![Sketches in Afghaunistan [Afghanistan]. James Atkinson](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS009851I.JPG?v=1446178569)
London: Henry Graves and Company, 1842. 25 tinted lithographs by Louis and Charles Haghe after Atkinson. First edition of this important publication of Dr. James Atkinson's sketches from Afghanistan and the Punjab during the First Anglo-Afghan War, an early conflict in the Great Game. Dr. Atkinson was appointed Superintending Surgeon..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1893. American edition of the abridged version of the earlier two volume The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81 including Five Months Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv. "Edmund O'Donovan (1844–83) was a British war correspondent who covered..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. More
Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton, 1857. A practical travel narrative of the author's impressions of Turkey, especially Istanbul, geared toward other Western travelers. With an appendix on travel advice including prices of transport, meals, and lodgings as well as the author's packing list and itemized budget, quarantine information and other..... More
