Manners & Customs of the Afghans
Lahore: Punjab Educational Press, 1958. Illus. 81pp. 12mo, pr. wrs., wrappers slightly chipped, otherwise very good. Lahore: Punjab Educational Press, 1958. More
AFGHANISTAN
The Art of Afganistan.
Middlesex: Hamlyn House, 1968. 140 color and black & white plates. Square 4to, decorative cloth, slightly edge-worn d.w.(small tear at back). Middlesex: Hamlyn House, (1968). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Art of Afghanistan.
Feltham: Artia, 1968. Frontis., illus., some in color, one large folding plate, 140pp., 4to, decorative cream cloth (lightly soiled). Feltham, UK: Artia/Hamlyn Publishing, (1968). Very good. A historical look at the art of Afghanistan, including art before Islam. More
On the Road to Kandahar; Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. 297pp. 8vo, boards, dust wrapper. New York: St. Martin's Press, (2007). First U.S. Edition. Near fine. More
The Pathans, 550 B.C. - A.D. 1957
Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1986. With an Epilogue on Russia. Illustrated, 6 maps, four folding. xxiv + 533pp., 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; minor tears to dust wrapper at spine ends and upper front edge, gift inscription inside front cover. Karachi: Oxford University Press, (1986). Fifth impression. More
Bokhara, Turkoman and Afghan Rugs.
London: Bodley Head, 1922. With 17 color plates, 8 monotone plates and numerous illustrations in b/w. 130pp. 4to, blue cloth, mylar wrapper (cloth is just a bit faded; one corner bumped). London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1922). Very good (+). More
Afghanistan or The Perils of Freedom.
New York: New York Public Library, 2008. Black & white photographic illustrations. Slim small square 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. New York: New York Public Library, (2008). First Edition. Fine. Inscribed on the title page by the photographer. More
High Command British Mililtary Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Illustrated color, xv, 295 pages, 8vo black boards, worn d.w. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. A very good(+) copy with a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Afghanistan: The Road to Kabul
Millbrook: de.Mo, 2002. Essays by Ilana Ozernoy. Many color photos by Ron Haviv. Oblong 4to, 1/2 white cloth with pictorial boards, bottom of spine lightly soiled, front upper right corner bumped. (Millbrook): de.Mo, (2002). More
The First Great Civilizations: Life in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and Egypt.
New York: Knopf, 1973. b/w illustrations. 483 pages. Thick tall 8vo, red cloth (a bit bumped), tattered dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, 1973. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires: A New History of the Borderlands
New York: Pegasus, 2010. xxii + 440 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Pegasus Books, (2010). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Kabul in Winter: Life without Peace in Afghanistan.
New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006. 321pp. Short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; some soiling to boards. New York: Metropolitan Books, (2006). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
A Woman Among Warlords; The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice
New York: Scribner, 2009. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w., some pages underlined in ink. New York: Scribner, (2009). More
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall if Islam's Greatest Dynasty.
United Kingdom: Da Capo Press, 2005. Black & white illustrations. 326pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, dust wrapper. (United Kingdom): Da Capo Press, (2005). Near fine. More
Afganistan: Cockpit in High Asia.
New York: Taplinger, 1966. Illustrated with black & white photographic reproductions. 224pp. 8vo, grey boards, d.w. (small tear at top edge). New York: Taplinger, (1966). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Love and War in Afghanistan.
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005. Black & white photo illustrations. 303pp. 8vo, boards, dust wrapper. New York: Seven Stories Press, (2005). Near fine. More
The Dust of Empire; The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. lightly soiled, d.w. creased on inner flap, remainder mark on bottom fore-edges. New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. History of 20th century American foreign policy in Central Asia with an emphasis on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus region. More
Mirror of the Orient
New York: Little Brown, 1980. 94 color illustrations, some full-bleed images. Unpaginated, oblong 4to, navy blue cloth, dust wrapper. New York: New York Graphic Society book published by little, Brown and Company, (2003). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
General View of Kabul, and the Surrounding Country.
London: Hachard & Sons, 1843. Print. Lithograph. 7.75 x 19.25 inches. Shows some light foxing. In very good condition. Nice camel procession in the foreground. From the book "Diary of a March through Sinde and Afghanistan" by Isaac Nicholson Allen. This print was made from a drawing by the author. More
The Dark Defile; Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Aghanistan, 1838-1842
New York: Walker & Company, 2012. Illus. 8vo, red boards, d.w. with a small tear and lightly soiled. New York: Walker & Company, (2012). More
Kurum, Kabul & Kandahar. Being a Brief Record of Impressions in Three Campaigns Under General Roberts.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1881. 4 folding maps. 240 pages, original dark gray cloth, spine slightly cocked. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1881. Scarce. Very good(+). More
The Golden Hoard of Bactria: from the Tillya-Tepe Excavations in Northern Afghanistan.
New York: Abrams, 1985. With 260 black & white and 166 color illustrations. 259 pages. Short folio, brown leather, shelfworn and very lightly bumped at extremities; d.w. scuffed and chipped along both fore-edge folds). New York: Abrams/Aurora Art Publishers, (1985). First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Every Rock, Every Hill; The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan
London: Buchan & Enright, 1984. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped, edge of a cloth corner worn. London: Buchan & Enright, (1984). More
Passing It On; Fighting the Pushtun on Afghanistan's Frontier
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Foreign Military Studies Office, 2010. Republished and annotated edition with a foreword and lessons learned. Features black and white photography. 118 pages. 8vo. stiff pictorial wrappers. Kansas: Foreign Military Studies Office, 2010. A near fine copy with near fine stiff pictorial wrappers. Edited by Lester W. Grau and Robert H. Baer. More
Afghanistan
London: Westzone Publishing, 2001. Many photo Illus. by Christ Steele-Perkins. Small folio, black boards, d.w. (London): Westzone Publishing, (2001). Photography of the Afghani people taken during the 1990s. More