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William Blackwood, 1856. William Blackwood, 1856, First Edition, 8vo., 234 pages. Book bound in a green cloth, no dust jacket, gilt vignette on front board. Frontis with 3 additional plates, a fold out plan and fold up map at rear of book, also 3 woodcuts. Spine darkened some edgewear, else book good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Edinburgh and London. 1856. First edition. Octavo. xxvii, 234pp. Tinted litho. frontis., 3 further tinted litho. plates, folding plan of the Passage of the Ingour, large folding map. Title page woodcut vignette, 3 further woodcut illustrations. Recent quarter calf, spine in six with raised bands, leather label, gilt lettering and motifs, marbled boards. Renewed endpapers. Light foxing to plates. Large map folds carefully reinforced with paper tape. Neat marginal pencil note to xxv. A crisp handsome copy with all maps and plates as listed.
Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) Author, Adventurer, Spy, Diplomatic Negotiator, Lawyer, Religious Mystic.
As correspondent for The Times at Trebizond Oliphant met the Turkish commander Omar Pasha, joined his force and was present at the battle of the Ingour. A first hand valuable account of Ottoman military operations from both a political and military point of view.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xxviii, 234 pages of text. Hardcover half-leather binding with marbled boards; moderate rubbing to extremities, and spine is darkened, sunned and crackling, with missing spine labels. Interior is in excellent condition, with minor browning to edges of several pages, and previous owner's name handwritten neatly on verso of title page "Owen F. Aldis." Contains four tinted (colored) lithograph plates, a small fold-out map (slightly mis-folded), and a large fold-out map following text. Plates and protective tissue guard are clean. Military History. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. . First edition. 8vo, [ii](ads), xxvii, 234, [16](ads)pp., 5 coloured lithographed plates including frontispiece, 1 folding map, woodcut vignette on title and four others, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, gilt vignette to upper cover, presentation inscription to title, light wear, a very good copy. Oliphant had been acting as a correspondent for The Times during this campaign. He had accompanied Lord Stratford to the Crimea from Constantinople. Oliphant had a glimpse of the siege of Sebastopol, afterwards joining the force under Omar Pasha. He was present at the battle of the Ingour. The fall of Kars then made the expedition fruitless, and after much suffering during the retreat, he returned to England.

Edinburgh and London.: William Blackwood and Sons.. 1856.. Chromolithographed frontispiece of The Battle on the Ingour and three other full page illustrations, folding plan and map, title vignette and in the text, 19.3 x 12.3 cm, original calf, gilt-ruled boards, spine gilt decorated in compartments with raised bands, crimson title label, marbled fore-edges, contemporary school-prize presentation inscription, the frontispiece spotted, affecting the margins and verso, title browned, the folding map a little spotted with a professionally sealed marginal fold tear, in good condition. Account of Omer Pasha and his military exploits in the Trans-Caucasian region by Laurence Oliphant, Secretary to Lord Elgin between 1853 and 1861 and companion to the Duke of Newcastle on a visit to the Circassian coast during the Crimean War. An intriguing figure, Oliphant was an accomplished diplomat and widely travelled, writing a satirical novel 'Piccadilly', as well as works on esoteric spiritualism. A contemporary… Read More