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

[OTTOMAN AFRICA - LIBYA - SAHARA] Trablusgarb'tan Sahrâ-yi Kebîr'e dogru. Sahrâ teskilâti ve akvâmi hakkinda tedkikat: Sahrâ'nin teskilâti, iklimi, hayvanat ve nebatati... [i.e. Voyages from Tripoli to the Great Sahara]

[THE BAGHDAD PACT] Security in unity: CENTO exercise Midlink Three.

[OTTOMAN ZOOLOGY / BEAUTIFUL COLOR PLATE BOOKS] Musavver tarîf-i hayvanât. [i.e. Illustrated description of animals]

Animals & Zoology

[FIRST ARAB TO RECEIVE A PHD ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN SORBONNE] La condition privee de la femme dans le droit de l'Islam. [i.e. The legal status of women in the law of Islam]

[EARLY BOOK ON THE GENOESE AND THE BYZANTINE BUILDINGS IN CONSTANTINOPLE] Eski Galata ve binalari. [i.e. Old Galata and it's buildings]

[VENETIAN MEKHITARIST IMPRINT / CLASSICAL ARMENIAN / EARLY DICTIONARIES] New dictionary Armenian-English

[ART PROPAGANDA OF THE NEW TURKEY] Riyâset-i Cumhur orkestro [.] [i.e. The memory of the Presidency orchestra's trip to European ports in 1926 with the Turkish Floating Exhibition, with a map showing the route of the Black Sea ferry]

[ASIA / ITALIAN COLONIALISM] Album with 176 gelatin silver photos of China, Korea, Japan, Libya and Rhodes taken during the exploration of an Italian naval officer

[EARLY ECONOMIC REPORT FOR THE PRINCIPALIY OF ALBANIA] Situation economique et financiere de l'Albanie par le professeur Albert Calmes (Luxembourg), a la suite de sa mission d'etudes en Albanie:...

[GERMAN PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS IN ARABIAN NIGHTS] Die seltsamen... Kalifen Harun Al Raschid. Ausgew. u. hrsg. Otto Zimmermann. [Buchschm. Abb. von C. Strathmann]. ["Tausend-und-eine Nacht" Bdch. 4]. [i.e. The strange adventures of Caliph Harun Al-Raschid]

Children Literature

[FIRST TURKISH BOOK ON BYZANTINE ISTANBUL] Heyet-i sâbika-yi Kostantiniyye. [i.e. Ancient and modern Constantinople]. Translated from Greek by Yorgaki Petropulos Alekooglu

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

[FIRST FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER OF TURKEY] Original unnamed photograph: Heap on the seashore

E-List - New York Virtual Photography Fair by the Daguerreian Society, May 14-15

[TELEGRAPH MANUAL IN OTTOMAN TURKISH] Telgraf elifbâsi. [i.e. Telgraph alphabet]

E-list for the Rare Books LA - Palm Springs VBF, May 20-21, 2022

Original photograph of Hamlet play staged in the Imperial Ottoman palace, Yildiz before 1923. Photographed by Sebah & Joaillier.

English Literature

[UIGHUR GRAMMAR / CAIRO IMPRINT] Uygur sarfi. [i.e. Uighur grammar]

[ASIA / ITALIAN COLONIALISM] Album with 176 gelatin silver photos of China, Korea, Japan, Libya and Rhodes taken during the exploration of an Italian naval officer

[COVER ART / POSTER / MAO] 16 Haziran: Ilerici Yapi-Is. No: 3, Eylül 1976

[FIRST CRITICS OF ANTISEMITISM IN FRANCE FOR DREYFUS BY TURKISH INTELLIGENTSIA] Dreyfüs meselesi ve esbâb-i hafiyesi. [i.e. The Dreyfus Affair and its reasons of secrecy]

History of Ideas

[MASTER OF THE CARPET PAINTING AND MINIATURE] Naqshhâ-ye kâlî. [i.e. The carpet paintings]

[FIRST TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF SOUTH AFRICAN MUSLIMS] Ümid Burnu seyahatnâmesi. [i.e. Travel account of the Cape of Good Hope]. Quoted by Ömer Lütfi

[FIRST CRITICS OF ANTISEMITISM IN FRANCE FOR DREYFUS BY TURKISH INTELLIGENTSIA] Dreyfüs meselesi ve esbâb-i hafiyesi. [i.e. The Dreyfus Affair and its reasons of secrecy]

[FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF IBSEN IN TURKISH LITERATURE] Ibsen: Hayati ve eserleri. [i.e. Ibsen: His life and works]

