8vo. xvi, 365 pp., [2 adverts], / [2 adverts], x, 315 pp., original publisher's cloth, faded and rubbed at spine, occasional light foxing, volume 2 with spine slightly chipped, bookplate of Bath Library with usual library blindstamps, inscription verso front covers, otherwise set in good condition, James Madden, London, first edition, 1854.

Synopsis

First edition. A second edition was published in two volumes in one with plates under the title “Turkey and the Turks…” The work is basically a history of Islam and includes the Arab caliphates, the Saracens, the Moslems in India, as well as the Ottoman Empire. Neale has previously written in 1851, Eight Years in Syria and in 1854 Evenings in Antioch. He was in the diplomatic service and had served in the Far East – Siam, Sumatra, Penang – as well as South Africa, Palestine and Turkey.
Bibliographic reference: Blackmer 1188 for the second edition titled Turkey and the Turks.