Author: CARY, J.,
Title: Memoir of the Bobotes. Foreword by Walter Allen. [First edition, thus].
Description: London, Readers Union/Michael Joseph, 1965. Small 8°., original cloth, gilded line drawing on front cover, gilded spine, dustjacket. 169pp. 16 monochrome plates after drawings by author, some sketch-maps in text, some figures in text illustrating primitive field defence works, note on medical supplies, publ. note to maps. Account, based on author's personal experiences, of the First Balkan War fought between 1912-1913 between the Ottoman Empire and the Provisional Government of Albania and the Balkan League: Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro, to take Macedonia away from Turkey. This edition solely available for Readers Union members. Very fine copy WITH DUSTJACKET.

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