(Sindh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Afghan Wars.) The Rev. Isaac ...

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(Sindh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Afghan Wars.) The Rev. Isaac Nicholson Allen: 'Diary of a March Through Sinde and Affghanistan, with the troops under the command of General Sir William Nott, and sermons delivered on various occasions during the campaign of 1842', London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1843, 1st edition, multi folding lithograph frontis of Kabul and surrounding country + 7 lithograph plates, viii,468pp, contemporary decorative calf gilt worn, lacks top portion of backstrip, all edges gilt. The author was assistant Chaplain on the Hon. East India company's Bombay establishment and for H.M. 40th Regiment. He travelled on foot for this campaign through Afghanistan. Covers a sketch of Dooraunee empire, lower and upper Sinde, Bolan & Kojuk Passes, Kandahar, to Ghuznee, to Kabul, and to Peshawur. Loaded with keen observations on the inhabitants, customs, ethnology, travel points, the mountains, terrain, weather, flora, fauna, food, and culture of Afghanistan