Lot 08025

WYON Reginald, “The Balkans from Within”, London: James Finch & Co. Ltd, 1904. 1st edition, in 8vo, p. xviii+475+[1]+folded map. Highly illustrated with frontispiece and 103 more B/W images out of text, along with 2 folded maps. A vivid Balkan travelogue at the threshold of 20th century.

In 1903, the English journalist Reginald Wyon (1872 – 1921) visited the Balkans several times to cover the course of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. He crossed the border with the Ottoman Empire and travelled around Macedonia and Edirne region. His reports in these areas (Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece) were published in the “Daily Mail” and in the “Sphere”, an illustrated newspaper, which published dozens of his photographs taken in the rebel-held areas. Most of them illustrated this very book.

Publisher’s red cloth, with gilt title on spine and front cover (photo illustrated); spine dull, slightly bumped edges. Scattered foxing and spotting inside, clean and rather tight though, somewhat cracked hinges. Ex libris label and owners signature on front end papers. Uncommon and Good copy.