Mission to Tashkent / by F.M. Bailey ; introduction and epilogue by Peter Hopkirk
1999, 1st edition. London : The Folio Society. Fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards backed in gilt-blocked cloth, in a near fine slip-case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's sticker on title page. Item #444790
Physical description; xxiii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction by Peter Hopkirk ; Persia to Kashgar ; Kashgar to Tashkent ; Tashkent ; Conditions in Tashkent ; Alone ; Arrested ; I Disappear ; To the Mountains ; The Bee-farm ; In Troitskoe ; Return to Tashkent ; Tashkent Again ; Local Bolshevism ; Spring Activities ; Summer Difficulties ; Back to the Mountains ; Tashkent Affairs ; To Kagan ; On to Bokhara ; Bokhara ; Plans for Departure ; In the Desert ; Across the Murghab ; Frontier Skirmish ; Safe in Meshed ; Appendix ; Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. Subjects; Bailey, F. M. (Frederick Marshman) 1882-1967. Spies Great Britain ; Biography. Secret service. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Secret service. Uzbekistan History Revolution, 1917-1921 Secret service. Great Britain. Soviet Union. Uzbekistan.
Price: €21.95