Lot 64

Greece and Turkey, 6 volumes, comprising [Skene, James Henry]

The Danubian Principalities,

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT

£1,000

Description

the frontier lands of the Christian and the Turk. By a British Resident of twenty years in the East. London: R. Bentley, 1854. Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, 1 lithographed plate, half-titles, original green embossed cloth, bookplate of R.A. Scott Macfie of Shaws, Lunds, spines slightly faded and slightly rubbed; Stanhope, L.F.C., 5th Earl of Greece in 1823 and 1824, being a Series of Letters and other documents on the Greek Revolution... new edition. London: 1825. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, 6 folding facsimiles, library cloth, library stamp to title and frontispiece of Worthing Public Library; Frankland, Capt. Charles Colville Travels to and from Constantinople in the years 1827 and 1828. London, 1829. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 maps, plan, 2 coloured plates and 28 plain plates, modern cloth, map torn without loss, creasing to some leaves, some spotting; Sandwith, Humphry A Narrative of the Siege of Kars. London, 1856. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding plan, folding map, original pale brown embossed cloth (6)

Footnote

Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair