EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

A Brief record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 

This is an account of Allenby's Palestine campaign, which reproduces interesting military maps and plans. It was originally published so that members of the EEF 'may be able to take home with them an acceptable account of the great advance in which they played a part' (Preface). The great majority of copies were issued in wrappers, but some copies were bound in cloth, and senior officers received copies bound in half or full or leather. The case-bound copies contain a half title.

Egyptian issues

English edition

A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918. Compiled from official sources...

Cairo, The Palestine News, 1919.

16,000 ex. (t.v.)

30.4cm. [8],114p. Frontis., 56 plates (map key + 55 maps) with text on versos.

Yellowish brown glazed cloth (76.l.y Br); black lettering and decoration on spine, lettering on front cover; white and black head and tail bands; grey end-papers.

Issued without d.j.

1st Egyptian ed.

Preface by C. H. C. Pirie-Gordon (Military Editor) (pp. [5-6]).

Despatches by General Allenby reprinted from the London Gazette (pp. 1-36).

Unsigned material by T. E. Lawrence facing plates 49-53.

O'Brien: A011 note

Bodleian shelfmark: [AC held on deposit]

Ref: E0100.eg1

[full leather issue.]

Maroon leather; gilt lettering on spine and upper cover; t.e.g. Spine titling and decoration as in cloth binding above, but in gilt.

O'Brien: A011 note

Bodleian shelfmark: 22281 c.56

Ref: E0100.eg1a

[½ leather]

Half maroon leather with maroon cloth sides, spine titling and decoration as in cloth binding, above, but in gilt.

O'Brien: not listed.

Bodleian shelfmark: [held but not located]

Ref: E0100.eg1b

[issue in wrappers.]

29.3cm. [6],114p. Frontis., 56 plates (map key + 55 maps) with text on versos.

Buff wrappers with dull reddish-brown glazed-cloth spine (43.m.r Br); black lettering on spine and front wrapper.

Lacks the half-title present in the case-bound issues.

The overwhelming majority of surviving copies are bound thus.

O'Brien: A011

Bodleian shelfmark:

Ref: E0100.eg1c

English edition

A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918. Compiled from official sources.

Second edition.

London, Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919.

28.4cm. [6],114p. Frontis., 56 plates (map key + 55 maps) with text on versos.

¼ grey glazed cloth (156.d.g Gray) with grey boards; black lettering on both covers.

D.j. not located.

1st English ed., reproduced with corrections from the 1st Egyptian ed.

Preface by C. H. C. Pirie-Gordon (Military Editor) (pp. [5-6]).

Despatches by General Allenby reprinted from the 'London Gazette' (pp. 1-36).

Unsigned material by T. E. Lawrence facing plates 49-53.

O'Brien: A012

Bodleian shelfmark: [not located]

Ref: E0100.uk1