FIRST EDITION. Contains 16 tables, 37 illustrations and 2 maps. 220x150mm. Blue cloth Hardcover. XXIII+477 pages (with additional 24 page Publisher`s Catalogue). Gilt emblem on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly worn, cover corners bumped. Spine edges slightly tattered. Top spine edge partly torn. Front inner cover partly cracked. Binding visible on rear inner cover and between several pages throughout. Binding loose. Faded ink inscription on title page. Library stamp on title page and its verso. Pages slightly yellowing, with very few age-stains. [SUMMARY]; This rare first edition of Curzon`s influential research about the early Soviet involvement in central Asia is in good reading condition.