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[THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN] History of the Sudan campaign. Compiled in the Intelligence Division of the War Office. Pt. 1. Events leading up to the Nile Expedition, and its history to the departure of the desert column from Korti...
COLONEL [SIR] H[ENRY] E[DWARD] COLVILE, (1852-1907)., Harrison and Sons, St. Martin's Lane, London, 1889. COMPLETE TITLE: [THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN] History of the Sudan campaign. Compiled in the Intelligence Division of the War...
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[THE THIRD PLAGUE PANDEMIC (1855-1945) / “PESTE BUBBONICA” IN EGYPT / ITALIAN TRADE SHIPS] An official broadside dated 1904, issued by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, stating that a plague outbreak in the city of Alexandria, Egypt...
GIOLITTI, GIOVANNI (1842-1928). Tip. Delle Mantellate, Roma, 1904. Complete title: [THE THIRD PLAGUE PANDEMIC (1855-1945) / “PESTE BUBBONICA” IN EGYPT / ITALIAN TRADE SHIPS] An official broadside dated 1904, issued...
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[THE WESTERN MEASURES IN THE MIDDLE EAST / SCIENCE] Mesâhât ve ekyâl ve evzân-i cedîdeye dair kanûnnâme [i.e., The Code of Law on the new measurements, scales…]
Matbaa-yi Âmîre, Istanbul, AH 1285 = [1869]. Contemporary yellowish wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [3], 31, [1], 25 p. tables...
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[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
ABE, KOBO (1924-1993). Izdatel’stvo Khudozhestvennaya Literatura”, Moscow, 1969. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19,5 x 13 cm). In Russian. 364, [4] p., b/w ills. by Grivnin. One of 50000 copies. Wrappers...
[THEORY OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION] Yüksek Levâzim Mektebi fabrikacilik ve sanayi notlari (1. kisim) 1927-1928 Harb Akademisi tedrîs-i senesi. [i.e. Factories and industrilization lecture notes for the Military Schools]
MEHMED [MEHMET] ALI [KÂGITÇI], (Turkish chemist, industrialist, and engineer of paper), (1899-1982), Harb Akademisi Kumandanligi Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1928. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish...
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[THREE "MAKTABAT AL-ÂDÂB" EDITIONS TOGETHER BY ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE MODERN ARAB DRAMA AND NOVEL] Laylat al-Zifâf - Himârî qâla lî - Al-ahâdith al-arba'a wa al-qadaya al-diniyya allatî atharaha
a. ليلة الزفاف / Laylat al-Zifâf [i.e., The wedding night]. AL-HAKIM, TAWFIK (1898-1987). Maktabat al-Âdâb, Cairo, 1976. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 183 p. Pages...
[TIBET / CHINA / INDIA] Tibet daglarinda. Translated by Mustafa Sefik
SVEN ANDERS HEDIN, (1865-1952), Tercüman-i Hakikat Matbasi, Istanbul (Constantinople), [AH 1322] = 1906. Contemporary green cloth bdg. Gilt lettering in Arabic script on the spine. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18...
[TIN-TACK SIGN BY BEHÇET / CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS] حلب ویا شرق چیبانلرنیڭ دیاترمی ایله تداویسی / Haleb veyâ şark çıbânlarının diyatermi ile tedâvisi. [i.e., Treatment of Aleppo boils, or Oriental boils, by diathermy]
BEHÇET, HULÛSI (1889-1948). Ikbâl Kitabhânesi Sahibi Hüseyin / Kader Matbaasi, Dersaadet- Istanbul, 1925. Original greenish wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters)....
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[TOPOGRAPHY / CARTOGRAPHY / ENGINEERING] Mecmuâ-yi fenn-i mesâha. [i.e., Collection of land surveying and topography]
OSMAN NAZIM PASHA (1853-1913), Mihran Matbaasi, Istanbul, AH 1299 = [1882]. In fine original prize binding of “Üsküdar Füyûzât-i Hamidî Mektebi”. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script (Old...
[TOPOGRAPHY BY FIRST TURKISH CADASTER SURVEYOR] Topografya.
HALIT [HALID] ZIYA TÜRKKAN, (Tapu ve Kadastro Sabik Umum Müdürü - Turkish cartographer, engineer), (1886-1966). Basvekâlet Devlet Matbaasi, Ankara, 1955. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 240,...
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[TRACTATE OF ARABIC SYNONYMS / BULAQ IMPRINT] Risâla fî al-mutarâdifât.
