Journal of our Mission to Fez (1909).

£600 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

First edition of the only first-hand account of the mission to Fez in 1909 to install Sir Reginald Lister as British Ambassador to Morocco following the the Hafidiya, the coup d'état of 1908. Major-General Lord Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen (1863-1937) was a soldier and military attaché who was related to the Saxe-Coburg's and was often in Queen Victoria's favour. He rose to the rank of General and commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade in WWI. He was less successful in the diplomatic service: he was the military attaché to Berlin between 1903 and 1906 until he fell out with Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the military attaché to Washington D.C. from 1906 to 1907 during which time he failed to form a relationship with Teddy Roosevelt. His account of his trip to Fez with Sir Reginald Lister is lively and provides an account of Fez and Morocco following the ascension of Abd al-Hafid. His reign was short lived and British influence with it, as Morocco became a French colony in 1912. First edition; 8vo (24.5 x 19 cm); photographic frontispiece, 14 in-text photographic illustrations, previous ownership inscription to front endpaper, free endpapers toned otherwise clean and bright internally; vellum backed green paper boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed lettering to upper board, touch of rubbing to boards, spine a little darkened, a very good copy; [4], 108, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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