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]

[WORLD WAR I / RUSSIA / PROPAGANDA] "Hürriyetperver Rus donanmasi tarafindan Osmanli milletine ilân" [i.e. The proclamation for the Ottoman nation by the Russian navy]

[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]

[SOVIET - AZERBAIJANI CARTOGRAPHY / BAKU / CAUCASUS / GEODESY] Orta Mektep için fizikî tedris heritesi. [i.e. The physical map for the students in the Azerbaijani Junior High Schools]

[UKRAINE / BESSARABIAN GAGAUZ / CHERNIVTSI OBLAST] Besarabiela Gagauzlarân Istoriesâ (Istoria Gâgâuzilor din Basarabia). [i.e. The history of Gagauzs from Bessarabia]. Traducere din revista "Viata Basarabiel" pe anul 1933 No. 9 sl 1934 No. 5

[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

[UKRAINE / BESSARABIAN GAGAUZ / CHERNIVTSI OBLAST] Besarabiela Gagauzlarân Istoriesâ (Istoria Gâgâuzilor din Basarabia). [i.e. The history of Gagauzs from Bessarabia]. Traducere din revista "Viata Basarabiel" pe anul 1933 No. 9 sl 1934 No. 5

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

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

English Literature

[RARE ISSUE OF "THE RUSSIAN ORIENT"] Chark'i Rus = Sark-i Rus. 12 Cemâziyelevvel 1321 = 25 Eylül 1903, No: 48

[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

[A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OTTOMAN NAVIGATORS IN THE 19TH CENTURY] Rehnümâ-yi sefâin. [i.e. Guide to vessels]

[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]

[UKRAINE / CRIMEAN - TATAR REPUBLIC / RUSSIA & THE SOVIETS] Kirim - Tatar Meclisi Mebûsâni saylavi nizamnâmesi: Esaslari, Kirim - Tatar parlamentosu teferruâti, Tatar parlamento... [i.e. The Crimean - Tatar Assembly parliamentary regulations]

[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

[SOVIET - AZERBAIJANI CARTOGRAPHY / BAKU / CAUCASUS / GEODESY] Orta Mektep için fizikî tedris heritesi. [i.e. The physical map for the students in the Azerbaijani Junior High Schools]

Maps & Atlases & Guides

[FIRST AUTOPSY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE] Makâlât-i tibbiyye. [i.e. Articles on medicine]. Translated by Efendizâde Abdülhak Hayrullah

[SOVIET - AZERBAIJANI CARTOGRAPHY / BAKU / CAUCASUS / GEODESY] Orta Mektep için fizikî tedris heritesi. [i.e. The physical map for the students in the Azerbaijani Junior High Schools]

[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]

[THE BLACK SEA / NAVIGATION] Karadeniz kilavuzu: Ingiltere Bahriye Nezâreti tarafindan nesrolunan Bahr-i Siyah rehberleri vesâireden telfîk sûretiyle yazilmistir. [i.e. Guide to the Black Sea]. Translated by Mehmed Hikmet

[CRIMEA / RUSSIA / PRUT WAR IN 1711] Umdetü't-tevârîh. [i.e. The principle of histories]. Translated by Necib Asim Yaziksiz, (1861-1935)

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.

[WORLD WAR I / UKRAINE / RUSSIA / GERMANY] Three original photographs showing German and Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian front, German colonel Höfer and subordinates, and the Ukrainian statesmen and soldiers signing the peace protocol

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

[UKRAINE / CRIMEAN - TATAR REPUBLIC / RUSSIA & THE SOVIETS] Kirim - Tatar Meclisi Mebûsâni saylavi nizamnâmesi: Esaslari, Kirim - Tatar parlamentosu teferruâti, Tatar parlamento... [i.e. The Crimean - Tatar Assembly parliamentary regulations]

Pontus Euxinus: The Black Sea Basin (Russia, Ukraine, The Balkans, The Caucasus) And The Islamic World

[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]

[UKRAINE / CRIMEAN - TATAR REPUBLIC / RUSSIA & THE SOVIETS] Kirim - Tatar Meclisi Mebûsâni saylavi nizamnâmesi: Esaslari, Kirim - Tatar parlamentosu teferruâti, Tatar parlamento... [i.e. The Crimean - Tatar Assembly parliamentary regulations]

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

[DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN EGYPT] Musavver Misir hâtirâti. [i.e. Illustrated memoirs from Egypt]

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