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Ahmed, Akbar S. RELIGION AND POLITICS IN MUSLIM SOCIETY. |
£16.00 |
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Order and Conflict in Pakistan. 215pp. Index. A study of Waziristan where the author was Political Agent. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1983 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Ahmed, Akbar S. MILLENNIUM AND CHARISMA AMONG PATHANS. |
£12.00 |
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A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology. 173pp. Index. Card covers. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Fine. 1976 Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Ahmed, Akbar S. PUKHTUN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. |
£35.00 |
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Traditional Structure and Economic Development in a Tribal Society. 406pp. Index. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1980 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Ahmed, Akbar S. MILLENNIUM AND CHARISMA AMONG PATHANS. |
£16.00 |
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A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology. 173pp. Index. Based on field-work in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan's N.W.Frontier Province. The author was Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. Very good in very good dustwrapper.. 1976 First edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Allen, Charles. GOD'S TERRORISTS. |
£12.00 |
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The Wahabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad. 349pp. Index. Mostly covers Islamic fundamentalism in 19th century India with much on the Mutiny and the Frontier. Fine in fine but price-clipped dustwrapper. 2006 Reprint, Little Brown |
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Allen, Charles. GOD'S TERRORISTS. |
£15.00 |
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The Wahabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad. 349pp. Index. Mostly covers Islamic fundamentalism in 19th century India with much on the Mutiny and the Frontier. Fine in price-clipped but otherwise fine dustwrapper. 2006 First edition, Little Brown. |
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Anon (officers of the regiment). THE GUIDES 1846-1922. |
£200.00 |
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347pp. Index. 11 maps in the text and 6 (of 7) in rear pocket. 19 b/w photographs. Ex-Westminster Public Library with label, rubber stamp marks to maps and plates, spine mark and embossed mark on front board. Mainly relating to campaigns in Afghanistan and on the North-West Frontier. World War I in Mesopotamia. Very good. 1938 Gale and Polden, Aldershot. |
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Barth, Fredrik. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AMONG SWAT PATHANS. |
£21.00 |
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143pp. Index. Fine in near-fine dw. 1959 First edition, University of London Press. |
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Barth, Fredrik. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AMONG SWAT PATHANS. |
£10.00 |
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143pp. Index. Paperback edition. Very good 1965 University of London Press. |
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Barthorp, Michael. AFGHAN WARS AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER 1839-1947 |
£12.00 |
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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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Beattie, Hugh. IMPERIAL FRONTIER. |
£35.00 |
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Tribe and State in Waziristan. 352pp. Index. How the British sought to manage the Pashtun groups in the nineteenth century. Fine in laminated pictorial boards. 2002 First edition, Curzon Press. |
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Blackledge, W.J. HELL'S BROTH MILITIA. |
£25.00 |
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242pp. Stirring tales of his skirmishes on the North West Frontier. 8 plates. Very good. No date (1930s?) Sampson Low. |
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Blackledge, W.J. HELL'S BROTH MILITIA. |
£15.00 |
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242pp. Stirring tales of his skirmishes on the North West Frontier. 8 plates. Rubbed and a little slack. No date (1930s?) Sampson Low. |
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Blood, General Sir Bindon. FOUR SCORE YEARS AND TEN. |
£76.00 |
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356pp. Index. 8 plates and 4 maps. Autobiography of commander of the Malakand Field Force; sport and soldiering. Long service in India and on the North-West Frontier. In the original black cloth with gilt coat of arms on front board Very good . Internally excellent witout stains, labels or inscriptions. Hinges sound Slight nick to foot of spine. 1933 First edition, G.Bell and Sons. |
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Bowen, John Charles Edward. PLAIN TALES OF THE AFGHAN BORDER. |
£12.00 |
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95pp. 10 Pathan stories retold by former Frontier officer. Fine in fine dw. 1982 First edition, Springwood Books. |
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Bristow, Brigadier R.C.B. MEMORIES OF THE BRITISH RAJ. |
£10.00 |
