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1897SB6915Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier 1897. Aged textblock. Previous owner's inked name on ffep. Frontispiece is lightly loose at hinge but safely intact. Remainder of textblock clean and tight. Moderate edge and spine wear to binding with bumped and partially frayed corners and spine extremities. 218p. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Good. Illus. by Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier Hardcover
1899C415NY: A.S. Barnes and Co. 1899. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels. Clean and sound with moderate wear. Binding protected in clear five-mil mylar. 244p. including index. Sienna Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by B & W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover Ex-Library. A.S. Barnes and Co. Hardcover
1887SB7064NY: John B. Alden Publisher 1887. Original edition; Retired Colorado College Library copy with usual stamps stickers labels markings and pockets; Blind-embossed seal on title/copyright page. Spot marked top edge. Pocket glue stains on fep & ffep. Overall the aged and fragile textblock is clean and tight. Lightly frayed spine extremities bumped corners; 85p. Francois Joseph Dupleix and the Indian Empire . Illustrated Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. John B. Alden, Publisher Hardcover
1832SB9675Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1832. A fragile aged copy of the probable First Edition; Pages are intact and sewn in. Moderately to heavily foxed stereotyped textblock; Former owner's inked signatures/places/inscription on fep else clean and tight. Moderately worn cloth spine crack down the middle of the entire spine; Chipped and frayed spine head and foot; Character-soiled covers rubbed and worn edges and corners; Protected by a Robert Wang custom slip case with a finger hole at the fore-edge to facilitate easy removal; 276pp. including index.This is an excellent example of very early English-made publisher's bookcloth very plain and rather thin with a paper spine label. Embossed decorative bindings would come later. . Cloth Spine w/paper Boards. Good. Illus. by Drawings and Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Carey & Lea Hardcover
1878128957Moscow: Stepanov 1878. Russian Great Game map from official intelligence First created in 1863 as Russia began its concerted expansion into the Central Asian khanates considerably upping the stakes in the Great Game this map covers an area bounded by Lake Urma Iran in the West into the Akmolinskaya Oblast in the North Tien-Shan in the East and as far as the Gulf of Oman and Balochistan in the South. It was updated through the following decades to include the latest conquests here Bukhara - reduced to vassal status in 1868 - and Khiva - a protectorate from 1873 - are included in Russian Turkestan. This map formed the basis of W. H. Allen's Russian Official Map of Central Asia of 1877 which was also reproduced in Demetrius Boulger's England and Russia in Central Asia 1879. Uncommon and highly attractive. Folding engraved map 1060 x 950 mm hand-coloured in outline 24 panels mounted on linen. Light browning two small library stamps verso some place-names underlined in pencil crayon. else very good. unknown
