Author: DREW GAY, J.
Title: Plevna, the Sultan and the Porte; reminiscences of the war in Turkey.
Description: London, Chatto and Windus, 1878.Original red cloth (sl. soiled). VI,(1),298; 40 pp.First edition. - With the bookplate of Sefik E. Atabey. - 'During my stay in Turkey as Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, it was my high privilege to have unusual facilities for obtaining information respecting what inspired within the Palace, the Seraskierate, and the Porte. It was, moreover, my fortune to be present at the heavy fighting which, early in September 1877, took place at Plevna. What I heard at Constntinople, and what I witnessed on the memorable battlefields where Osman Pasha and his gallant army gained for themselves and their country undying renown, I have transcribed, and to my observations appended sundry notes respecting the present condition and what I take to be the needs of Turkey in the future' (Preface). - Rare.Not in the Blackmer Collection.

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