Lot 434
AFGHANISTAN - YATE, MAJOR C.E.
NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN OR LETTERS FROM THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
£550
Description
Edinburgh: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1888. First edition, 8vo (222 x 140mm.), 2 folding maps in pocket at rear, original cloth, extremities rubbed
Footnote
Note: Yate was a member of the Afghan Boundary Commission, and in an ideal position to focus in the events of 1885 to 1887, during which time the Afghan frontier was demarcated, negotiated, and finally settled.