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Auction Date:2012 Oct 19 @ 18:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
BALKANS : -. The dualism of England and Russia in the East, and its consequence upon the general political situation of Europe. By "Vigilans". London : Printed and Published at No. 65, St. Mary-Axe, 1875FIRST EDITION, with a map, 12-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper : with a small stamp on title-page, but a very good copy. On German/Russian relations and the choice of a southern rather than a northern route for "the Great Russian Central-Asiatic Railway" by the Council of Railways in Siberia.ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1) DENTON ( Wm. ). The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 8. [1877]. Denton (1815-83) had personal contacts with members of the Orthodox church in the Near East, and produced in 1862 Servia and the Servians, one of the first well-informed books in English on Serbia. He subsequently produced an edition of Chedomil Miyatovic's Serbian Folklore (1874) and a work on Montenegro (1877). His The Christians in Turkey (1863), which alleged that British diplomats had carried out a conspiracy of silence about the sufferings of Christians under Ottoman rule, initially attracted little notice, but in 1876, when the ‘Bulgarian atrocities’ had aroused public outrage, the original edition sold out and a new and enlarged edition appeared. In recognition of his campaigning on behalf of Balkan Christians he was created a knight commander of the Serbian order of St Saviour of Takhova, and awarded a grand cross of the order of St Saba (ODNB).(2) CHESSON ( Frederick Wm. ). Turkey and the Slave Trade. A statement of facts. The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 7. Published for the Eastern Question Association, by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1877. FIRST EDITION, 16-pp, 8vo, recent wraps : small stamp on title, otherwise very good Chesson (1833–88), campaigner for the rights of indigenous people and for a wide variety of humanitarian issues, closely connected with committees and pressure groups, came to believe in ‘responsible imperialism’, arguing that as the expansion of European influence was inevitable, Europeans had an obligation to regulate the relationships between colonists and native populations, believing this could only be achieved by effective local administrations amenable to firm metropolitan control. His finest hour was probably the famous campaign of protest against Turkey's Bulgarian atrocities in 1876, which in a matter of weeks roused immense feeling throughout England. The headquarters of the campaign was the London office of the Aborigines Protection Society, of which Chesson was secretary. His pamphlet, Turkey and the Slave Trade (1877), attracted considerable attention (Alistair B. Cooke).(3) HOLMS ( John ). Commercial & Financial Aspects of the Eastern Question The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 3. Published for the Eastern Question Association by Cassell Petter & Galpin [1877]. FIRST EDITION, 20-pages, 8vo, recent wrapper : a small stamp in 2 places else very good(4) ARNOLD ( Sir Robert Arthur ). The Promises of Turkey. The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 6. Published for the Eastern Question Association by Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1877]. FIRST EDITION, 15-pp, 8vo, recent wrapper : a small stamp in 2 places, else very good(5) STORR (John Stephens). Russia as she is. Three letters. Trübner & Co., 1877. FIRST EDITION, 36-pages, with half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper : small stamp on title and with a few marginal pencil marks, but a very good copy. Includes, on pp 29-36, with drop-title, "Peace possiblities in Russia (from the St. Petersburg special correspondent of "The Times, November 14)."(6) EASTERN QUESTION. (By a member of the council of the National Union.). 1877.(7) MACKENZIE ( James Thompson ). The best means of defraying the expenses of the Afghan War. By Mr. Mackenzie, of Kintail. Printed and published by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons [1878]. FIRST EDITION, 25-pages, 8vo, recent wraps : small stamp on title, otherwise very good (8) BARING ( Thomas George ), earl of Northbrook. Speech … in the Guildhall, Winchester, on the 11th of November, 1878. (1878). COPAC locates only microofiche copies. (9) AFGHANISTAN : -. Is the war just ? 1878. small stamps on title, but a very good copy.Not included in Wilber.(10) TAYLOR ( Sedley ). on the Eastern Question : a statement of facts based on official documents. 1877.(11) RICHARD ( Henry ). The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 1. [1877]. Richard (1812-88), not only the consummate Victorian radical, but also the consummate Victorian Welshman. In his Evidences of Turkish Misrule he claims the Turks "have no capacity for civilisation" and explains their "military achievements as a product of their barbaric nature : “they can fight desperately enough ; but that is the note of barbarism, not of civilization”.- page 3.(12) SKINNER ( John Edwin Hilary ). The Eastern Question Association. Papers on the Eastern Question. No. 9. 1877. Skinner (1839-94), a special correspondent to the Daily News of London, began reporting on foreign places in 1864, traveling with the Danish army. In the following year he visited the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 1867 he ran the blockade into Crete, and in Roughing it in Crete (1867) advocated the cession of Crete to Greece. This, he contended, would not only conciliate liberal opinion, but would concentrate the Turkish power. Nine years later, on this same subject he contributed Turkish Rule in Crete, denouncing the ‘blighting effect’ of Turkish misgovernment, to the Papers on the Eastern Question (ODNB).(13) BURRITT ( Elihu ). The Eastern Question. Hodder & Stoughton, 1878. FIRST EDITION THUS,16-pp,8vo,recent wraps:small stamp on title,otherwise very good The verso of the title-page bears a preface by Sir Henry Richard explaining the genesis of Burritt's magazine article, citing Burritt as a "thoughtful and impartial foreign observer".(14)BALKANS; TURKEY; GREECE; EUROPE; RAILWAYS; EASTERN QUESTION; SLAVERY; SLAVE TRADE; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; ENGLAND; RUSSIA