with censorship slip

First edition of this scarce title with the rare censorship slip warning travellers to hide the book from the authorities.

This is the first issue of this edition (issued c.1905) with the original pp xxiii/xxiv. There were two later issues each with different text amendments. The Balkan states are described as they were before the Balkan Wars 1912/1913. Salonika was still part of Turkey and the plans of the excavations at Troy are especially well produced.

Issued c.1905

First edition. pp. xxiv, 275, 9 maps, 29 plans, and 5 floor plans, with censorship slip tipped in, some maps a little creased, bookseller's label pasted down on endpapers, previous owner's bookplate inserted loose, some pencilling on endpapers ; publisher's red cloth gilt, a little rubbed; overall a very good copy.

Hinrichsen D497