Lot #1081 - Books On Turkey And Russia (3)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1081
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Lot Description:Books On Turkey And Russia (3)
OLIPHANT, Laurence.The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. A Personal Narrative.Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1856. First edition.4 tinted litho plates, 2 folding maps, 4 text vignettes, xxvii,234pp., some spotting to plates and adjacent pages, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf with raised bands and contrasting title label, marbled boards, spine rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Pale blue ownership stamp of a parliamentary library on titlepage, a couple in the text, and on the blank versos of the plates and maps. No other markings internal or external. Uncommon. Laurence Oliphant, 1829-1888, travel writer, war correspondent and mystic. See DNB. Best known for his personal account as private secretary to Lord Elgin during the latter's mission to China and Japan in 1857-8, published 1859; OLIPHANT, Laurence.The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852. With a Voyage down the Volga, a -
Estimate:A$350 - 500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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