Turkistan: Notes of A Journey in Russian Turkistan, Kokand, Bukhara and Kuldja. Abridged by K.E. West by Schuyler, Eugene. Edited with an Introduction by Geoffrey Wheeler - 1966

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition of this version. Travellers and Explorers series. xxxvi, 303pp, Editor's Preface and Introduction, Author's Preface, 4 maps (1 folding), The Steppe, Syr Darya, Tashkent, Mussulman Life in Tashkent, Bazaars and Trad, Samarkand, Zarafshan Valley, Hodjent and Kuram, Khokand, Bukhara, Issyk Kul and Remiresch, Kuldja, Appendix, Bibliography, index. 8vo/22cm. Red cloth gilt, Fine, in protected price-clipped dj lightly rubbed at extremities, internally fine. An abridged version of the original 2 volume work of the American diplomat, Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) who in 1873 took an 18 month trip through Turkistan to observe how the Muslim population was reacting to the Russian incursion. Colonel Geoffrey Wheeler is a well known British author and authority on Central Asian affairs and brings the geography and political situation of the Soviet Central Asian republics up to 1966..