AFGHANISTAN. | £25.00 | |||||
A Study of Political Developments in Central and Southern Asia. 348pp. Index. 2 folding maps. Revised to cover events to 1964. Ex-public library copy. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1958 Third edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Gall, Sandy. AFGHAN NAPOLEON. | £14.00 | |||||
The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. xx + 345pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. 2 maps. Introduction by Rory Stewart. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 2021 First edition, Haus Publishing. | ||||||
Gohari, M.J. THE TALIBAN. | £10.00 | |||||
Ascent to Power. 158pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First, Oxford University Press, Karachi | ||||||
Griffin, Michael. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. | £10.00 | |||||
The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. 283pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2001 First edition, The Pluto Press. | ||||||
Heathcote, T.A. THE AFGHAN WARS 1839-1919. | £15.00 | |||||
224pp. Index. Well illustrated account by the Curator of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, Osprey. | ||||||
Ispahani, Mahnaz Z. ROADS AND RIVALS. | £10.00 | |||||
The Political Uses of Access in the Borderlands of Asia. 286pp. Index. A study of the history and development of road routes in remote areas, particularly of Baluchistan and Afghanistan. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First edition, Cornell University Press. | ||||||
Jerrold, Walter. LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, V.C. | £14.00 | |||||
The Life Story of a Great Soldier. 247pp. 9 full-page b/w illustrations. Prize label. Very good indeed.. 1900 Fourth impression, S.W.Partridge & Co.. | ||||||
Jerrold, Walter. LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, V.C. | £10.00 | |||||
The Life Story of a Great Soldier. 247pp. 9 full-page b/w illustrations. Prize inscription and sclool crest on front board Very good 1900 Second impression, S.W.Partridge & Co.. | ||||||
Kaye, John William. HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. | £40.00 | |||||
Volume 3. 469pp. In the original red cloth now faded Very good. 1857 New edition, W.H.Allen & Co. | ||||||
Kaye, John William. HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. | £31.00 | |||||
Volume 3. 469pp. In the original red cloth. Very good internally but cloth marked and stained. Hinges holding. 1857 New edition, W.H.Allen & Co. | ||||||
Knobloch, Edgar. TREASURES OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD. | £12.00 | |||||
232pp. Index. Card covers. 72 b/w illustrations, 24 in colour. 32 maps and plans. Fine 2012 The History Press. | ||||||
Knobloch, Edgar. THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. | £15.00 | |||||
192pp. Index. Card covers. 83 b/w illustrations. Near-fine. 2002 Tempus. | ||||||
Kremmer, Christopher. THE CARPET WARS. | £12.00 | |||||
Ten Years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, 448pp. Index. Map. 27 b/w photographs. Travels in dangerous places in quest for carpets. Fine in fine dw. 2002 First edition, HarperCollins. | ||||||
Lamb, Christina. THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. | £12.00 | |||||
A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan. 338pp. Index. Map. 59 b/w illustrations in the text and 25 b/w plates. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2002 First edition, HarperCollins, New York. | ||||||
Lamb, Christina. FAREWELL KABUL. | £12.00 | |||||
From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World. 640pp. Index. 3 maps and photographs in colour. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2015 First edition, William Collins. | ||||||
Langlands, Ben and Bell, Nikki. THE HOUSE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. | £10.00 | |||||
297pp. Card covers.297 colour photographs of Afghanistan in 2002. Shown in exhibitions in London. Corners slightly rubbed. 2004 First edition, Thames & Hudson. | ||||||
Levi, Peter. THE LIGHT GARDEN OF THE ANGEL KING. | £14.00 | |||||
Journeys in Afghanistan. 287pp. 19 photographs by Bruce Chatwin. Fine in chipped dustwrapper with some edge-wear. Owner's name. 1972 First edition, Collins. | ||||||
Loyn, David. IN AFGHANISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation. 266pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2009 Palgrave Macmillan. | ||||||
Loyn, David. BUTCHER AND BOLT. | £12.00 | |||||
Two Hundred Years of Foreign Engagement in Afghanistan. 351pp. 4 maps and 39 illustrations in colour and b/w. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 Reprint, Hutchinson. | ||||||
Lunt, James. BOKHARA BURNES. | £12.00 | |||||
