Khiva and Turkestan... Translated by Captain H. Spalding F.R.G.S.
by Spalding, Captain H, F.R.G.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1874 8vo. modern quarter black leather gilt, uncut (prev. owner's signatures on half-title & title page); pp. xvi, 248, with a folding map (a few neat repairs along folds & old tape residues). A very good clean copy of a scarce work. An anonymous Russian work describing the Khiva Khanate and military operations in the region, providing a background to the opportunities and reasons for Tsarist expansion in Central Asia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004473
- Title
- Khiva and Turkestan... Translated by Captain H. Spalding F.R.G.S.
- Author
- Spalding, Captain H, F.R.G.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Cpatain H Spalding Khiva and Turkestan Russian Central Asia History
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