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Trotter, Captain Philip Durham.
Our Mission to the Court of Marocco in 1880 under Sir John Drummond Hay, K.C.B., Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to his Majesty the Sultan [PRESENTATION COPY].
Publisher: David Douglas, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1881
Stock Code: 14379
First edition. Octavo, pp., xviii, 306, [4] of index, plus 31 photographic plates of the expedition, and folding map of the region to end, as called for. Publisher’s olive-green cloth, badge in gilt to upper board, within black-stamped ornamental frame, titled in gilt to spine; upper edge gilt. Boldly inscribed “Bertram Goff 71st Hightlanders from The Author June 1881” to front free end-paper. Hinges cracked, boards a little rubbed, corners bumped and rubbed, text-block shaken. Contents clean and bright. A very good copy. A scarce account of an expedition by a captain of the 93rd Highlanders that went from Tangier to Fez, then to Mekenes and Rabat, returning to Sla Mehedia, El-Araish, and Azila. £400.00