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A Soldier in India. 208pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Service with the Dogra Regiment on the Frontier, in Burma and during Partition. Fine in fine dw. 1974 First edition, Johnson. |
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Candler, Edmund. ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. |
£50.00 |
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278pp. 35 photographs and a map. Travels in Kashmir and the Khyber. Very good indeed. A very bright, clean copy. 1919 First edition, Cassell. |
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Caroe, Olaf and Howell, Evelyn (translate). THE POEMS OF KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATAK. |
£32.00 |
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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. |
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Caroe, Olaf. THE PATHANS 550BC-1957AD. |
£38.00 |
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521pp. Index. 12 plates and 6 maps. The author was the last British Governor of the North-West Frontier Province. Very good in very good dw. 1962 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Churchill, Winston S. FRONTIERS AND WARS. |
£12.00 |
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567pp. 32 maps and plans. The text of his four early books, including 'The Malakand Field Force'. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. 1962 Reprint, Eyre & Spotiswoode |
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Cooper, Ashley. THE KHYBER CONNECTION. |
£10.00 |
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The Furrow and the Raj. 238pp. Index. Card covers. 48 b/w photographs. Explores the multitude of links between people in rural Suffolk and the experience of India and Burma. Reminiscences and memorials illuminated by the author's travels. An unusual and interesting perspective. Very good. 1985 First Bulmer. |
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Cornet. THE BROKEN LINK. |
£10.00 |
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189pp. Lively stories of Tent Clubs, sport and service on the Frontier. Very good in chipped dw. 1951 First edition, Bles. |
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Curzon, George Nathaniel. A VICEROY'S INDIA. |
£12.00 |
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192pp. Edited by Peter King. Long extracts on Kabul, Chitral and Gilgit from Curzon's books. Many photographs from Curzon's time. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1984 First edition, Sidgwick & Jackson. |
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Dani, Ahmad Hasan. PESHAWAR. |
£45.00 |
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Historic City of the Frontier. 253pp. Index. 3 folding maps. 29 plates. The author was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar. Very good in complete dustwrapper without lettering on spine panel. Owner's name. 1969 First edition, Khyber Mail Press, Peshawar. |
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Dani, Ahmad Hasan. PESHAWAR. |
£25.00 |
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Historic City of the Frontier. 152pp. 4to. Many photographs in colour. The author was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar. Fine in pictorial boards. 2002 Reprint, Sang-e-Meel, Lahore. |
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Dichter, David. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER OF WEST PAKISTAN. |
£36.00 |
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A Study in Regional Geography. 231pp. 22 plates of b/w photographs. 21 maps and figures in the text. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. 1967 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Diver, Maud. A WILD BIRD. |
£5.00 |
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575pp. Novel set In England and Peshawar in 1927. Very good. 1932 Reprint, John Murray. |
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Diver, Maud. CANDLES IN THE WIND. |
£6.00 |
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384pp. Third novel of NW Frontier trilogy. Very good indeed. An excellent copy. 1923 Reprint, Blackwood, Edinburgh. |
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Diver, Maud. CAPTAIN DESMOND, V.C. |
£6.00 |
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372pp. Best-selling NW Frontier novel. Very good. 1910 Ninth impression, Blackwood. |
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Durand, Colonel Algernon. THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER. |
£21.00 |
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Five Years' Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral and the Eastern Hindu-Kush 298pp. Index. Facsimile reprint. Folding map. Plates a little smudgy. Near-fine in very good dw. 1977 Indus Publications, Karachi. |
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Enriquez, Major C.M. KHYBERIE. |
£5.00 |
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The Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier. 179pp. Illustrated by K. F. Barker. Very good indeed. Attractive bookplate 1950 Reprint, A. & C. Black. |
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Enriquez, Major C.M. KHYBERIE. |
£10.00 |
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The Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier. 179pp. Illustrated by K. F. Barker. Very good. Inscription. A little slack. 1934 First A. & C. Black. |
