[ ? Whitcombe, W. G.] Sketches of Modern Greece

[ ? Whitcombe, W. G.] Sketches of Modern Greece, illustrative of the leading Events of the Revolution. By a Young English Volunteer in the Greek Service. London: Hurst, Chance & Co., 1828. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blind-stamped and gilt maroon morocco

Footnote: Note: "The author of this book can be shown, by internal and other evidence, to be W.G. Whitcombe who attempted to assassinate Trelawny in the cave in Panama in 1825." [William St. Clair, note on endpaper] Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair