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Soft cover. Condición: Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red and white illustrated wraps with black lettering 13x21cm. Printed in Great Britain by Kemsin Press Ltd. 143pp with numerous b/w street plans, area maps, drawings, and more complex sketches from slides by Stephen Sturgess. Covers very good, foxed. Interiors near fine. Scarce with 15 institutions located on Worldcat (OCLC 2983428). Worldcat also records a related work called "London to India" (1978), and later self help guides to playing pool in his capacity as a professional player and instructor. Raftis was a follower of Vishnu and his avatars including Krishna and Rama, and he dedicates this to: "those sincere souls who are searching for the truth, knowledge, wisdom, or happiness, and who are willing to commit austerities, or penances and undergo distress or hardship in the search for the same". His title references digging for spiritual treasure in the East to find Krishna. His chapters cover Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Final "Notes" include much practical advice. Itinerary tables from Istanbul to Mathura, Amsterdam to Calcutta, New Delhi to Kavalla list multiple stopping points with mode of transport (bus, train, van), cost in US$, and time taken in hours. There are glossaries for Turkish, Iranian, Pakistani, and Indian (the latter concentrating on religion and vegetarian food), along with mileage and currency conversion charts, and a bibliography. …