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Gardner, A. Soldier and traveller. Memoirs. Edited by H. Pearse. With an introduction by R. Temple. Edinburgh & London, Blackwood, 1898. (23:16 cm). Mit 2 Porträts und 2 Karten. XXXIV, 359 S. sowie 32 S. Verlagsanz. Brauner Or.-Lwd. mit Rückenverg.; gering berieben und bestoßen.
Yakushi P117; Henze II, 324. - Erste Ausgabe. - "Er ist der erste Europäer, der (zwischen 1826 und 1828) Kafiristan besucht hat. ... Seine postum erschienenen Memoirs sind ... wichtig für die Geschichte Nordwest-Indiens" (H.) - Leicht gebräunt und ganz vereinzelt gering stockfleckig; wenige Unterstreichungen zu Beginn. Mit hs. Besitzvermerk. Unbeschnitten.
With 2 portraits and 2 maps. - First edition. "Gardner travelled as a pilgrim in 1829-30-31; Srinagar, Gilgit, Chitral, Yarkand, Karakoram Pass, Shyok River, Leh, Dras River, Zoji-la, and Srinagar." (Yakushi). - Slight browning and minor foxing here and there, a few underlinings to first pages. Uncut. With manuscript ownership inscription "A. W. B. Joseph, ex libris Cuthberti Shields, Feb. 1909" (?). Brown original cloth, spine gilt; minor rubbing and bumping.