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Fincastle, Viscount and Eliott-Lockhart P.C. A FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. |
£24.00 |
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A narrative of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces on the North West Frontier of India 1897-98. 229pp. Folding map. Half-title printed as title page. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1990 New edition, R.J.Leach. |
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Fraser, Lovat. INDIA UNDER CURZON AND AFTER. |
£25.00 |
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496pp. Index. Large folding map. 4 tissue-guarded plates. Long sections on Tibet, Persia and the Frontier. An adulatory record of Curzon's administration by the former editor of 'The Times of India'. Front endpaper removed. Private library label but no other library marks. Otherwise a nice copy. 1911 First edition, Heinemann. |
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Gilbertson, Major George Waters. THE BALOCHI LANGUAGE, |
£55.00 |
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A Grammar and Manual. 312pp. Presentation inscription to Lt. Colonel Vivian Robinson, Frontier Force. Bookseller stamp of Thacker, Spink, Simla. Spine lettering faded and binding a little slack . 1923 by the author, Hertford. |
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Gould, B.J. THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS. |
£18.00 |
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Recollections of an Indian Political. 252pp. Index. 12 plates and 8 maps. Service in Tibet, Persia and on the North-West Frontier 1907-1940. A good copy in worn dustwrapper. 1957 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Guruge, Ananda W.P. MAHAVAMSA. |
£65.00 |
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The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka. 1129pp. Introduction, translation and notes. A Pali Buddhist epic. Very good in complete but chipped and marked dw. Spotting to fore-edge. 1989 First edition, Associated Newspapers, Colombo. |
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Hamid, Major General S.Shahid. KARAKURAM HUNZA. |
£28.00 |
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The Land of Just Enough. 175pp. Index. Based on a long personal friendship with the Mir of Hunza. Includes a detailed history of the princely family and an appendix on apricots and longevity. The author had been Private Secretary to Auchinleck during Partition and written a key book on that period. Not published outside Pakistan. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. No date (1970s), Ma'aref, Karachi. |
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Harris, John. MUCH SOUNDING OF BUGLES. |
£21.00 |
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The Siege of Chitral, 1895. 248pp. Index and notes. 29 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. Fine in near-fine dw. 1975 First edition, Hutchinson. |
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Hobday, Major E.A.P. SKETCHES ON SERVICE DURING THE INDIAN FRONTIER CAMPAIGNS OF 1897. |
£126.00 |
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159pp. 'Containing 57 full-page engravings from original drawings and 14 photographic portraits of the commanding officers and their staffs'. A staff officer's sketches and comments on the Malakand Field Force. In the original brown cloth now a little grubby. All edges gilt. Very good. One plate loose. 1898 First edition, James Bowden. |
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Hunt, Wray. MOTI RAM BAHADUR. |
£13.00 |
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248pp. 6 colour plates from paintings by H.J.White. Stories of heroic young Jat soldier who serves his English officers well. Very good. 1937 First edition, Pitman. |
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Hutchinson, Colonel H.D. THE CAMPAIGN IN TIRAH 1897-1898. |
£150.00 |
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An Account of an Expedition against the Orakzais and Afridis. 250pp. Folding map. 20 plates. 6 maps and plans. Appendix of officers killed and wounded. Very good indeed. A bright tight copy. At some point this copy has probably been tightened by an expert binder. 1898 second impression year of publication, Macmillan. |
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Ingall, Francis. THE LAST OF THE BENGAL LANCERS. |
£10.00 |
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157pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs. Service on the Frontier, in India to 1947 and later in Pakistan. With presentation inscription signed by the author. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1988 First US edition, Presidio. |
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Irvine, Lt.-Colonel A.A. LAND OF NO REGRETS. |
£10.00 |
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352pp. Autobiography. Frontier wars and Punjab disturbances. In chipped dw. Rather slack. 1938 First edition, Collins. |
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Jackson, Alice F. HEROES OF THE CHITRAL SIEGE. |
£12.00 |
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In pictorial boards. 128pp. Frontispiece in b/w. Story retold with invented dialogue. Very good. No date (1900s) SPCK. |
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Jaffar, S.M. PESHAWAR. |
£16.00 |
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City on the Frontier. xvi + 192pp. Index. Reprint of 1945 book together with other articles by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
