Travel
MONEY, Edward
Twelve months with the Bashi-Bazouks
Chapman and Hall, London 1857. First edition. 8vo., iv, 220pp., 4 pages ads dated December 1st 1856 at end, lithograph frontispiece and 2 lithographed plates, all printed in clour and finished by hand, small tear to gutter of contents leaf, original blindstamped green cloth gilt, covers with some dampstaining, a very good copy from the library of Sir Arthur Rumbold, formerly a colonel in the Ottoman army and later President of the island of Nevis and subsequently the Virgin Islands, with his inscription to endpaper.
The author set out for Sebastopol in 1856 accompanied by two of his brothers. Having served with the East India Company's army and anxious to serve his country again, he joined up with the BashiBazouks at Galipoli. Full of adventure.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1490
Stock Number: 58093