[PALESTINE / WORLD WAR 1] Filistin Ric’âti: Arabistan’a ilk girisimizle bu son çikisimiz iyice mukayese edilirse idârî, içtimâî, askerî irtikâb ettigimiz hatalarin mecmûai hakkinda nâm bir fikir edinmis oluruz [i.e., The Retreat of Palestine]

[MUHIDDIN] VECIHI (19th century), Askerî Matbaa [Military Printing House], Istanbul, AH 1337 = [1921]. In modern full brown in Ottoman style, four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering on the first compartment, blind stamped boards. Modern endpapers. The book was bound with the rear original cover, but the front cover is missing. Chipped on extremities of title page and second page, occasional browning on pages. Else a good/very good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 90 p., b/w ills. First edition of this very scarce original eyewitness account of the Yildirim Army Group or Thunderbolt Army Group of the Ottoman Empire and Germany in the Sinai - Palestine Campaign during the First World War. In his book, Turkish mayor Vecihi describes the formation of the Palestine Front, the geography of the region, Arab tribes, and local soldiers, battles with the British Army at the front, retreat, and collapse, logistics, characteristics of the soldier