From London to Bokhara

£850 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Copious notes on Central Asia including the activities of the Russians and the building of the trans-Caucasian railway, travelling to Baku and across the Caspian, through to the Oxus and Bokhara (Bukhara) in Uzbekistan. In the appendix Le Messurier lists the kit required by a gentleman intending to make a similar journey. It includes: a dress suit, 4 white ties, 1 case miniature medals, pepper-and-salt riding breeches strapped with black moleskin and gaiters, 3 silk handkerchiefs, 1 pair wire goggles, and dog-skin gloves. First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 3 folding colour maps, 15 full-page plates, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, some very light scattered spotting to first few gatherings; publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slight fading to spine, one small nick, a very good copy; xvi, 320pp. Ghani p221.

• Binding: Hardcover

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