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	ALLEN, CHARLES Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier London, Abacus/Little, Brown and Co. 2001. First Paperback Edition (2000). xii, 368pp, Note on East India Company and its Bengal Army, 2 maps, 23 monochrome illustrations from photographs and paintings, glossary, bibliography, index. Sm8vo/20cm. The story of a few rather extraordinary young British men who took on the challenge of 'the wild tribes' of the North-West Frontier in the mid-19th century, a challenge which continues on a much wider scale at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Charles Allen (1940- ) is a British writer and historian who was born in India where six generations of his family served under the British Raj.. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004488 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	CAROE, OLAF, DR. A.D. ILIFF, PHILIP RAWSON, ET AL Asian Review. New Series, Vol 1, No 3 (December 1964) London, East India Association and Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon SOciety. 1964. Entire issue. [iii+ 58pp], pp 115-168, 14 monochrome illustrations, 5 articles, book review section, annual reports of the East India Association and the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society. Tall 8vo/25cm. Illustrated glossy wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Includes:Caroe's, "Khushal Khan: Warrior Poet." (pp 128-138); Iliff's, "Waziristan: Frontier Interlude." (pp 139-144); Rawson's, "Methods of Indian Sculpture", (pp 115-127); and R. Morton Smith's, "Contrast Between Sanskrit and Western Literatures." (pp 150-159). Olaf Caroe (1892-1981) was the last pre-Partition British Governor of the North-West Frontier Province; Dr. A.D. Iliff (O.B.E. S.I.) was a British medical missionary who had spent many years in Waziristan, mostly among the Mahsuds. both before and after Paatition. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 004183 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE GOVERNMENT Final Report of the Third Regular Settlement of the Peshawar District Peshawar, N-WFP Govt Stationery & Printing. 1941. [i], 25, 88, lxxxviii, 6, iv pp, review, settlement report, 11 appendices, charts, tables. Tall 8vo/24cm. Printed wrappers, light soil and wear, few small closed tears otherwise Very Good.The First Regular Settlement was done from 1869 to 1876; the Second from 1892 to '97, and this one from 1923 to 1930 with subseqent revisions. These extraordinarily detailed reports settling the revenue rates and policies for often very large districts were usually done every five or ten years. This report details the history of settlements in the Peshawar District and explains why the periods were longer. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 001000 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	WINGATE, COLONEL G. Across Our Indian Frontier London, Central Asian Mission. Ill.: Photographs by R.O. Wingate and Rev.T.M. Wiley. N.d. (ca. 1940?). 20pp. double paged map, 3 illustrations from photographs. 12mo/18.5cm. Stapled wrappers. VG+. An appeal from a veteran soldier with 32 years on the Frontier (starting in the 19th century) for the Christian Church to make a more sustained missionary effort in the tribal areas beyond the then British administered boundaries of the North-West Frontier, presumably into Afghanistan. Colonel George Wingate was the founder of the Central Asian Mission and the father of Rachel Orde Wingate (1901-53) who took one of the photographs and wrote a treatise on the Christian Church in Turkestan in 1948 after serving three years in Kashgar with a Swedish mission. Very scarce. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 004504 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.

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	ALLEN, CHARLES Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier London, Abacus/Little, Brown and Co. 2001. First Paperback Edition (2000). xii, 368pp, Note on East India Company and its Bengal Army, 2 maps, 23 monochrome illustrations from photographs and paintings, glossary, bibliography, index. Sm8vo/20cm. The story of a few rather extraordinary young British men who took on the challenge of 'the wild tribes' of the North-West Frontier in the mid-19th century, a challenge which continues on a much wider scale at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Charles Allen (1940- ) is a British writer and historian who was born in India where six generations of his family served under the British Raj.. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 004488 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	CAROE, OLAF, DR. A.D. ILIFF, PHILIP RAWSON, ET AL Asian Review. New Series, Vol 1, No 3 (December 1964) London, East India Association and Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon SOciety. 1964. Entire issue. [iii+ 58pp], pp 115-168, 14 monochrome illustrations, 5 articles, book review section, annual reports of the East India Association and the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society. Tall 8vo/25cm. Illustrated glossy wrappers, light wear, internally fine. Includes:Caroe's, "Khushal Khan: Warrior Poet." (pp 128-138); Iliff's, "Waziristan: Frontier Interlude." (pp 139-144); Rawson's, "Methods of Indian Sculpture", (pp 115-127); and R. Morton Smith's, "Contrast Between Sanskrit and Western Literatures." (pp 150-159). Olaf Caroe (1892-1981) was the last pre-Partition British Governor of the North-West Frontier Province; Dr. A.D. Iliff (O.B.E. S.I.) was a British medical missionary who had spent many years in Waziristan, mostly among the Mahsuds. both before and after Paatition. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 004183 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE GOVERNMENT Final Report of the Third Regular Settlement of the Peshawar District Peshawar, N-WFP Govt Stationery & Printing. 1941. [i], 25, 88, lxxxviii, 6, iv pp, review, settlement report, 11 appendices, charts, tables. Tall 8vo/24cm. Printed wrappers, light soil and wear, few small closed tears otherwise Very Good.The First Regular Settlement was done from 1869 to 1876; the Second from 1892 to '97, and this one from 1923 to 1930 with subseqent revisions. These extraordinarily detailed reports settling the revenue rates and policies for often very large districts were usually done every five or ten years. This report details the history of settlements in the Peshawar District and explains why the periods were longer. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 001000 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.
	WINGATE, COLONEL G. Across Our Indian Frontier London, Central Asian Mission. Ill.: Photographs by R.O. Wingate and Rev.T.M. Wiley. N.d. (ca. 1940?). 20pp. double paged map, 3 illustrations from photographs. 12mo/18.5cm. Stapled wrappers. VG+. An appeal from a veteran soldier with 32 years on the Frontier (starting in the 19th century) for the Christian Church to make a more sustained missionary effort in the tribal areas beyond the then British administered boundaries of the North-West Frontier, presumably into Afghanistan. Colonel George Wingate was the founder of the Central Asian Mission and the father of Rachel Orde Wingate (1901-53) who took one of the photographs and wrote a treatise on the Christian Church in Turkestan in 1948 after serving three years in Kashgar with a Swedish mission. Very scarce. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 004504 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books.