220pp. 9 illustrations and two maps. Great Game biography. Very good but boards a little rubbed. 1969 First edition, Faber. | ||||||
Macintyre, Ben. JOSIAH THE GREAT. | £16.00 | |||||
The True Story of the Man Who Would be King. 350pp. Index. 20 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. American adventurer, Josiah Harlan, founded his own kingdom in early 19th century Afghanistan. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2004 First edition, HarperCollins. | ||||||
Magnus, Ralph H and Nalby Eden. AFGHANISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
Mullah, Marx and Mujahid. 289pp. Index. Card covers. Fine 2002 Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. | ||||||
Magnus, Ralph H. and Naby, Eden. AFGHANISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid. 286pp. Index. Paperback edition. Fine. 2000 Westview, Border, Colorado. | ||||||
Male, Rev.Arthur. THROUGH THE BATTLE SMOKE. | £28.00 | |||||
484pp. 17 b/w illustrations. Graphic account of an army chaplain in the field during the second Afghan War and Sudan campaign. Edges of paper browning a little. Sunday School label. No date (label dated 1899) new and revised edition Robert Culley. | ||||||
Mallet, Bernard. THOMAS GEORGE EARL OF NORTHBROOK. | £49.00 | |||||
A Memoir. 308pp. Index. 13 plates. He was Viceroy from 1872-1876. A free-trade liberal he resigned over Lord Salisbury's forward policy in Afghanistan. Very good internally. Front hinge cracked. 1908 First edition, Longmans, Green & Co. | ||||||
Margolis, Eric S. WAR AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD. | £10.00 | |||||
The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet. 250pp. Index. Paperback. Experiences as a war-correspondent and strategic overview of the region. Fine. 2002 Revised and updated, Routledge, New York. | ||||||
Michaud, Rowland and Sabrina. CARAVANS TO TARTARY. | £10.00 | |||||
76 superb colour photographs of traditional life in Afghanistan. Map. Card covers. Fine. 1985 Thames & Hudson. | ||||||
Michaud, Rowland and Sabrina. CARAVANS TO TARTARY. | £25.00 | |||||
76 superb colour photographs of traditional life in Afghanistan. Map. Fine in fine dw. 1978 First edition, The Viking Press, New York. | ||||||
Mills, C.P. A STRANGE WAR. | £15.00 | |||||
Burma, India and Afghanistan 1914-1919. 133pp. 95 photographs. The story of the 2/5 Somerset Light Infantry on Imperial garrison duties. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1988 First edition, Alan Sutton. | ||||||
Norris, J.A. THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR 1838-1842. | £55.00 | |||||
xvi + 500pp. Index. Map. Fine in near-fine price-clippeed dustwrapper. A lovely copy. 1967 First edition, Cambridge University Press. | ||||||
Oepen, Ceri and Schlenkhoff, Angela (edit). BEYOND THE WILD TRIBES. | £10.00 | |||||
Understanding Modern Afghanistan and its Diaspora. 223pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2010 Hurst & Co.. | ||||||
Omar, Qais Akbar and Landrigan, Stephen. A NIGHT IN THE EMPEROR'S GARDEN. | £8.00 | |||||
A True Story of Hope and Resilience in Afghanistan. 255pp. Shakespeare performed with local actors. Fine in fine dw. 2015 Expanded edition, Haus Publishing. | ||||||
Pennell, Dr T.L. AMONG THE WILD TRIBES OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. | £24.00 | |||||
A Record of Sixteen Years Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches. 324pp. Index. 11 photographs. Very good. 1909 Third edition Seeley & Co. | ||||||
Popowski, Jozef THE RIVAL POWERS IN CENTRAL ASIA or the Struggle between England and Russia in the East. | £12.00 | |||||
235pp. Index. Card covers. Facsimile reprint of 1893 original which was translated from the German by Arthur Baring Brabant. Map not copied. Fine. 2005 Elibron Classics. | ||||||
Pottinger, George and Macrory, Patrick. THE TEN-RUPEE JEZAIL. | £24.00 | |||||
Figures in the First Afghan War 1838-1842. 240pp. Index. Fine in very good dustwrapper with two very short chips. 1993 First edition, Michael Russell. | ||||||
Rasanayagam, Angelo. AFGHANISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
A Modern History. 311pp. Index. Card covers. Fine. 2005 New Edition, I.B.Taurus. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £12.00 | |||||
The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. lviii + 484pp. Index. 6 maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Viking. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK. | £10.00 | |||||
The future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West. 232pp. Index. 2 maps. Very good indeed in fine dustwrapper. 2012 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £13.00 | |||||
