Watch List notes:

Frye, Richard N., The Heritage of Central Asia, Markus Wiener Publishers, Second Edition, Princeton, 1998, 264 pages, softcover. his book provides a concise, authoritative history of the region that includes modern Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang. The author, who has made many visits to the region and lived in Tajikistan, draws on sources in several Central Asian languages, as well as materials from the fields of archaeology, art history, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore, ex James Farr Collection Library.

Estimate: 20-40 USD