1916 Forty Years in Constantinople: The Recollections of Sir Edwin Pears 1873-1915

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original cloth binding. 

First edition.

Illustrated with 16 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. 

A vivid memoir of life in the late Ottoman Empire, Forty Years in Constantinople (1916) chronicles political upheavals from the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz to the Young Turk Revolution and the early First World War, offering rare insight into Ottoman society and diplomacy.

Sir Edwin Pears (1835–1919) was a British barrister, historian, and Times correspondent who lived in Constantinople for over forty years; he notably championed Armenian reforms and became one of Britain’s foremost authorities on Turkish affairs.