Gale, General Sir Richard, Kings at Arms: The Use and Abuse of Power in the Great Kingdoms of the East.

London 1971.

8 plates, 4 sketch-maps. Library marks. Dustwrapper. 8vo. pp.211.

BK000051£19

Geyer, D: Russian Imperialism; The Interaction of Domestic and Foreign Policy, 1860-1914.

Dietrich Geyer was Professor of History at the University of Tübingen. From the Peter Hopkirk library with his bookplate.

A number of the books offered here are from Peter Hopkirk's library, one of the major collections on Central Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans. This library was sold in a single-owner sale by Sotheby's in 1998. Peter Hopkirk is the author of six of the best-known books on the 'Great Game' – the struggle for influence between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Persia and on India's Northern frontiers. Leamington Spa, Berg Publishers, 1987.

Dustwrapper. 8vo. pp.(viii), 385. A good copy.

BK000052£35

Ghani, Dr. Abdul: A Review of the Political Situation in Central Asia.

Lahore; Printed at the Khosla Brothers Electric Printing Works, circa 1921.

The author was private English Secretary to the Amirs Abdul Rahman Khan and Habeebullah Khan of Afghanistan.

Frontispiece and 5 plates with tissue guards. Cloth soiled and somewhat wrinkled otherwise still a good copy. 8vo. pp.iii, 336, (i). Scarce.

BK000053£75

Gillard, David: The Struggle for Asia, 1828-1914: A Study in British and Russian Imperialism.

London 1977.

The Peter Hopkirk copy with his bookplate. A number of the books offered here are from Peter Hopkirk’s library, one of the major collections on Central Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans. This library was sold in a single-owner sale by Sotheby’s in 1998. Peter Hopkirk is the author of six of the best-known books on the ‘Great Game’ – the struggle for influence between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Persia and on India’s Northern frontiers.

3 maps. Dustwrapper. 8vo. pp.vii, 214. A good copy.

BK000054£25

Gokhale, D.V. (Editor): Inaugural Adresses by Presidents of the Indian National Congress.

With Mr. Charles Bradlaugh's Speech. Speeches at the first 10 sessions. Bombay, 1895.

Covers worn, library mark. Wrappers. 8vo. pp.vii, 239.

BK000055£15

Hamilton, R.C: An Outline Grammar of the Dafla Language; as spoken by the Tribes Immediately South of the Apa Tanang Country.

Shillong, 1900.

8vo. pp.3, 127. A good copy.

BK000056£18

Heissig, Walther: A Lost Civilisation; The Mongols Rediscovered.

London 1966.

15 illustrations, 2 sketch-maps. Library marks, spine creased. 8vo. pp.271.

BK000057£10

Hurgronje, C. Snouck: Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century. Daily Life, Customs and Learning.

Translated by J.H. Monahan, formerly H.B.M. Consul at Jeddah. The English edition of the 2 volume work in German, published in 1888-1889. The photographs were among the first taken in the Holy Territory – Hedjaz-i-Muqaddas. The Dutchman Christian Snouck Hurgronje spent half a year in Mecca and five months in Jedda. He married a local lady, and was for 50 years regarded as a world authority on Islam. Leyden, 1931.

20 half-tone plates, folding plan of Mecca, plan of the Haram. Upper cover slightly marked otherwise a good copy. 8vo. pp.vi, 309, (i-Errata).

BK000058£345

Hydrographic Department, Admiralty: West Coast of India Pilot, comprising the Western Coasts of Ceylon, India and Pakistan from Colombo to Cape Monze, also the Maldive and Laccadive Islands.

(With): Supplement No. 7, corrected to 29th January 1972. London 1961-1972.

12 plates, folding map in main volume, folding map in Supplement. 8vo. pp.xlvii, 393, 64 (Supplement). A good copy.

BK000059£35

Ingle, H.N: Nesselrode and the Russian Rapprochement with Britain, 1836-1844.

The Peter Hopkirk copy with his bookplate. A number of the books offered here are from Peter Hopkirk's library, one of the major collections on Central Asia, the Middle East and the Balkans. This library was sold in a single-owner sale by Sotheby's in 1998. Peter Hopkirk is the author of six of the best-known books on the 'Great Game' – the struggle for influence between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Persia and on India's Northern frontiers. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1976.

Frontispiece. Dustwrapper. 8vo. pp.xii, 196. A good copy.

BK000060£25