Woodhouse, C.M. — The Philhellenes

London, England, Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Black cloth over boards, still sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Light edge-wear to illustrated paper dust wrappers, two short, closed tears thereto at rear panel, else fully intact. From the publisher's blurb, "The efforts of the British philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence have never been forgotten by the Greeks. The British themselves, however, have been slow to honour their fellow-countrymen who fought for the first of the new nation states to achieve independence in the nineteenth century. In this account of the movement at home and in the field, Mr. Woodhouse shows that it did not consist merely of Byron plus an entourage of eccentrics, ruffian, and romantics, though there were plenty of all three. They were part of an international movement of protest in which nationalism, religion, radicalism and commercial greed all played a part, as well as sentiment and pure heroism. This is an attempt to widen the context." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-191 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,