Search Results: Afghanistan from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

London: Methuen & Co, 1898. Book. Illus. by 5 maps & plans, plenty of full page photos. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth with bright gilt title on the frontand the slightly faded spine. Slight edgewear, mostly at the head of the spine. Several prior owner names on the front endpaper. Inside, very clean and tight. The plan of Reshun , supposed to be at page 128, is at 132. The folding map at the rear is of the Gilgit to Kabul area, in very good condition with a tiny hole. An excellent story of British interlopers being harassed by the Afghans. And the Afghans have been fighting off occupiers ever since, as you know. .

Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A former CIA analyst, converted to policy advisor in the Clinton administration, and lan erudite expert on Islamic terrorism based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. An unread copy in an unblemished dust jacket. .

Edinburgh: Birlinn, Ltd., 2016. Book. Illus. by maps and illustrations. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A beautiful copy with no wear, no prior owner marks, no flaws inside or out. With a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Burnes was a remarkable young man, thrust into leadership by his linguistic and other talents, but buffeted by rivalries in the British Empire, and poor policy. The author was a diplomat, now academic, who knows of such buffeting and is the better writer and researcher for it. That research included much time in the archives of the East India Co. in India. Enclosed in this copy is a review by Hayden Peake in CIA's Studies in Intelligence..