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Afghanistan (Page 36 of 38)

351

Trousdale William

The Gordon Creeds in Afghanistan 1839 and 1878-79

Paperback London 1984 Publishers British Association of Cemeteries in South Asia. Pages 189.

£20

352

Van Dyk Jere

In Afghanistan An American Odyssey

Hardback 253 Coward McCann Inc NY First Edition 1983. An account of travels with the Mujahideen around S.E Afghanistan and Kandahar during the early years of the Soviet Invasion. This book was recommended for a Pulitzer prize and is a well written account of a remarkable period of social change.

£16

353

Verrier, Anthony

Francis Younghusband and the Great Game

Hardback in dust wrapper Jonathan Cape 1991 London first edition. Travels in the Pamirs.

£20

354

Vigne GT

A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan

Hardback pictorial cover by Sang Meel publication Lahore. 1999 Mint.

£20


355

Vogelsang Willem

The Afghans

The book discusses the Indo-Iranian invasions of the second millennium BC, the Persian Achaemenids, Alexander the Great, the Islamic Conquest, the Mongols , and the rise of the Kingdom of Afghanistan in the Eighteenth Century. The author pays special attention to recent developments including the Soviet Occupation of the country and the subsequent events that led to the dramatic crisis of late2001. The author is an academic specialising in Asia at the Leiden University and has visited Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion and for archaeological digs. Fine in DW 2002 Blackwell Publishers.

£20


356

Wardak, Enayatullah and Sadia

Dari Phrasebook

Two tape cassettes and phrasebook in card cover by native Dari speakers.

£35

357

Watkins, Bradley

Afghanistan Land in Transition

Hardback in dw 1963 Van Nostrand. Pages 262 Ex Roehampton Institute Library. One map and photos of Afghan Univ students, female Nomad, female Turkoman carpet weavers and teenage girl scouts. Hardback in dw, ex library of Digby Stuart College Roehampton. Illustrated with black and white photos.

£18

358

Waller John H

The Road to British Disaster in the First Afghan War

1993, pp329 University of Texas Press. Paperback. Written by a former head of the CIA.

£12

359

Waller John H

 The Road to British Disaster in the First Afghan War

1993, pp329 University of Texas Press. Hardback in dust wrapper. Written by a former head of the CIA.

£20

360

Wali, Shah

My Memoirs

Memoirs of Sardar Shah Wali Victor of Kabul and uncle of the then King Zahir Shah. Kabul 1970. In original card cover good condition. Includes the part played in the fall of Bacha Saquo by Shah Wali.             

£45
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