Collections – Khalkedon Rare Books

[BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BIOGRAPHY IN OTTOMAN TURKISH] Kölelikten kurtulus: Bir tercüme-i hâl. [= Up from slavery. An autobiography]. Translated to Turkish by Ayse Pertev [Akinci].

African-Americana

[ITALO-ABYSSINIAN WAR & ITALIAN FASCISM] Фашистская Италия под знаком войны / Fashistskaya Italiya pod znakom voini’ [i.e., Fascist Italy under the sign of war]

[GEOGRAPHY / TWO TEXTBOOKS FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD COLLEGES IN TURKEY] 1. Hamarrot dasagirk’ ashkharhagroit’ean.... [i.e., A concrete textbook on geography with answers to the questions of the second type] &

[ARABIAN HORSE BREEDING IN NORTH AMERICA] History in brief Leopard and Linden, General Grant's Arabian stallions, presented to him by the Sultan of Turkey in 1879, also their sons Generale Beale and Hegira, and Islam...

Animals & Zoology

[PRIVATE PUBLISHING IN EXILE / THE ÉMIGRÉ TURKISH POET IN CAIRO] شعرلرم / Siirlerim [First two books]

[GREEK ARCHITECTS / ANATOLIA] Original document written to the Sultan, detailing the procedures regarding the application by Panayot Kalfa, the contractor of the bridges on the Tosya road in Kastamonu, for the payment of his entitlement, dated [1889]

[THE EARLIEST ARMENIAN FEMINIST PUBLICATION: THE ARMENIAN WOMEN] Հայ կին: Կիսամսեայ հանդէս / Hay gin. [i.e., Armenian woman]. Edited by Hayganus Mark

[ARMENIAN AVANTGARDE / TURKISH ARMENIANS] ՔԱՌԱՍՆԱԿ / Ka’rasnag. [i.e., Quatrain]. With a foreword by Arshak Chobanian. Illustrated by Melkon Kebabdjian

[TATAR EMIGRES / FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF ISLAM IN MEIJI JAPAN BY THE FIRST IMAM OF TOKYO EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA] Alem-i Islâm ve Japonya’da intisâr-i Islâmiyyet [i.e., The world of Islam and the spread of Islam in Japan]. 2 volumes set

[MUHAJIR = ÉMIGRÉ / TURKISH - GREEK EXCHANGE OF POPULATIONS] A settlement document of a Turkish female émigré who settled in Türkiye from Gümülcine [Komotini] in 1930

[MUSLIM CHILDREN IN CHINA] Etrapimdaki dunya (Miveler) = 我周围的世界（水果）/ Wô zhôuwêi de shîjiê (Shuîguô). [i.e., The World around me: Fruits]

Children Literature

[GREEK CHANTS IN BYZANTINE NOTATION SYSTEM BY ROMANIAN PROTOPSALTIS] Antologie care cuprinde cântârî... [i.e., Anthology that includes chants for vespers, matins, liturgy, Lent...]

[FINE SOVIET MOVIE POSTER] Stupeni. [i.e. Degrees].

[THE EARLIEST ARMENIAN FEMINIST PUBLICATION: THE ARMENIAN WOMEN] Հայ կին: Կիսամսեայ հանդէս / Hay gin. [i.e., Armenian woman]. Edited by Hayganus Mark

Daughters of the East: A Feminist Perspective through Rare Books

[THE FIRST ARMENIAN EDITION OF “LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME”] Լօրտ Արթհըր Սեվայլի Ոճիրը. / Lort Art’hyr Sevayli vochiry. [i.e., Lord Arthur Savile's crime. Stories, prose poems]. Translated from English to Armenian by Jacob Y. Khashmanian.

English Literature

[THE CIRCASSIAN FEMALE SLAVES IN THE LITERATURE] سرگزشت / Sergüzest

[THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES / FIRST RUSSIAN TRANSLATION] Женщина в песках - Чужое лицо / Zhenshchina v peskakh - Chuzhoye litso [i.e., Suna no onna = The woman in the dunes]. Translated by Vladimir Sergeevich Grivnin. Designed by Vladimir Sergeevich Grivnin

[TATAR EMIGRES / FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF ISLAM IN MEIJI JAPAN BY THE FIRST IMAM OF TOKYO EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA] Alem-i Islâm ve Japonya’da intisâr-i Islâmiyyet [i.e., The world of Islam and the spread of Islam in Japan]. 2 volumes set

[FINLAND MODEL FOR THE YOUNG REPUBLIC OF TURKEY / WOMEN] Finlandiya. [i.e. Finland]. Cover designed by AK

History of Ideas

[EXTREMELY RARE PERSIAN ATLAS OF IRAN PRINTED IN CONSTANTINOPLE] Atlas baghle Iran... [i.e., Atlas of complete Iran: Including 36 maps and one graphic...]

