Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Libros antiguos y modernos

Oliver, Edward E.

Across the Border or Pathan and Biloch

1890

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

Habla con el librero

Formas de Pago

Detalles

Año de publicación
1890
Lugar de impresión
London. Chapman and Hall
Autor
Oliver, Edward E.
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Asia
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 344 pp, 3 maps on one large folding sheet (long tear), 37 illustrations including full-page from drwgs by J. L. Kipling, index. original red pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine a little faded but lettering clear, bookplate of C. J. Pearock, inscribed by the author on endpaper. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the people, traditions, legends and country including Sind, lower Indus, Bilochistan, Biloches, Tochi Valley, Pathan, Kohat, Kabul, Peshawur, Swat, Panjkora, Bajawar, etc, with descriptions on tribal rivalries, many of which still exist today.