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FRASER, David. The Marches of Hindustan, the record of a journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1907. 8 (223 x 142mm). 57 plates, folding map of "altitudes traversed", large folding map of Hindustan in end pocket. Original red cloth with vignette of a tribesman on upper cover, gilt-lettering, t.e.g. (spine slightly rubbed and tarnished). Provenance: James Eliott (gift inscription dated Xmas 1907). FIRST EDITION. Described in the author's preface as a narrative of "peaceable adventures" in which information is interpolated regarding "topography, history, economics, and strategics"; and another work by the same author (Persia and Turkey in Revolt, Edinburgh and London, 1910). (2)