Our Scientific Frontier with Sketch-Map and Appendix (signed!),

Language: English

Published by London, W. H. Allen,, 1880

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Original gilt decorated red cloth binding, 103 + 15 + 15 + 46 pages, large folding map of "Scinde and the Punjaub shewing the Railway System of the Valley of the Indus", spine darkened and restored using the original cloth, covers slightly soiled, completely unoponed, the map restored and covered in gauze, very good condition. Next to the title an unalled further folding map has been bound in, from the Journal of the R.U.S. Institution, showing part of Afghanistan and Pakistan, i.e. the aria between Kandahar and Peshawar. The author, a promoter of railway development in India, discusses the threat from Russia to British India and advocated the development and settlement of the North West Frontier. Thus, about the border of India with Afghanistan and British relations with Afghanistan. Also about potential routes of invaders via Afghanistan or the Himalayas to India and how to check advances of Russia - has become a current topic again. Signed by the author on the title and dedicated to a General (name not readable for us). Rare. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

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Title
Our Scientific Frontier with Sketch-Map and Appendix (signed!),
Author
Andrew, William Patrick:
Publisher
London, W. H. Allen,
Publication year
1880
Condition
Sehr gut
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
550 grams
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Books and Beaches, Anna Bechteler

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