[SLAVERY / THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] A legal manuscript in Ottoman Turkish on a slavery case

[THE FIRST PRIVATE NEWS AGENCY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE / WARTIME EPHEMERA / JUDAICA] Osmanli Telgraf Ajansi = Agence Telegraphique Ottomane, Pera - Constantinople. Douzieme Edition du 13 Aôut 1914 [Bulletin]

[ARMENIAN AVANTGARDE / TURKISH ARMENIANS] ՔԱՌԱՍՆԱԿ / Ka’rasnag. [i.e., Quatrain]. With a foreword by Arshak Chobanian. Illustrated by Melkon Kebabdjian

[OTTOMAN EXPEDITION OF CAPPADOCIA FOR THE 1911 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli rapordur ki Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir [i.e., The report related to the cholera outbreak in Ürgüp in the year 1327]

Manuscripts & Autographs

[GEOGRAPHY / TWO TEXTBOOKS FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD COLLEGES IN TURKEY] 1. Hamarrot dasagirk’ ashkharhagroit’ean.... [i.e., A concrete textbook on geography with answers to the questions of the second type] &

Maps & Atlases & Guides

Medicina Turcica Pt. 1: Catalogue No. 16

Medicina Turcica Pt. 1: Catalogue No. 16

[OTTOMAN EXPEDITION OF CAPPADOCIA FOR THE 1911 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli rapordur ki Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir [i.e., The report related to the cholera outbreak in Ürgüp in the year 1327]

[OTTOMAN EXPEDITION OF CAPPADOCIA FOR THE 1911 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli rapordur ki Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir [i.e., The report related to the cholera outbreak in Ürgüp in the year 1327]

[MUSLIMS IN CHINA / MUSIC] Uygur halk çocuklari 2 [i.e., Uyghur Folk Children]

[THE LOTUS CASE / FRENCH - TURKISH RELATIONS] رسملي غزته / Resimli gazete. No 160. 25 Eylül 1926. “Mahkemede mütehassislarin... [i.e., Illustrated newspaper. “According to the estimates and descriptions of the experts in the court Bozkurd tragedy”]

[OTTOMAN EXPEDITION OF CAPPADOCIA FOR THE 1911 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli rapordur ki Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir [i.e., The report related to the cholera outbreak in Ürgüp in the year 1327]

[FIRST MUSLIM/TURKISH OBJECTIONS TO DARWINISM / HISTORY OF IDEAS] Maddiyûn [sic. Maddiyyûn-Madyûn] mezhebinin izmihlâli. Maddiyun mezhebiyle monizm ve felsefe-i müsbite mezheblerinin kesfiyât-i fenniye ve muhakemât-i akliye ile red ve ibtali

[1935 EXPEDITION OF THE CHOROKH RIVER / BORÇKA / PHOTOGRAPHY] Eleven loose silver gelatine photos likely taken during the 1935 Expedition of the Chorokh River for the construction of the Borçka Bridge over the river

[ISLAM IN BRITISH INDIA / KHILAFAT MOVEMENT] یورپکی صداقت اوراسکا جواب [i.e., The authenticity of Europe and its answer]

[RARE COMPLETE RUN OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA JOURNAL] حرب مجموعه‌سى / Harb mecmuasi... [i.e., The War journal: A pictorial periodical that discusses the soldier and the battle] Tesrîn II 1331 – Haziran 1334. Nos: 1-27. SET

[CENSORSHIP / THE FIRST LESBIAN CHARACTER IN AN OTTOMAN NOVEL / MUASAKÂT-I NISÂIYYE] حمامجى الفت / Hamamci Ülfet

[SCIENCE / THE FIRST TURKISH BOOK ON MICROBIOLOGY] Mikrob: Emrâz-i sariye ve sarboniyenin vesâil-i sirayeti ve usûl-i telkihleri. [i.e. Microbe]. Translated by Hüseyin Remzi, Hüseyin Hüsnü

[1935 EXPEDITION OF THE CHOROKH RIVER / BORÇKA / PHOTOGRAPHY] Eleven loose silver gelatine photos likely taken during the 1935 Expedition of the Chorokh River for the construction of the Borçka Bridge over the river

[FIRST TURKISH COMPLETE ROWING BOOK] Kürek sporu. [i.e. The sport of rowing]

[ARMENIAN AVANTGARDE / TURKISH ARMENIANS] ՔԱՌԱՍՆԱԿ / Ka’rasnag. [i.e., Quatrain]. With a foreword by Arshak Chobanian. Illustrated by Melkon Kebabdjian

The Middle East: The Islamic World in Rare Books, Maps, Pamphlets, and Historical Documents. Catalogue No. 15

[1935 EXPEDITION OF THE CHOROKH RIVER / BORÇKA / PHOTOGRAPHY] Eleven loose silver gelatine photos likely taken during the 1935 Expedition of the Chorokh River for the construction of the Borçka Bridge over the river

Travels & Voyages

[THE BERLIN - BAGHDAD RAILWAY] Anonymous sepia toned photograph of a view from north to south of the Jarabulus Railway Bridge on the Euphrates River in Aleppo during World War I

Wars & Military

[THE EARLIEST ARMENIAN FEMINIST PUBLICATION: THE ARMENIAN WOMEN] Հայ կին: Կիսամսեայ հանդէս / Hay gin. [i.e., Armenian woman]. Edited by Hayganus Mark

Women & Feminism