The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus

Description:

Revised, and reprinted from The Geographical Journal, 1896. An account of two journeys made by George Curzon, future viceroy of India, to the Pamir mountains in Central Asia. Travelling from northern India, to Afghanistan, to the Oxus river, Curzon gives a detailed and vivid account of this remote mountain region.

Condition

8vo, orig. qtr. mock vellum, gilt, spine worn. From an institutional library, a few neat ink stamps, shelf label to spine. A few short tears to map folds, not affecting printed area, ink stamps to rear of map.