The Eye-Witnesses' Account of the Disastrous Russian Campaign
against the Akhal Tekke Turcomans. Describing the march across the burning desert, the storming of Dengeel Tepe, and the disastrous retreat to the Caspian.
Stock Code 105815
London, Allen, 1880
Original price
$1,557.00
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Original price
$1,557.00
Original price
$1,557.00
$1,557.00
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$1,557.00
Current price
$1,557.00
Marvin's first book on the Russo-Indian question which was adopted by the Russian government for the military libraries and praised by General Skobeleff.
First edition. 8vo, xii, 377 pp., 42 pages ads at end dated June, 1880, 14 maps and plans, 3 double-page portraits, original blue cloth gilt, a fine copy.
First edition. 8vo, xii, 377 pp., 42 pages ads at end dated June, 1880, 14 maps and plans, 3 double-page portraits, original blue cloth gilt, a fine copy.
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