The Afghan Wars: 1839-42 and 1878-80

Archibald Forbes

Verlag: Seeley and Co, London, 1892

Beschreibung

A smart copy of the second edition of war correspondent Archibald Forbes's account of the First and Second Afghan wars. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eight further plates. Collated, complete.This informative work, from Scottish war correspondent Archibald Forbes, is divided into two parks. The first half of the work covers the first Afghan war of 1839 to 1842, and the second half covers the second Afghan war of 1878-1880. Forbes was present in Afghanistan during this second war, and accompanied the Khyber Pass force to Jalalabad. He was present at the capture of Ali Musjid, and marched with several expeditions against the hill tribes.With seven pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with a touch of discolouration to back strip. Otherwise, externally excellent. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 858F10

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Afghan Wars: 1839-42 and 1878-80

Verlag: Seeley and Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1892

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book