JOYCE, Arthur J. The Cossack and the Turk: A Popular Account of the Present Crisis in the Affairs of the Ottoman Empire. With the Facts and Documents Relatin Thereto, from Official Sources. London, Henry Vizetelly, 1853.
8vo. Original printed wrappers; pp. 160, wood-engraved folding panoramam of ships of the Allied fleet, folding lithographic map, two double-page wood-engraved plates; a little spotting and wear to hinges of the binding, mainly margianal spotting internally, contemporary ownership inscription to initial balnk; a good copy of a great rarity.
First and only edition of this documentation of the run-up to, and beginning of, the Crimean War.
Not in Atabey and Blackmer; only an incomplete copy traced at auctions.
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