On Alexander’s Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India
Author(s):
Stein, Sir Aurel
Copyright: 1972, Blom, NY
Specifications: rep, 8vo, pp.xi, [66], 182, photo frontis, 95 bw photos (2 fldg), 4 maps, brown cloth
Condition: cloth fine.
First published in 1929, this is legendary explorer Stein’s narrative of his findings on the wild frontier country traversed by Alexander the Great during his Indian campaigns. Stein traces the history of the area and its unknown topography and monuments from Hellenistic times onwards. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature.