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Wylly: From Black Mountain to Waziristan. 1st Ed

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Wylly: From Black Mountain to Waziristan. 1st Ed
<B>Colonel H. C. Wylly. </B></I><B><I>From The Black Mountain to Waziristan.</B></I></B></I><I> Being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled By the North-West Frontier Province, and of Our Military Relations with Them in the Past</B></I>. London: Macmillan and Co., 1912.<BR><BR>First edition. Octavo. 505 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads at rear. Eight folding maps.<BR><BR>Brown cloth boards with red and black lettering and design on covers and spine. Moderate wear to spine ends; very light rubbing at corners. Inscribed by previous owner on initial flyleaf. Textblock is very fine with page edges dyed red. Selected chapters include: <I>The Borderland, Black Mountain Tribes, Yusafzais and Gaduns, Utman Khels, Mohmands,</B></I> and <I>Waziristan and Its Tribes</B></I>. In very fine condition and quite desirable, particularly in light of recent events in that part of the world.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)