Idolatrous tribes of northeastern Afghanistan
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Author: Robertson, George Scott
Title: The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush
Place Published: London
Publisher:Lawrence & Bullen
Date Published: 1896
Description:
xx, 658 pp. With 55 plates from drawings by A.D. McCormick, plus illustrations in the text; folding color map. 23.8x14.5 cm (9¼x5¾"), original red pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Travels amongst the idolatrous tribes of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, then called Kafiristan, now known as Nuristan (land of light), at least on the Afghan side, following the natives' forcible conversion to Islam by the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan.
Condition Report: Some rubbing and bumps to extremities, a few small stains to covers; a little shaken, a few plates loose but all present; new endpapers, a small number of rubberstamps of the National Army Museum in margins; very good.
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Heading:
Author: Robertson, George Scott
Title: The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush
Place Published: London
Publisher:Lawrence & Bullen
Date Published: 1896
Description:
xx, 658 pp. With 55 plates from drawings by A.D. McCormick, plus illustrations in the text; folding color map. 23.8x14.5 cm (9¼x5¾"), original red pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Travels amongst the idolatrous tribes of northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, then called Kafiristan, now known as Nuristan (land of light), at least on the Afghan side, following the natives' forcible conversion to Islam by the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan.
Condition Report: Some rubbing and bumps to extremities, a few small stains to covers; a little shaken, a few plates loose but all present; new endpapers, a small number of rubberstamps of the National Army Museum in margins; very good.