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UsedGood. Undated but likely c. 1900. Blue cloth illustrated boards - this copy features an illustration of a man in a turban pointing a gun. Cover noticeably shelfworn with age - corners bumped, fraying to edges throughout. Spine starting to fade. Page edges were likely once gilted, but are a duller gold color now. Binding cracked but all pages remain intact. Remnants from previous torn-out bookplate on front endpaper, with previous owner's name handwritten. Light foxing and yellowing to page edges. Text clean and unmarked. Good reading copy of a turn-of-the-century book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

HENTY, G[eorge] A[lfred]. For Name and Fame: Or Through the Afghan Passes.
With eight full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne. London: Blackie & Son, 1886. 8vo, 352pp. + 40 advts. Sage-green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, dark green and red, blind stamped rules on rear. Brown endpapers; 8 full-page b&w illustrations. One-inch tear at bottom of outer rear hinge, spine ends and corners a bit worn, outer hinges a bit rubbed, spine slightly sunned and a tad cocked. Nonetheless, a solid, internally clean copy with the striking cover stamping still surprisingly bright.
First edition. Henty's tale of the most recent Afghan war of his time. The hero, after being wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among the Malays, finds his way to Calcutta and enlists in a regiment proceeding to join the army at the Afghan passes. He accompanies the force under General Roberts to the Peiwar Kotal, is wounded, taken prisoner, and carried to Cabul, whence he is transferred to Candahar to take part in the… Leer más