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SCHUYLER, Eugene.
Turkistan. Notes of a Journey In Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1877. In two volumes. Second U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial gilt decoration on the upper covers, xii, 411; viii, 463pp. Some light wear to the spine ends o/w a very nice set. Eugene Schuyler [1840-1890] American diplomat & scholar into a prominent New York state family, he enjoyed every cultural, social and political advantage. He graduated from Yale and then Columbia law school and began to practice in 1863. Schuyler's interest in languages caused him to apply for a diplomatic posting and in 1867 he was appointed Counsel to Moscow. During the succeeding nine years he served in a variety of posts including Revel, Saint Petersburg and Constantinople. While he held the latter post he wrote a influential report documenting Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria. In 1880 he became the first American diplomatic representative to Rumania. He eventually returned to the United States and lectured at Cornell and Johns Hopkins. The above work was first published in 1876 and was critical of the Russian administration in the East. It also provides an account of his travels in Central Asia, with chapters on Tashkent, Samarkand, the Syr, Darya, etc.
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SKRINE, C.P.
Chinese Central Asia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. First U.S. edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig.cloth, xvi, 306pp. Spine gilt a bit dull o/w a near fine copy in the remains of the d/w; the rear panel is missing but the flaps and the upper wrapper are present but chipped. "The author was appointed the Consul-General at Kashgar, and started off from Strinigar to Kashgar through Gilgit, Hunza, Mintaka Pass and Takqurghan in 1922 on a journey of two and a quarter years. Then he explored Qungur peaks, and made tours to Yarkand, Khotan and Keriya."
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VAMBERY, Arminius.
Central Asia and the Anglo-Russian Frontier Question: A Series of Political Papers. Translated by F.E. Bunnett. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1874. First edition in English. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, viii, 385, (2)pp.ads. This copy has been professionally rebacked with the original spine laid down, new e/papers o/w a fine copy. A discussion of the battle between Russia and England for supremacy in Central Asia.
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VITKOVICH, Victor.
A Tour of Soviet Uzbekistan. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954. First edition in Englisn. Cloth, 246pp. Very good.
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