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[TURKISH FEMALE POET OF THE FIRST TURKISH POEM FOR "MAY 1"] Feryadlarim [i.e. My screechs]. Biographical introduction by Rifat Necdet [Evrimer]
YASAR NEZIHE [BÜKÜLMEZ], (1882-1971)., Kitaabhane-i Sudi/ Vatan Matbaasi., [H.: 1340], Ist., AD 1924. Contemporary green cloth bdg. Slight scratches on faded cloth, with slight foxing on pages. Overall a good...
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[TURKISH LEARNING GUIDE WRITTEN FOR THE NEPHEW (PRINCE) OF THE VOIVODE OF WALLACHIA] بنام حواريون بروج فنون / Benâm-i havâriyyûn bürûc-i fünûn [i.e., In the name of the apostles, the ascent of the sciences]
KÂNÎ, EBÛ BEKÎR (1712-1791). [Matbaa-i Âmîre], [Istanbul], AH 1273 [CE 1857]. Contemporary cloth bdg. covered with dark blue silk with a floral design. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In...
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KÂNÎ, EBÛ BEKÎR (1712-1791). [Matbaa-i Âmîre], [Istanbul], AH 1273 [CE 1857]. Contemporary cloth bdg. with marbled boards. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic...
[TURKISH LETTER REVOLUTION - NEW ALPHABET PRINTING IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN TURKEY] Autograph letter / document signed 'Muhtar Halid' to the presidency of the Republican Party of Turkey.
MUHTAR HALID, (Late period Ottoman / Turkish typographer, the elder brother of the famous typographer of Ahmed Ihsan Tokgöz, and the owner of 'Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi', (19th-20th century). "Servet-i Fünûn...
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[TURKISH LULLABIES COMPILED BY HUNGARIAN TURCOLOGIST] Halk edebiyatı nümuneleri 1: Türkçe ninniler.= Specimens de folklore Turc: Les berceuses Turques (Ninni).
IGNACE KUNOS [IGNACZ KUNOS], (1860-1945). Kitabhâne-i Hilmi (Sahibi: Ibrahim) / Librairie Hilmi / Orhaniye Matbaasi., Ist., [AR 1341] = 1925. Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). Text in Ottoman...
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[TURKISH PROPOGANDA FOR THE GIRLS / BEING AN IDEAL WOMAN] Ev Kadini Serisi: Vol. 1: Fatmanin çocuklari. Vol. 2: Fatmanin dogum hazirligi. Vol. 3: Fatmanin çocugu dogunca. Vol. 4: Fatma çocugunu nasil besliyor. 4 volumes set.
RÜKSAN TAYLAN., Milli Egitim Bakanligi Yayim Müdürlügü Basili Egitim Malzemeleri Hazirlama Merkezi, Ank., 1964. Original illustrated wrappers. Lithograph. Name and inscription on cover. A very good set. Roy. 8vo. (24...
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[TURKISH SPACESHIP DESIGN / BROCHURE / EPHEMERA] [Brochure and business card] Galileo: Mekik Gemi Projesi [i.e., Galileo: The Project of Space Shuttle]
BASARAN, TUNCAY (Designed and published by). Ankara, [early 90s]. Original tripled leaflet brochure. Folded 21x10 cm, open 21x30 cm. In Turkish. Ills. Uncommon and entertaining ephemera from 90s, privately published...
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[TURKISH VIDOCQ] Esirrâ ile ilm-i mücâdele: Ânî bir traz tehlikesine karsi herkese ve bilhâssa jandarmaya, zâbita belediye me'murlari ile rüsûmât ve reji muhâfazâlarina pek elzem ve nâfi'dir. 93 aded [...] [i.e. Fighting evil]
[TURKISH VIDOCQ] Esirrâ ile ilm-i mücâdele: Ânî bir traz tehlikesine karsi herkese ve bilhâssa jandarmaya, zâbita belediye me'murlari ile rüsûmât ve reji muhâfazâlarina pek elzem ve nâfi'dir. 93 aded çinkograf...
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[TWO JULES VERNE'S OTTOMAN EDITIONS BOUND TOGETHER] Sehr-i seyyâr: Bir deniz yolcusunun jurnali. Seyahat-i Harikûlade [= Une Ville Flottante] / Deniz feneri [= Le phare du bout du Monde]. Translated by Ali Selahaddin / Mustafa Refik.
JULES VERNE, (1828-1905). Istepan Matbaasi / Tercüman-i Hakikat Matbaasi., Ist., [AH 1308 / 1323] = [AD 1891 / 1905]. In 1/3 leather bdg. in Ottoman period. Six compartments at spine....
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[TWO TRAVEL ACCOUNTS OF MECCA & MEDINA IN ARABIC] Kitab majmûât [.] fadhâil al-Haramayn wa al-Quds.. [i.e. The book of rites and routes of Hajj and the virtues and the descriptions of the Haramayn, Jerusalem and Hajj and all surrounding...]
