Lot 522
  • 522

Fraser, David

Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
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Description

  • Fraser, David
  • The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (224 x 140mm.), xvi, 522pp., 32pp. adverts, 123 photo illustrations on 57 plates, 2 tables (1 folding, 1 in the text), large folding coloured map in pocket at end, original pictorial red cloth, red endpapers, top edge gilt, slipcase

Fraser's principal concern was Central Asian geo-politics and the potential threat to India - the cornerstone of the British Empire - from Russia. His journey was undertaken to further knowledge of the physical and economic conditions prevailing in the regions between India and the Russian empire.

Literature

Ghani p.139; Wilson p.74; Yakushi (1994) F190a

Condition

A fine copy
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