Samuel G. Howe; An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution, Revised by George Georgiades Arnakis, 1966

From the 'Americans in the Greek Revolution' series. The account of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an American surgeon who went to Greece when just 24 years old, and witnessed and recorded the events contained within. He first published his account of the revolution in 1828.

An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution, by Samuel G. Howe. Part I – Books I-IV. Revised edition with Introduction and Notes by George Georgiades Arnakis, professor of History at the University of Texas.

Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. His signature and annotations in pencil to first free endpaper. Please see our other listings for related works.

Published by Centre for Neo-Hellenic Studies, Austin, Texas, 1966. First edition thus.

A very good blue linen hardback with silver titles to spine. With a good dustjacket - worn and nibbled to extremities, a couple of small tape repairs to reverse, sunned and age toned, with price clipped front flap.

The text is very good throughout - bright, clean and soundly bound. Mild age toning to edges of endpapers and dust toned top edge, but a very nice and usable copy. Illustrated.

Text in English.

xxxii + 251pp + (2pp).

Dimensions: Approximately 250mm high x 180mm wide x 30mm.

Weight approximately 778g.