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[TURKEY and NEAR EAST] Two two-volume works.

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[TURKEY and NEAR EAST] Two two-volume works.

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Lot 103
[TURKEY and NEAR EAST] Two two-volume works.
WEBSTER, JAMES. Travels through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt; performed during the years 1825-1828: including particulars of the last illness and death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the Russian Conspiracy in 1825. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's blue-green cloth with paper labels in modern slipcase. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14.5 cm); ccxii, 162, [2] pp.; viii, 435, [1] pp; seven aquatint plates, illustrations in text. Spines a bit faded, light wear to cloth, minor foxing, in general an excellent uncut set in the rare cloth; together with ELLIOTT, C.[HARLES] B.[OILEAU]. Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's mauve cloth in modern slipcase. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14.5 cm); 497, [1] pp; 517, [1] pp.; frontispieces, two maps. Spines faded, uncut as issued, rather toned and a bit foxed throughout.

The first work is Atabey 1324; Weber I, 193; Abbey Travel 360; the second Atabey 393; Weber I, 271; Abbey Travel 393.

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Estimate: $400 - $600
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