BELLEW, H[enry] W[alter] (1834-1892) Races of Afghanistan, Being a Brief Account of the Principal Nations Inhabiting that Country. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Company, 1880.8vo. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in black with gilt lion-and-sun pictorial on upper cover, gilt-stamped spine (lightly rubbed, corners bumped, discreet library label on spine). FIRST EDITION. Henry Walter Bellew was a British medical officer, bonr in India, who spent his time working in Afghanistan, where he studied the languages and cultures.