Lot 1391
  • 1391

Yate, Arthur Campbell

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700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • England and Russia Face to Face in Asia. Travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1887
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (224 x 138mm.), viii, 482pp., 24pp. adverts, 2 folding maps [1 in the rear cover pocket], 5 plates, original red cloth, black endpapers, uncut, slipcase

Literature

Yakushi (1994) Y13

Catalogue Note

Arthur Yate was the brother of Charles Yate (see lots 1392-93) and this work covers much the same ground as the account of the Boundary Commission described by his brother in Northern Afghanistan (lot 1393).