Author: SINCLAIR, SIR TOLLEMACHE
Title: A Defence of Russia and the Christians of Turkey; Including a Sketch of the Eastern Question, from 1686 to September, 1877, with Its Best Solution, "the Reconstruction of the Greek Empire," and Strictures on Their Opponents [Two Volumes in One]
Description: London: Chapman & Hall, Piccadilly, [1878]. First Edition - Sixth Thousand; Sixth Thousand. Hardcover. "Having visited Turkey, Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; having studied the Eastern Question with special interest for many years; and having observed with astonishment and regret the profound ignorance and utterly erroneous views which prevail in England, I have devoted the whole of my available leisure for the last six months to its further consideration, more especially in connection with the eventful history of Turkey during the last two years, and I now lay before the public the results of my investigations and reflections. Job, the most patient man that ever lived, wished that his enemy had written a book, and I hope the publication of this work will afford the enemies of the Christian and Russian cause all the satisfaction which the patriarch anticipated for himself under such circumstances." - Preface. "Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (8 November 1825 – 30 September 1912) was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885." - Wikipedia. Includes eight black and white illustrated plates and fold-out map entitled "Seat of War" in the vicinity of the Black Sea. Undated, presumably circa 1878. Pages 112-54 of the second volume constitute a chapter entitled "The Jews The Implacable Foes Of The Christians". As a result, the preface deals at considerable length with criticisms of the book, particularly by the Editor of the "Jewish World", and Sinclair's response. [8], xxiv, xi, [3], 252, 257, [1], xii, [10] pp. "No rational being will give [this book] the slightest heed." - the "Jewish Chronicle". Index in each volume. Professionally rebacked in original purple cloth lettered in gilt. Lacking ethnological map and plate at page 113, otherwise tight and unmarked. No dust jacket, if one was issued. Author's supplementary slip laid-in. A worthy vintage example of this controversial work. Singerman 0002. 8" x 5.5"; 8vo. Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Russo Turkish Conspiracy Judaica