Silk Road Books & Photos

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Dupree N H

An Historical Guide to Kabul

First Edition 1965 excellent condition.

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Dupree, Nancy Hatch

An Historical Guide to Kabul

Kabul 1972, second editon. 240 pp., photos folding map, paperback 12mo.

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Dupree NH

The Valley of Bamiyan

Peshawar, PAKISTAN. 2002., Abdul Hafiz Ashna., Third Edition. Pictorial Wrappers, 8vo, 66pp, illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. Originally written forty years ago by the estimable Nancy Hatch Dupree, this third edition of "Bamiyan" has been updated to include photographs of the priceless and unique Bamiyan Buddhas seen before and after their senseless destruction by the Taliban in early 2001. It contains color images of the Bamiyan Valley, its cliffs, grotto paintings, and the centuries-old colossal Buddhas that lined this stop along the Silk Road. A most presentable copy of the third,

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Dupree Nancy Hatch

The Valley of Bamiyan

Second Edition 1967,a historical guide book, publishers Afghan Tourist  Organisation, Kabul. PP 189. Including illus and 8 black and white photos. Paperback sm 8vo. Partial obliteration of date of publication otherwise good.
(1967) Publisher: Afghan Tourist Organization; ISBN: B0000CR1B2

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Nancy Hatch Dupree       Herat

A pictorial guide

Original wrappers 66 pages (1966) Publisher: Afghan Tourist Organization. Kabul.

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Nancy Hatch Dupree

Road To Balkh

Nancy Hatch Dupree's description of Afghanistan , This little book is hard to find , Afghan Tourist Organization 1967 Soft Cover. Spine worn with loss.

87

Nany Hatch Dupree and Fatima Fahimi

Women in Afghanistan

Bibliotecha Afghanistan, Swiss Publication in German and English with photos 1987. Soft wrapper. RARE.

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Edelberg, Lennart

Nuristan

1979 pages 186 large coffee table book in dust wrapper Graz publishers Austria. Nuristan formerly Kafirstan was conquered by Amir Abdur Rahman and the people Islamicised. Previosuly the people of Kafiristan used to launch raids on their Muslim neighbours and collect Muslim heads as war souvenirs. There is a belief that the people of Nuristan are descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great. This book examines the origins of the Nuristani people as well as their architectural and cultural heritage.                                        

£200

89

Edwards DB

Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad

Paperback - 27 Mar 2002 376 pages.

90

Ekanayake S.B

Education in the Doldrums Afghan Tragedy

330 pages hardback the author is a UNICEF education expert who has travelled widely in
Afghanistan and produced this book. Second edition 2004 with dust wrapper.