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James, B.A. (edits). HIGH NOON OF EMPIRE. |
£10.00 |
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The Diary of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Tyndall 1895-1915. 190pp. Index. 13 b/w illustrations and 3 maps. Extracts from a daily diary of service on the North West Frontier, East Africa and France. Amongst other postings he was Adjutant to the 67 Punjabis and 40th Pathans. Fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Pen & Sword. |
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Kalter, Johannes. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE SWAT VALLEY. |
£26.00 |
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Living Traditions in the Hindu Kush. 180pp. 248 illustrations, 90 in colour. Superbly illustrated account of society, architecture and craft traditions. Fine in fine dw. 1991 First edition, Thames & Hudson. |
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Keay, John. WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. |
£5.00 |
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The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-1875. 277pp. Index. Paperback edition. Very good indeed. 1983, Century. |
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Khan, Lt.Col M.Afzal. CHITRAL AND KAFIRISTAN: |
£16.00 |
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A Personal Study. 104pp. Card covers. The author commanded the Chitral Scouts for three years. 3 folding maps, a folding genealogy of the ruling family and 20 b/w photographs. Very good. 1980 Reprint, for the author , Peshawar, |
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Lambrick, H.T. JOHN JACOB OF JACOBABAD. |
£55.00 |
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446pp. Index. Portrait frontispiece. Folding map. The author had an ICS career in Sind prior to 1946. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper. Slight spotting to fore-edges. An excellent copy. 1960 First edition, Cassell. |
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Licence. LICENCE FOR THE POSSESSION OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION. |
£45.00 |
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Form XVI. Issued to Wing Commander A.P.Ledger for 'sport' and 'protection'. Large folding paper document in black cloth binder with paper label. With conditions and many official stamps. Very good indeed 1939 Office of the Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan, Quetta. |
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Loyn, David. BUTCHER AND BOLT. |
£12.00 |
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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. |
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Lumsden, General Sir Peter S and Elsmie, George R. LUMSDEN OF THE GUIDES. |
£45.00 |
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A Sketch of the Life of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden. 333pp. Index. 12 illustrations and 3 maps. Bound in green cloth for 'Murray's Imperial Library'. Very good. A little colour loss to boards. 1900 Second edition, John Murray. |
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MacFetridge, C.H.T and Warren, J.P. TALES OF THE MOUNTAIN GUNNERS. |
£27.00 |
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An Anthology. 327pp. 16 illustrations, 1 in colour and 11 maps and diagrams. Snaffles painting on dw. A collection of reminiscences and writings by those associated with the regiment which mainly served on the North West Frontier. Library markings on the reverse of the title page but not elsewhere. Very good in very good dw. 1973 First edition, William Blackwood, Edinburgh. |
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MacMunn, Lieut-General Sir George. VIGNETTES FROM THE INDIAN WARS. |
£28.00 |
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214pp. Index. 19 illustrations. A soldier's account of many 19th century campaigns. Very good in complete dw. An excellent copy. No date (1930s) Sampson Low. |
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Maxwell, Robert (edits). JIMMIE STEWART - FRONTIERSMAN |
£12.00 |
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The Edited Memoirs of Major General Sir J.M. Stewart, KCB CMG. 113pp. Index. 15 maps. 19 b/w photographs. Military service from 1883 on the Frontier and then with the Gurkhas in Burma and Tibet. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1992 First edition, Pentland Press. |
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Maxwell, Robert. VILLIERS-STUART ON THE FRONTIER 1894-1914. |
£18.00 |
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209pp. Index. 10 b/w photographs. 13 maps. From the diaries of Brig.Gen. Villiers-Stuart, including 80pp on the Tirah campaign. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1989 First edition, Pentland, Edinburgh. |
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Miller, Charles. KHYBER. |
£15.00 |
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The Story of the North West Frontier. 393pp. Index. Endpaper maps. 35 b/w illustrations. History of British involvement on the frontier and in Afghanistan. Very good in very good dw. 1977 First, Macdonald and Jane's. |
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Miller, Charles. KHYBER. |
£12.00 |