RAHMATALLAH B. ABDALLAH B. IBRÂHÎM AL-SINDHÎ AL-OMARÎ AL-MADANÎ, (?-1585); AHMAD ZIYA AL-DIN GÜMÜSHANAWÎ, (1813-1891), Matbaat al-Mahmoudiyya, Istanbul, [AH 1289] = 1873. COMPLETE TITLE: [TRAVELS TO MECCA IN ARABIC / TWO HAJJ RITES...
[UAR PROPAGANDA / PAMPHLET] Birlesik Arap Cumhuriyeti 1964. [i.e. The United Arab Republic 1964].
[UAR PROPAGANDA PAMPHLET]. N. p. [ca. 1964, or 1965], [Turkey]. Original pictorial wrappers. Oblong large 8vo. (13 x 25 cm). In Turkish. [22] p., many b/w plates. Not recorded in...
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[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
MIHAIL CIACHIR, (1861-1938), Tipografia Tiparul Moldovenesc, Chisinau, 1934. Missing covers with original end-papers. Slight tears on end-papers. Overall a good copy. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Gagauz Turkish. 40,...
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[UKRAINE] L'Ukraine et les Ukrainiens [i.e., Ukraine and the Ukrainians]
P[ETRO] STEBNITSKY (1862-1923), Imprimerie R. Suter & Cie, Berne, 1918. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20,5 x 14 cm). In French. 52 p. Slight chippings on the extremities of the corners,...
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[UNCOMMON FIRST TURKISH EDITION OF FAULKNER'S MASTERPIECE] Ses ve öfke. [= The sound and the fury]. Preface by Talat Sait Halman. Translated by Rasih Güran, (1915-1970).
WILLIAM FAULKNER, (1897-1962). Remzi Kitabevi / Yükselen Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1965. Original illustrated wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 332 p. Uncommon First Turkish Edition of Faulkner's "The...
[UNCOMMON TLS BY THE LEADER OF ALBANIAN MUSLIMS IN NORTH AMERICA] TLS by leader of the Albanian Muslims in the USA, Imam Vehbi Ismail dated 1980, addressed to Turkish professor of Albanology Necib Pehlivan Alpan (1920-2003)
ISMAIL, IMAM VEHBI (1919-2008) Typescript letter signed on paper with Ismail’s personal letterhead, telephone, his address “20426 Country Club Drive Harper Woods, Michigan 48236, U.S.A.”, and Basmala in Arabic with...
[UNION OF THE SOUL AND THE BODY IDEA IN TURKEY] Ruh ve beden. [i.e. L'âme et le corps = The mind and the brain]. Translated by Hüseyin Cahid Yalçin, (1875-1957)
ALFRED BINET, (1857-1911), Tanin Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1927. Original grey cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 300 p. First and only Turkish...
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[UNREGISTERED RISALA IN THE OTTOMAN HISTORICAL LITERATURE: ABIDIN PASHA IN RHODES] Rodos'ta Abidin Pasa: Isbu risâle vatanperver, hamiyetkâr bir zât tarafindan tertîb ve Rodos'ta Abidin Pasa namiyle üç cüz nesr ve tamîmi içün
ABIDIN PASHA [also DINO, BEY, PREVEZELI ABEDIN PASA, ABEDDIN BEY], (Ottoman patriot, politician, ideologue and diplomat; the governor of Rhodes, Algeria, Aden, Ankara and Adana), (1843-1906). [UNREGISTERED RISALA IN THE...
[UYGHURS / THE RED FLAG] قزيل بايراق: جۇڭگو گۇڭچەنداڭى جۇڭياڭ ۋيييۇەنخۇيدر ننڭ باشچلغدا نەشر قلندى = 红旗 / Hongqi / Qzil Bairaq [i.e., The Red Flag]. Yil [Year] 1969 San [No] 2. January 27, 1969
[THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE]. N. p., [Xinjiang or Beijing?], 1969. Original stapled-stitched covers. 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Uyghur with Arabic letters. 48 p., ills. Very small...
[VARIOLA / SMALLPOX] Dissertatio medica inauguralis de variolis, [.] opt. max. ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici, Hermanni Scholten, S.S. Theologiæ doctoris hujusque facultatis in Acad. Lugd. Batav. [i.e., Inaugural medical dissertation on smallpox...]
Complete title: Dissertatio medica inauguralis de variolis, quam, favente Deo ter opt. max. ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici, Hermanni Scholten, S.S. Theologiæ doctoris hujusque facultatis in Acad. Lugd. Batav. Professoris Ordinarii,...
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[VERY RARE FINAL ISSUE (OF 2) OF A TUBERCULOSIS JOURNAL WITH STRIKING COVER ART] ورم مجموعهسى / Verem mecmuasi. 1 March 1928, No. 2 (of 2)
MUSA KÂZIM BEY (1882-1933). Matbaa-yi Ebüzziya, Istanbul, 1928. Original pictorial wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 49-96 pp., b/w ills. A...