Lot 81
Report of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Allenby – Cairo, 1919 – 55 Maps
A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby… July 1917 to October 1918. Cairo: Government Press and Survey of Egypt, 1919. English.
Report of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force – units of the British Army that fought in the Sinai and Palestine campaign during World War I. The report describes the progress of the force, under the command of General Allenby, between July 1917 to October 1918, and includes fifty-five (color) maps depicting the progress of the forces from south to north: from Gaza and Beersheba via Judea, Samaria, and the Galilee, and the conquest of Damascus and northern Syria.
[6], 113, [1] pp., 56 ff. (maps) + [1] plate (portrait of Allenby), 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Some leaves partly detached. Ownership inscription (in pen) on front endpaper and on front cover. Cover worn and stained.
