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London. 2017. September 2017. Eland Books. 1st of This New Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781780601120. 320 pages. paperback . keywords: TRAVELOGUES. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Mission Impossible - the Central Asian city of Khiva, closed to Europeans by the Russians and a possible springboard for an invasion of India. The man to undertake it - Captain Fred Burnaby, six foot four in his socks, a brilliant horseman, a crack shot and strong as an ox, with eight languages under his belt. In the winter of 1875, braving frostbite and snowdrifts and unbeknown to his army superiors who would have forbidden it, he set out across Central Asia to investigate the latest secret Russian moves in the Great Game. His delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages of these youthful travels, as does his spontaneous affection for the Cossack troopers and the Tartar, Khirgiz and Turkoman tribesmen he encountered on his way to meet the Khan of Khiva. Once there Burnaby was immediately ordered…
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Very Good. Almost like new large hardcover (1982, unpaginated) as pictured; issued without dust jacket; pages clean, tight, unmarked; binding sound and square; minimal signs of wear on covers; previous owner's name on flyleaf; Introduction and captions to illustrations are in Russian, Uzbek (Cyrillic alphabet), Uzbek (Arabic alphabet), and English; on its way to you the same or next day in bubblewrap; email confirmation; standard (media) mail takes 4-14 days; expedited (priority) mail takes 2-5 days; international orders go by airmail (6-10 days).
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