Lords of the Khyber: The Story of the North-West Frontier Tapa dura - 1984

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Faber & Faber, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, slightly marked and edge worn. The pages are slightly 'browned on the first and last page. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Faber & Faber. This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's brown coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely tight square copy.Great copy for the collector 8vo 234pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1984] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1984.

Faber & Faber, 1984-09-03. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.5381 in x 22.8426 in x 15.2284 in.

Faber and Faber, 1984. 0571117961. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (spine sunned - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 234, illus with b&w plates and map (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions).

Faber & Faber, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. H/B 234 pages, condition is very good. one hundred and forty years before the Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1979, causing an outcry of protest from the West, the British had marched into Kabul and put their puppet king on the throne. The years which followed saw three wars, countless skirmishes and thousands of deaths-but the Pathans, or Pushtuns, and their fellow tribesmen of the North-West Frontier, remained undefeated. The Pushtuns have a reputation for cruelty and constant fighting, but their courage and honour also inspired lasting respect among the British soldiers and statesmen who encountered them. LORDS OF THE KHYBER tells the stories of some of those great characters, both Pushtun and British: Kushal Khan Khattak, seventeenth-century chief and poet; Elphinstong who paved the way for British interference in Afghan affairs; Alexander Burnes and Ivan Vitkevich, the British and Russian spies struggling to win favour for their… Leer más

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1984. First edition hardcover signed by the author, with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Mark to the jacket rear which is also visible on the jacket interior and the rear board. Page block is lightly blemished, and pastedowns and endpapers are tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

Faber & Faber, 1984-11-01. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, slight fading to spine, no tears or loss. Price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with hardly any wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Faber & Faber. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Inside one inch of DJ waterstained, top and bottom. Outside edges foxed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages .