By Colonel H. C. Wylly; Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien
London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
9" by 6" xx, 505, [2pp]
An uncommon first edition history of the North Western Frontier by Captain H. C. Wylly, a detailed history complete with folding maps.
By Colonel H. C. Wylly; Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien

1912 From the Black Mountain to Waziristan 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

London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
9" by 6" xx, 505, [2pp]
An uncommon first edition history of the North Western Frontier by Captain H. C. Wylly, a detailed history complete with folding maps.
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Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Rebound

The first edition of this uncommon work.

Illustrated with eight folding maps.

Collated, complete. 

A detailed history of the tribes of the Indian North-Western Frontier, and the British military operations along the borderlands.

This history was a brilliant contribution to the contemporary history of the area, filling in a gap in the modern military history.

By Colonel Harold Carmichael Wylly. He served with the Tirah Expeditionary Force.

With an introduction by Lieutenant General Sir Horace L. Smith Dorrien. 

Two pages of adverts to the rear.

Condition

Rebound in paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots, including to the folding maps. Stamp and blind stamp to the title page. Stamp to page ix. Closed tear to the folding map.

Near Fine

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