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

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

[ARP / THE BLACKOUT OF ANKARA / WARTIME EPHEMERA] “Karartmada vatandaslarin riayet edecegi hususlar” [i.e., Broadside of titled “Matters to which citizens must adhere during the blackout]

[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] &

[ARABS / WATERCOLOUR] [Arab drummers]

[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

[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

[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.

[RARE PLANS OF CONSTANTINOPLE / VIENNA IMPRINT / GALATA & PERA] Istanbul rehberi. Sehremâneti Heyet-i Fenniyece istiksaf tarzinda tanzim ve tertib edilip Viyana'da basilmistir. Haliç - Dersaadet. [Joint two sheets of the Golden Horn - Dersaadet]

[PLAN OF THE LEVANTINE GALATA & PERA / CONSTANTINOPLE] Nouveau plan de Pera et quartiers environnants: Galata, Tophane, Pancaldi, Nichantache...

[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”]

[THE LOTUS PRINCIPLE / FRENCH - TURKISH RELATIONS] Beynelmilel Bozkurt - Lotus davasında Türk - Fransiz müdâfaalari. [i.e., Turkish & French defences in the international Bozkurt-Lotus case]. Translated by Menemenlizâde Edhem

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

[ARABIA / 17TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF MECCA & MEDINA (HEJAZ)] تحفه الحرمىن / Tuhfetü'l-Harameyn. [i.e. A gift to Harameyn]

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

[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...

[RARE SPECIAL ISSUE OF AFGHANISTAN] بویوک غزته / Büyük gazete: Her persembe günleri çikar, medeniyet mefhumu içine giren bütün seylerden bahseder en seri gazetedir. Afghanistan nüshasi. [i.e., Big newspaper. Special issue: Afghanistan]. No. 82. Year: 2

[THE PEARLS OF THE CROWN: THE FIRST TURKISH BOOK ON THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD] سير ويسى مكى ومدنى / Siyer-i Veysî, Mekkî ve Medenî; Ḫâbnâme-i Veysî, Münse’ât-i Veysî, Sehâdetnâme-i Veysî

[TURKEY / MINING CONSESSIONS / NATIONALIZATION IN THE MINING] Ottoman announcement printed in 1919: Hüdavendigâr Province [i.e., Bursa, Brusa] Molybdenum mine privilege document

[THASSOS MINES / OTTOMAN - FRENCH RELATIONS] A historically significant autograph manuscript letter from Thessaloniki in 1914, requesting that Vuccino continue addressing the Thassos mines concession issue between the Ottoman Empire and France

[A RARE TREATISE OF THE GREEK & TURKISH SHADOW THEATRE] Ο Καραγκιόζης: Τα αινίγματα της Πασσοπούλας. Κωμωδία εις πράξεις τρεις / O Karagiózis: [i.e., Karagöz: The riddles of Passopoula. Comedy in three acts]. Ills. by Sotiris Christidis (1858-1940)

[ATTRACTIVE COMMEMORATIVE BOOK OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN PRINTING & TYPOGRAPHY AND THE 1500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN ALPHABET] Տիպ ու տառ / Dib u dar: Girin tsagman ew mijazgayin u haykakan tpagrut'ean vray dzguats aknark me...

[CELESTIAL GLOBES / ASTRONOMY] تعلیم الكره / Ta’lîmü’l-küre. [i.e.,Use of the celestial globe]. Müderrisîn-i kirâmdan hâlâ... [i.e., The treatise Talîmü'l-Küre, which predates this edition, was authored by Hoca Abdurrahîm Efendizâde...

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