![MOOREHEAD, Alan. Gallipoli. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. 8°. Half title, half tone frontispiece and plates, plans, some folding. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title, “Anthony, With all good wishes, Alan Moorehead.” With 8 other books, namely Alan Moorehead’s The White Nile (London, [1960]) and The Blue Nile (London, [1962]), both FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS, PRESENTATION COPIES to Anthony Hobson; and 6 books by Freya Stark, namely The Southern Gates of Arabia (London, 1936), East is West (London, [1945]), Beyond Euphrates (London, [1951]), Alexander’s Path (London, [1958]), The Minaret of Djam (London, [1970]) and A Peak in Darien (London, [1976]), all FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES to Anthony Hobson.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CSK/2015_CSK_11606_0158_000(moorehead_alan_gallipoli_london_hamish_hamilton_1956_8_half_title_half120732).jpg?w=1)
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MOOREHEAD, Alan. Gallipoli. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. 8°. Half title, half tone frontispiece and plates, plans, some folding. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title, “Anthony, With all good wishes, Alan Moorehead.” With 8 other books, namely Alan Moorehead’s The White Nile (London, [1960]) and The Blue Nile (London, [1962]), both FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS, PRESENTATION COPIES to Anthony Hobson; and 6 books by Freya Stark, namely The Southern Gates of Arabia (London, 1936), East is West (London, [1945]), Beyond Euphrates (London, [1951]), Alexander’s Path (London, [1958]), The Minaret of Djam (London, [1970]) and A Peak in Darien (London, [1976]), all FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES to Anthony Hobson.
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