How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. 484pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dw. 2008 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Rashid, Ahmed. DESCENT INTO CHAOS. | £12.00 | |||||
How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. lviii + 484pp. Index. Fine in fine dw. 2008 First edition, Allen Lane. | ||||||
Richards, D.S. THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. | £14.00 | |||||
A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars. 214pp. Index. 10 b/w illustrations and a map. Fine in fine dw. 1990 First edition, Macmillan. | ||||||
Richards, D.S. THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. | £12.00 | |||||
A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars. 214pp. Index. 10 b/w illustrations and a map. Near-fine in fine dw. Owner's name. 1990 First edition, Macmillan. | ||||||
Richards, D.S. THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. | £13.00 | |||||
A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars. 214pp. Index. 10 b/w illustrations and a map. Very good in fine dw. Edges of paper starting to darken. 1990 First edition, Macmillan. | ||||||
Robson, Brian (edits). ROBERTS IN INDIA. | £18.00 | |||||
The Military Papers of Field Marshal Lord Roberts 1876-1893. 478pp. Index. 229pp cover the Second Afghan War. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Army Records Society. | ||||||
Russian General Staff. THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR. | £12.00 | |||||
How a Superpower Fought and Lost. 364pp. Index. Card covers. Translated from the Russian. Fine. 2002 University of Kansas Press. | ||||||
Schofield, Victoria. EVERY ROCK EVERY HILL. | £16.00 | |||||
The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. 352pp. Bibliography and index. 34 b/w illustrations and 14 maps. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy. 1984 First edition, Buchan & Enright. | ||||||
Shadbolt, S.H. THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN OF 1878-1880 | £68.00 | |||||
Compiled from Official and Private Sources. 626pp. Facsimile reprint. First published in 1882 in two volumes. Includes an account of the campaign, 140 photographs with biographical notices (including Victoria Cross citations), movements of all British and Indian regiments engaged, records of nearly every officer employed in the war. Fine in very good dw. No date (1960s?) Hayward. | ||||||
Siegel, Jennifer. ENDGAME. | £26.00 | |||||
Britain, Russia and the Final Struggle for Central Asia. 273pp. Index. Map. Close analysis of events in Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet before and after The Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2002 First edition, I.B.Tauris. | ||||||
Smith, Harvey H. et al. AREA HANDBOOK FOR AFGHANISTAN. | £22.00 | |||||
435pp. Index. Very good indeed. 1969 US Government Printing Office, Washington. | ||||||
Spain, James W. PEOPLE OF THE KHYBER. | £28.00 | |||||
The Pathans of Pakistan. 190pp. Index. 14 b/w photographs. Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw. Owner's name. 1963 First edition, New York, Praeger. | ||||||
Survey of India. MAP : LANDI KOTAL, N.W.FRONTIER PROVINCE. | £85.00 | |||||
One Inch Sheet No. 38 N4 17 x 23 inches on folded paper.. Scale 1" = 1 mile. The Khyber Pass (before the railway), the Kabul River and the frontier with Afghanistan. Surprisingly the frontier is not marked on the map. Good but damaged by a tear in the centre of the map which does not affect the main points of interest. 1917 Reprinted from surveys of 1905-8. | ||||||
Toynbee, Arnold J. BETWEEN OXUS AND JUMNA. | £12.00 | |||||
211pp. Index. Folding map. 12 photographs in colour and b/w. Extensive travels in 1960. Very good in chipped dw. Bookplate. 1961 First edition, Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Trousdale, William (edits). THE GORDON CREEDS IN AFGHANISTAN. | £10.00 | |||||
187pp. Index and notes. In card covers. Memoirs of father and son who served in the two Afghan wars. Fine. 1984 First edition, BACSA (4). | ||||||
Waller, John H. BEYOND THE KHYBER PASS. | £10.00 | |||||
The Road to British Disaster in the First Afghan War. 329pp. Paperback edition. Fine. 1993 University of Texas Press. | ||||||
Yousaf, Mohammad and Adkin, Mark. AFGHANISTAN - THE BEAR TRAP. | £24.00 | |||||
The Defeat of a Superpower. 243pp. Index. Account of covert Pakistani command and supply by I.S.I. Commander. First published in 1992. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 2001 Casemate, Havertown PA. | ||||||
Yousaf, Mohammad and Adkin, Mark. AFGHANISTAN - THE BEAR TRAP. | £5.00 | |||||
The Defeat of a Superpower. 243pp. Index. Card covers. Account of covert Pakistani command and supply by I.S.I. Commander. First published in 1992. Fine. 2001 Reprint, Leo Cooper. |
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