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A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia [with] Burnaby Spy print from Vanity Fair Author: Burnaby, Fred Place: New York Publisher: Harper & Brothers Date: [1877] Description: Includes: A Ride to Khiva...403 pp. 2 folding maps laid inside front and back pockets. (8vo) 19x13 cm (7½x5") original desert red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. First American Edition. "Fred." Men of the Day. No. 143: Captain Frederick G. Burnaby. Lithograph from Vanity Fair. Dec. 2, 1876. With text leaf. 38.4x26.4 cm (15¼x10½"). Colonel Fred Burnaby of the Royal Horse Guards (1842-1885) was a British intelligence officer and a major figure in the Great Game played out between England and Russia in nineteenth century Central Asia. The book describes how he took on the Khiva challenge after reading that the Russians had prohibited all foreigners from traveling in Russian Asia. Bookplate of Paul H. Humphreys. Lot Amendments Condition: Volume with rubbing at extremities, slight abrasion to slightly leaning spine, stain to rear board; a few minor chips to endpapers; somewhat heavy dampstaining to Vanity Fair lithograph, particularly at lower left; very good overall. Lots sold without reserve are sold "as is" and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $25 for shipments to the US and $40 for shipments sent outside the US Please consider this when determining your bid amounts Item number: 340173a