G.Hubbard: The day of the Crescent,glimpses of old Turkey. Cambridge University Press 1920 First edition,in 8vo,contemporary red cloth faded,spine restored,text clean and bright,complete,overall in very good condition.Hubbard was a British diplomat,the book has been published in 1920 when the old Turkey was being dismantled at the Treaty of Sevres.He draws extensively from the accounts of early European travelers and British ambassadors to reconstruct the grandeur of the old Turkey in contrast of its actual status.A fine scientific account published by Cambridge University at the moment of collapse of Turkey