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The Story of the North West Frontier. 393pp. Index. Endpaper maps. 35 b/w illustrations. History of British involvement on the frontier and in Afghanistan. Very good in very good dustwrapper.. 1977 First edition, Macdonald and Jane's. |
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Moorhouse, Geoffrey. TO THE FRONTIER. |
£5.00 |
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285pp. Endpaper maps. A journey through Pakistan from Karachi to Gilgit. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1984 Second impression, Hodder. |
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Murphy, Dervla. WHERE THE INDUS IS YOUNG. |
£5.00 |
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A Winter in Baltistan. 266pp. Index. 9 b/w photographs. Three month's winter travelling in the Karakoram with her six year old daughter. Bookclub edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1978 Readers Union. |
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Nash, N.S. CHITRAL CHARLIE. |
£12.00 |
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The Rise and Fall of Major General Charles Townshend. 326pp. Index. 47 b/w photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2010 First edition, Pen & Sword. |
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O'Connor, Lieut.Colonel Sir Frederick. THE FRONTIER AND BEYOND. |
£150.00 |
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A Record of Thirty Year's Service. 355pp. Index. 23 photographs. Political officer who served on the NW Frontier, Tibet, Persia and Nepal. With Younghusband in Lhasa, Consul at Shiraz and Resident in Kathmandu. Very good indeed in complete but darkening dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Former owner's name on rubber stamp mark on front endpaper. 1931 First edition, Murray. |
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Ottowell, Stuart. CHEE-SAAT. |
£10.00 |
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Memoirs of an Officer of the 6th/7th Rajput Regiment. 156pp. Index. 24 B/w photographs and 4 maps. Wartime service on the North-West Frontier and in Burma. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2008 First edition, Manohar, New Delhi. |
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Pennell, Dr T.L. AMONG THE WILD TRIBES OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. |
£24.00 |
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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. |
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Pennell, T.L. AMONG THE WILD TRIBES OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. |
£80.00 |
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A Record of Sixteen Years Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches. 324pp. Index. 37 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. Doctor missionary on the North-West Frontier Corners bumped but a very good copy in the original green cloth 1909 Third edition Seeley & Co. |
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Perkins, Roger. THE PUNJAB MAIL MURDER. |
£10.00 |
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The Story of an Indian Army Officer. 91pp. Index. Many illustrations. Much military detail on North West Frontier campaign of 1930-31. Celebrated 1931 murder of a British officer of the 2nd/8th Punjab Regiment. Extraordinary detail on officers and politically motivated assassins. Fine in fine dw. 1986 First edition, Picton. |
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Ponder, S.E.G. SEVEN CANTONMENTS. |
£16.00 |
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252pp. Index. 32 b/w photographs. Account of pre-war day-to-day military life with the mountain artillery on the North-West Frontier. Boards a little rubbed and some light spotting but a sound copy. No date (1930s) Stanley Paul. |
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Razvi, Mujtaba, THE FRONTIERS OF PAKISTAN. |
£24.00 |
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A Study of Frontier Problems in Pakistan's Foreign Policy. 339pp. Index. Card covers. 6 maps (5 folding). 13 appendices of treaties and agreements relating to the frontiers of East and West Pakistan.. Wrappers worn at edges but internally very good. Owner's name (Gary Alder). 1971 National Publishing House, Karachi. |
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Razvi, Mujtaba, THE FRONTIERS OF PAKISTAN. |
£35.00 |
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A Study of Frontier Problems in Pakistan's Foreign Policy. 339pp. Index. 6 maps (5 folding). 13 appendices of treaties and agreements relating to the frontiers of East and West Pakistan.. Very good in dustwrapper with a little loss to the top edge. 1971 National Publishing House, Karachi. |
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Richards, D.S. THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. |
£14.00 |
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A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars. 214pp. Index. 10 b/w illustrations and a map. Fine in fine dw. 1990 First edition, Macmillan. |
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Richards, D.S. THE SAVAGE FRONTIER. |
£12.00 |
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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. |
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Rooney, John. ON HEELS OF BATTLES. |
£10.00 |
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A History of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, 1780-1886. 129pp. Index. Soft covers. Pakistan Christian History Monograph No 3. Very good. Some underlining. 1986 Christian Study Centre, Rawalpindi |
