HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR OF 1878.
- London: Published by W.H. Allen & Co., 1879.
- 8vo
- prize binding by Relfe Brothers London (binder's ticket on front free endpaper) of blue crushed morocco stamped in gilt, title in 2nd compartment on red leather spine label, five raised bands, spine stamped in gilt, gilt edges, edges of the textblock marbled, marbled endsheets
- xxviii, 456 pages, including one errata leaf
Price: $500.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 143198
Second edition. Neat Cambridge Local Examinations exlibris bookplate on the front pastedown. Minor rubbing to spine ends, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Errata leaf present following appendix.
This book, written by George Bruce Malleson, is a political and military history of Afghanistan that was published in London in 1879. Malleson was a British army officer and military historian who had served in India and who wrote prolifically on the history of India and Afghanistan. It takes place shortly after the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80).


