Stacy lewis robert captain (1 Ergebnisse)

Folding map frontispiece. Ink stamp of the British Institute of Afghan Studies to the front free endpaper, light browning, otherwise very good in modern quarter calf, spine gilt. xvi, 338pp. ad. leaf. Wm. H. Allen and Co. Pollock's bookplate to front pastedown, his pencilled notes throughout. "Colonel Stacey's [sic.] recollections account for two sets of events on the Afghan Border between 1840 and 1842. In the first episode he served as an interpreter during the negotiations leading to a treaty with the Khan of Kalat. This agreement subsequently safeguarded British lines of communication supporting General Nott's invasion of Afghanistan in May 1842" (Riddick). Riddick 169. …