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Schofield, Victoria. EVERY ROCK EVERY HILL. |
£16.00 |
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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.. 1984 First edition, Buchan & Enright. |
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Schofield, Victoria. KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. |
£10.00 |
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India, Pakistan and the Unfinished War. 286pp. Index. Card covers. 9 maps. Fine. 2000, I.B. Tauris. |
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Shand, Alexander Innes. GENERAL JOHN JACOB, |
£65.00 |
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Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad. 320pp. 27 photographs. In the original red cloth. Attractive armorial bookplate. Very good. A bright, clean copy. 1900 First edition, Seeley & Co. |
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Siegel, Jennifer. ENDGAME. |
£26.00 |
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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. |
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Singer, Andre. LORDS OF THE KHYBER. |
£12.00 |
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The Story of the North-West Frontier. 234pp. Index. 18 portraits. Study of key figures both Pushtun and British. Fine in near-fine dw. 1984 First edition, Faber. |
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Singer, Andre. GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. |
£12.00 |
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The Pathans. 168pp. Card covers. Beautifully colour-illustrated study of Pathan life and society. Based on the Mohmand village of Kado near Peshawar. Very good indeed. 1982 Time-Life Publications. |
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Skeen, General Sir Andrew. LESSONS IN IMPERIAL RULE. |
£10.00 |
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Instructions for British Infantrymen on the Indian Frontier. xii + 144pp. Index. Reprint of 1939 edition of 'Passing It On'. Military instruction for young officers fighting on the Afghan frontier. Very good. 2008 Frontline Books. |
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Smeeton, Miles. A TASTE OF THE HILLS. |
£15.00 |
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205pp. 24 b/w photographs and 5 maps. Autobiography of cavalry officer - pig-sticking, point to point, big game and NW Frontier service - and mountaineeer attempting Tirich Mir with his wife Beryl and Tensing. Fine in very good dustwrapper A lovely copy. 1961 First edition, Rupert Hart-Davis. |
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Snaffles (C.J.Payne). MORE BANDOBAST. |
£65.00 |
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4to. 12 tipped-in plates in colour and many drawings in b/w. Field sports and army life on the North-West Frontier in India and in Somaliland and Aden. Very good in pictorial dw. A little wear to the cloth at the top of the spine and to the wrapper there. All illustrations fine. 1936 First edition, Collins. |
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Spain, James W. PEOPLE OF THE KHYBER. |
£28.00 |
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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. |
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Spain, James W. PATHANS OF THE LATTER DAY. |
£18.00 |
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163pp. Index. 12 full-page drawings. Map. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 2009 Oxford University Press, Karachi. |
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Starr, Leoora. COLONEL'S LADY. |
£5.00 |
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188pp. Novel set in Quetta. Very good. No front endpaper. No date (1930s) Herbert Jenkins. |
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Stewart, Jules. THE KHYBER RIFLES. |
£5.00 |
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From the British Raj to Al Qaeda. 224pp. Index. 11 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dw. 2005 First edition, Sutton Publishing. |
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Survey of India. MAP : LANDI KOTAL, N.W.FRONTIER PROVINCE. |
£85.00 |
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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. |
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Sutherland, Joan. DESBOROUGH OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. |
£8.00 |
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318pp. Romance and adventure on the Frontier. Very good, Slight rubbing to edges. No date (dedication dated 1920), Mills & Boon. |
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Thomson, H.C. THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN. |
£35.00 |
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A Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour. 312pp. 59 illustrations, plans and map. Bound in red cloth for 'The Empire Library of Standard Works'. Very good. Cup-ring on front board. 1895 William Heinemann. |
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Thomson, H.C. THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN. |
£150.00 |
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A Narrative of Events in Chitral, Swat and Bajour. 312pp. 59 illustrations, plans and map. In original decorated red cloth. Very good. Some light spotting. 1895 Second printing, William Heinemann. |
