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Macgregor, Charles Metcalfe
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Narrative of a Journey through the Province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875. London: Wm. H. Allen, 1879
- Paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (218 x 136mm.), (vol.1) [xii], 310pp., [ii pp. adverts]; (vol.2) [viii], 268pp., 36+[iv] pp. adverts dated February 1879, half-titles, large folding map, 39 plates, illustrations, original blindstamped green cloth, slipcase
Provenance
M.P. Grace, bookplate
Literature
Ghani p.233; Wilson p.132; Yakushi (1994) M30
Catalogue Note
The work is poignantly dedicated ''to the memory of her whose loss prompted these wanderings''. Macgregor subsequently became head of the British Intelligence Department and an important figure in 'The Great Game'.