[INTERESTING ARCHIVE OF AN INTELLECTUAL OTTOMAN/TURKISH WOMAN] [A manuscript diary, letters to and from, documents, notebooks of an intellectual late Ottoman/early Republican woman]

Manuscripts & Autographs

[STAR ATLAS FOR THE OTTOMAN NAVIGATORS] Seyr-i sefâinde müstamel kevâkib atlasi: Kevâkib ne sûretle bulunur ve pusula tashihi ile mevkii-yi sefine tayininde nasil istimâl olunur? [i.e. The celestial atlas used in the navigation at sea:

Maps & Atlases & Guides

[ONE OF THE EARLIEST COMPLETE TURKISH BOOK ON THE MODERN GYNAECOLOGY] Fenn-i vilâde. 2 volumes in one [i.e. The book of gynaecology: The pregnancy.; Obstetrics (or birth), maturation, final stage of pregnancy, and newborn].

[SOUVENIR ALBUM - MIDDLE EAST] Souvenir du Caire, aux petit profits Behar et Fils

[RARE AUTOGRAPHED POSTER] Therapy? Never Apologise Never Explain Tour 2005 + Kukla. Tekel Birasi ve Host Productions sunar. 13 Mayis 2005, Cuma, 20:00 / Bornova, Izmir.; 14 Mayis 2005... [SIGNED BY ALL MEMBERS of THERAPY]

[STAR ATLAS FOR THE OTTOMAN NAVIGATORS] Seyr-i sefâinde müstamel kevâkib atlasi: Kevâkib ne sûretle bulunur ve pusula tashihi ile mevkii-yi sefine tayininde nasil istimâl olunur? [i.e. The celestial atlas used in the navigation at sea:

["WEIRD ART OF A FRENCH NAMED DAGUERRE": DAGUERRE'S INVENTION IN THE FIRST OTTOMAN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER] Takvim-i Vekâyi: Def'a 186, fî 19 S[aban] sene 1255 [i.e. Calendar of events: No 186, October 28, 1839

China through the eyes of Islamic world: Catalogue for the Virtual Ephemera fair, January 22 - 23, 2022

[FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF DARWIN IN OTTOMAN / TURKISH LITERATURE] Darvin. (Büyük Adamlar Serisi Cild 1 - Forma 30. Ibrahim Alâeddin Bey'in riyâseti altinda güzide bir hey'et-i ilmiyye tarafindan vücûde getirilmistir.

[FIRST FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER OF TURKEY] Original unnamed photograph: Heap on the seashore

[COVER ART / POSTER / MAO] 16 Haziran: Ilerici Yapi-Is. No: 3, Eylül 1976

[1978 SPEECHES OF THE CCP] Memleketlik ilim-pen yiyuning hojjetliri. [i.e. Documents of scientific developments in the country]

[EARLY EROTICA / HOMOSEXUALITY] Defter-i ask, Hubannâme, Zenânnâme and Sevkengîz., Manzumetü'l-müsemma be-mihnet-kesan., Tuhfe-i Dilkes Nâli., Bülbülnâme., Kitab-i Nân ü halvâ [and] Nân û Pir Seyh., Gülsen-i ask

[TELEGRAPH MANUAL IN OTTOMAN TURKISH] Telgraf elifbâsi. [i.e. Telgraph alphabet]

[RUSSIAN - TURKISH TREATY] Traite entre la Turquie et la Russie. Signe a Moscou, le 16 Mars 1921.= Türkiye - Rusya Muahedenamesi (Moskova'da 16 Mart 1337 - 1921 tarihinde imza edilmistir)

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

[OTTOMAN AFRICA - LIBYA - SAHARA] Trablusgarb'tan Sahrâ-yi Kebîr'e dogru. Sahrâ teskilâti ve akvâmi hakkinda tedkikat: Sahrâ'nin teskilâti, iklimi, hayvanat ve nebatati... [i.e. Voyages from Tripoli to the Great Sahara]

Travels & Voyages

[ATTRACTIVE UNIFORM BOOK OF THE OTTOMAN ARMY] Osmanli teskilât ve kiyafet-i askeriyesi.= L'Organisation et les uniformes de L'Armee Ottomanne (Depuis sa creation jusqu'a nos jours). 2 volumes set

Wars & Military

[ORIGINAL PAINTING / MODERN TURKISH PAINTRESS / IMAGE OF A WOMAN] Oil on canvas. Unnamed. [Woman]

Women & Feminism