9780195779837 - The Making of a Frontier: Five Years' Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints) v... (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780195779837.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780195779837.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 0195779835. 2001, bright clean copy no markings, no dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Yellow highlighting on several pages. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; A 2001 reprint of the 1899 first edition. xii, vii, [3], 298 pages. Red papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. This reprint edition does not include the illustrations of the 1899 first edition. A footnote on page vii reads "Editor's note: The illustrations cold not be reproduced in this edition because of the poor quality of the films received from the India Office Library." This edition with a new 6 page Introduction by Sir Oliver Forster, dated 1998. Series: "Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints". Also with a 2 page series Preface by Farooq Bajwa, dated 1997. "Colonel Algernon Durand was the brother of Mortimer Durand - the man who defined the western frontier of the Indian Empire between what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan. Colonel Durand was sent to Gilgit to assess the local political situation in order to protect the interests of the British Empire from Russian expansion." - from dust-jacket blurb.