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Thorburn, S.S. BANNU or Our Afghan Frontier. |
£16.00 |
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480pp. Facsimile reprint of 1876 original. Very detailed account of Pashto culture. Very good in pictorial boards. 1999 Sang-e-Meel, Lahore. |
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Trench, Charles Chenevix. THE FRONTIER SCOUTS. |
£25.00 |
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298pp. Index. Appendix of officers mentioned in the text. 38 b/w photographs. 13 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1985 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Trench, Charles Chenevix. VICEROY'S AGENT. |
£12.00 |
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371pp. Index and bibliography. 31 b/w photographs and 3 maps. The story of the Indian Political Service 1919-1947. Chapters on each region of India with much on the North West Frontier. Owner's name. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1987 First edition, Cape. |
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Trench, Charles Chenevix. THE FRONTIER SCOUTS. |
£20.00 |
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298pp. Index. Appendix of officers mentioned in the text. 38 b/w photographs. 13 maps. Fine in fine dw apart from small address label. 1985 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Tyndale-Biscoe, Canon C.E. TYNDALE-BISCOE OF KASHMIR. |
£12.00 |
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An Autobiography. 280pp. Celebrated headmaster in imperial Kashmir. Very good in remans of dw. No date, Seeley, Service. |
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Tyndale-Biscoe, E.D. 50 YEARS AGAINST THE STREAM. |
£21.00 |
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The Story of a School in Kashmir 1880-1930. 96pp. Many b/w photographs. Presentation copy inscribed 'with C.P.Tyndale Biscoe's compliments. Very good. Edges and prelims spotted. Boards unevenly faded. 1930 First edition, Mysore. |
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Ure, John. SHOOTING LEAVE. |
£10.00 |
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Spying Out Central Asia in the Great Game. 275pp. The story of 16 British and Russian officers who were players of the Great Game in the nineteenth century. Very good in very good dw. 2010 First edition, Constable. |
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Verrier, Anthony. FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND AND THE GREAT GAME. |
£15.00 |
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238pp. Index. 26 b/w photographs and 4 maps. Very good in fine dw. Paper beginning to darken. 1991 First edition, Cape. |
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Warburton, Sir Robert. EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE KHYBER. |
£125.00 |
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1879-1898. 351pp. Index. 17 b/w plates. Folding map. In the original green cloth Very good. A very nice copy without labels, inscriptions or stains. Only a little light spotting to prelims. 1900 Second impression, John Murray. |
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Younghusband, Captain G.J. and Younghusband, Captain Frank E. THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL. |
£75.00 |
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183pp + publisher's catalogue. 23 illustrations. In the original red cloth.With map and coloured folding campaign field-sketches. Very good indeed. Spine cloth slightly faded. 1896 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Captain G.J. and Younghusband, Captain Frank E. THE RELIEF OF CHITRAL. |
£85.00 |
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183pp. 23 illustrations. In the original red cloth.With map and coloured folding campaign field-sketches. Very good indeed but some spotting mainly to prelims. Without inscriptions or stains. 1895 First edition, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Col G.J. THE STORY OF THE GUIDES. |
£18.00 |
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207pp. Index. 16 illustrations. Frontier wars over fifty years. A little rubbed but internally very good. 1909 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Col G.J. THE STORY OF THE GUIDES. |
£5.00 |
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207pp. Index. 16 illustrations. Frontier wars over fifty years. Poor but complete. Binding slack and cloth split and marked. 1908 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Col G.J. THE STORY OF THE GUIDES. |
£20.00 |
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207pp. Index. 16 illustrations. Frontier wars over fifty years. Front edges of boards a little worn but internally very good. 1908 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Col G.J. THE STORY OF THE GUIDES. |
£20.00 |
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207pp. Index. 16 illustrations. Frontier wars over fifty years. Very good. Inscription from 1911. A nice clean copy. 1908 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Younghusband, Col G.J. THE STORY OF THE GUIDES. |
£120.00 |
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207pp. Index. 16 illustrations. Frontier wars over fifty years. In the original red cloth. Very good indeed. An outstanding copy. 1908 First edition, Macmillan. |
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