SHEIKH MUSTAFA Al-SAFTÎ WA AL-SHEIKH MUHAMMAD AL-NESHAR WA SAYYID EFENDI MUHAMMAD WA AL-SHEIKH MOHAMMAD AL-HUSAINI WA AL-SHEIKH AHMAD AL-ADAVÎ, (Professor in Medrese't al-Nasiriyye). Bulaq Printing House., Cairo (Kahire-Bulaq), [AH 1321]...
[TRAVELS INTO BOSNIA IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY] Pogled u Bosnu ili kratak put u onu krajinu učinjen 1839-40, po Jednom Domorodcu [i.e., A view of Bosnia or a short travel to the region made in 1839-40, according to one native]
MAZURANIC, MATIJA (1817-1881). Tisak Zaklade Tiskare Narodnie Novina u Zagrebu, Zagreb, 1938. Original green wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Bosnian (Latin script). xiv, [2], 80 p., a...
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[TREBIZOND EMPIRE / BYZANTINE / CARTOGRAPHY] The littoral of the Empire of Trebizond in two fourteenth century portolano maps. Separatum "Arkheion Pontou"
ANTHONY [APPLEMORE MORNINGTON] BRYER, (1937-2016), Typographeion M. Murtidi, Thiseos, Athinais (Athens), 1961. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. ('4 x 17 cm). In English. pp. 97-127, 9 b/w plates. This offprint from the Greek...
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[TURANISM IDEAL BY FEMALE TURKISH AUTHOR] Yeni Turan. [i.e. The new Turan]
HALIDE EDIB ADIVAR, (1884-1964), Tanin Matbaasi, Istanbul, [AH 1329] = 1913. Original wrappers. Foxing on the cover, stains on some pages, chipping on extremities. Wear on the spine, creasing on covers....
[TURKEY / ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS IN THE 31 MARCH UPRISING IN ISTANBUL] Autograph letter signed from Constantinople, providing a vivid and newsworthy account of Ottoman political life just three days after the 31 March Incident, an uprising in April 1909...
GILLAIT-SMITH, BERNARD [JOSEPH LEO] (Romany scholar and linguist) (1883-1973). Club de Constantinople, Pera [Ottoman Empire], 30 April 1909. COMPLETE TITLE: [TURKEY / ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS IN THE 31 MARCH...
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[TURKEY / MINING CONSESSIONS / NATIONALIZATION IN THE MINING] Ottoman announcement printed in 1919: Hüdavendigâr Province [i.e., Bursa, Brusa] Molybdenum mine privilege document
CELÂLEDDIN ARIF BEY, HOCAZÂDE MEHMED EFENDI. Bursa - Hüdâvendigâr Province, 1919. An extremely rare original letterpress broadside announcement in Ottoman Turkish printed on paper with an early watermark of the...
[TURKISH "WAR AND PEACE"] Sultan Hamid düserken. Roman. [i.e. When Sultan Abdulhamid falls].
NAHID SIRRI ÖRIK, (1895-1960). Kanaat Yayinlari / Ahmet Sait Matbaasi, Ist., 1957. Paperback. 12mo. (17 x 12,5 cm). In Turkish. 320 p. First Edition. Rare. OCLC 949389168. Örik was a...
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[TURKISH DUBUFFETS: ART BRUT OR OUTSIDER ART IN TURKEY] Istanbul Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Psikiyatri Klinigi Akil Hastalarinin Resim Sergisi [i.e., Art Exhibition of Mental Patients at the Psychiatry Clinic of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine]
AKSEL, IHSAN SÜKRÜ (1899-1987); SÜLEYMAN VELIOGLU (1927-2001), KAZIM DAGYOLU (1912-1966). Istanbul Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Psikiyatri Klinigi, Ismail Akgün Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1960. Original white stapled wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm)....
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[TURKISH ELVIS] Original photograph signed and inscribed 'E. B.'
EROL BÜYÜKBURÇ, (Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor), (1936-2015). [Istanbul], [ca. 1960s]. Original b/w portrait photograph signed and inscribed by Erol Büyükburç as 'Misel Mis Rohaje, En...
[TURKISH ELVIS] Printed photograph signed and inscribed 'E. B.'.
EROL BÜYÜKBURÇ, (Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor), (1936-2015). [Istanbul], 1978. Original color printed photograph signed and inscribed by Erol Büyükburç. 16x12 cm. Büyükburç was a Turkish singer-songwriter, pop...