Inscribed by the author. Inscribed on the title page: 'J. Hope from the Author'. Biddulph's book is the standard work on the tribes of the North West frontier at the end of the nineteenth century. The author, a member of the Bengal Civil Service visited Gilgit, Hunza and Chitral. In 1876 he was appointed political resident at Gilgit where he remained until 1881. The book was one of the first written in English which provided an insight into the languages, social customs and general characteristics of the many tribes that inhabited the Hindu Kush. Scarce.

First edition; 8vo, vi, 164, clxix pp., inscribed by the author, folding map in pocket at the front, lithographed frontispiece, 3 folding tables, 5 lithographed plates, illustrations in text, original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, short split to upper hinge, a very good copy.

Riddick 667; Yakushi (1994) B363.