Synopsis
An account of how the wilderness in the heart of the Western Himalayas was explored and appropriated by a small group of intelligence agents involved in the Great Game - the century-long rivalry between Russia and British India for control of Central Asia.
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About the Author John Keay a freelance journalist, author, and traveler, and is also the author of When Men and Mountains Meet.
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The Gilgit Game: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865-1895
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The Gilgit game: The explorers of the western Himalayas, 1865-95
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent history, and wonderfully written. There are many relicts of these times in Gilgit and Chitral to this day. RU print of the Murray ed. pp.xiii.277. Illus. Maps. DW in archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 014932
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The Gilgit Game. The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865--95
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John Murray, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0719535697
ISBN 13: 9780719535697
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Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (exposed cloth slightly sunned, a few faint marks to leaf edges) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed, short closed tear to tail of spine, backstrip mildly sunned); pp. xiv (last blank), 278, with 27 plates, 3 engravings & 3 maps. A near fine copy. [Neate K09]. Seller Inventory # 014935
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The Gilgit game: The explorers of the western Himalayas, 1865-95
Published by
J. Murray, UK, 1979
ISBN 10: 0719535697
ISBN 13: 9780719535697
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Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent history, and wonderfully written. There are many relicts of these times in Gilgit and Chitral to this day. pp.xiii.277. Illus. Map. DW in archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 013087
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The Gilgit game: The explorers of the western Himalayas, 1865-95
Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent history, and wonderfully written. There are many relicts of these times in Gilgit and Chitral to this day. 1982 reprint of 1979 ed. pp.xiii.277. Illus. Map. DW in archival sleeve; some spine sunning. Seller Inventory # 016133