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[FINLAND MODEL FOR THE YOUNG REPUBLIC OF TURKEY / WOMEN] Finlandiya. [i.e. Finland]. Cover designed by AK
[BASAR], SÜKÛFE NIHÂL (1896-1973). Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik T.A.S., Istanbul, 1935. Original wrappers in avant-garde design. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 109, [3] p., photographic b/w plates. An...
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[FINLAND DEVELOPMENT MODEL SUGGESTED BY ATATÜRK] Beyaz zambaklar memleketinde. Finlandiya'ya aid harsî tedkîk. Translated by Ali Haydar [Taner]
[PETROF] PETROV, GRIGORY [SPIRIDONOVICH] (1866-1925) Kitabhane-i Hilmi, Maarifet Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1928. Contemporary burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with...
[HELIOGRAVURE PHOTOGRAPHY / PROPAGANDA / NEW TURKISH REPUBLIC] Fotografla Türkiye = La Turquie en image = Turkey in pictures = Die Türkei im bild
PFERSCHY, OTHMAR (1898-1984). Matbuat Umûm Müdürlügü [i.e., The General Direction of the Press], Ankara, 1936. Original cloth with original orange dust jacket. Oblong folio. (25 x 35 cm). Texts in...
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[AMERICAN FEMINISM & EUGENICS DISCUSSIONS IN TURKEY] سه وكيلى دوشمان / Sevgili düsman [i.e., Dear enemy]. Translated by Celâleddin Ekrem. Foreword by Ahmed Cevad [Emre]
WEBSTER, JEAN (1876-1916). Ibrahim Hilmi / Selâmet Matbaasi, Istanbul 1928. Original pictorial full dark green cloth, blind tooled illustration on the front board by French illustrator Jean Hée. Gilt lettering,...
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[SAMMELBAND INCLUDING THE FIRST OTTOMAN LESBIAN PLAY / EARLY QUEER] Çikmaz sokak: Millî tiyatro, 3 perde. [i.e. Dead end: National theater in 3 acts]. [Bound with] Ben… baska. Kirik mahfaza [bound with] Haralambos Cankiyadis
SÜLEYMAN, SÂHABEDDIN (Turkish / Ottoman writer, member of Fecr-i Âtî movement) (1885-1921). Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi / Matbaa-i Hayriye ve Sürekâsi (Muhtar Halid Külliyati Kism-i Millî 8), Istanbul, AH 1329 =...
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[IRANIAN SUPPORT TO THE ALGERIAN REVOLUTION AGAINST FRENCH COLONIALISM] الجزایر و مردان مجاهد / Al-Jazâ’ir va mardân-e mujâhid [i.e., Algeria and the Mujahid men]
SADR, HASAN. N.p., 1340 [1961]. Original wrappers illustrated insurgent Algerian peoples. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Persian. [20], 124 p., [3] photo-lithographic plates. Scarce first edition of this...
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[WOMEN / EARLY TURKISH FEMINIST LITERATURE / KUNSTLERROMAN] Ahmed Ferdi
DERVIS, SUAD (1905-1972). Kitabhane-i Sudi / Orhaniye Matbaasi, Istanbul, AH 1339 = [1923]. Contemporary full black cloth, gilt lettering title and initial letters of the book’s ex-owner on front board...
[RESPONSE TO THE “SLAVERY REFERENCES TO CIRCASSIAN WOMEN”] Osmanli âlem-i içtimâisinde Çerkes kadinlari; Çerkeslik, Türklük [i.e., Circassian women in the Ottoman society]
SHOENU, MEHMED FETGERI [FETGEREY] (1890-1931). Zarâfet Matbaasi, Istanbul, AH 1330 = [1914]. Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 63, [1]...
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[CENSORSHIP / BANNED PERIODICALS / FIRST FEMALE JOURNALIST IN TURKEY / FEMINISM] Projektor: Ayda bir çikar fikir mecmuasidir [i.e., Projector]. No: 1. Mart 1936. (All published)
[SERTEL], SABİHA ZEKERİYA (1895-1968). Yeni Kitabçi - Bozkurt Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1936. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [4], 96 p., ills. Minor wear on spine and...
[FIRST REJECTION OF POLIGAMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST / WOMEN RIGHTS] Nikâh-i... [i.e., The Ottoman Law of Family Rights on Civil Marriage and Talâq (Repudiation), No. 3046, 13 Mukharram 1336, 31 October 1333 (1917), printed after involved in Takvim-i Vekâyi].
Those who signed the decree: SULTAN MEHMED RESAD, HALI (Court Minister), SADRAZAM MEHMED TALAT [PASHA], etc., Kitabhâne-i Sûdi - Kader Matbaasi, Istanbul, AH 1336 = [1920]. COMPLETE TITLE: [FIRST REJECTION OF...
[ORIGINAL PAINTING / MODERN TURKISH PAINTRESS / IMAGE OF A WOMAN] Oil on canvas. Unnamed. [Woman]
TÜLIN ONAT, (Turkish female artist), (1946-)., 1980. Original oil on canvas with a grey frame. 66x43 cm.Signed by artist "T. Onat, [1]980". One of her early paintings depicted a woman...
[WOMEN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN OTTOMAN POET] Nedâmet: Bir sairin sernüvisti. Kadinlara nasihât, erkeklere ibret! [i.e. Regret: The destiny of a poet. Advice to women, a lesson to men!]
MEHMED CELÂL, (1863-1912)., Mesrutiyet Matbaasi., Istanbul, [No date: c. 1902]. Original pictorial wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 82 p. First...
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[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]
ABDALLAH-AL-YAFI, (1901-1986)., Imp. Graphique, Paris, 1925. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In French. [v], 163, [1] p. Chippings on extremities of cover, rubbed on spine, overall a...
[FORBIDDEN LOVE IN TURKISH SOCIETY] Ölmüs bir kadinin evrâk-i metrûkesi / Nedret. [i.e. Derelict Documents of a Dead For Woman / Nedret]
GÜZIDE SABRI [AYGÜN], (Ottoman / Turkish female author -muharrire-), (1886-1946)., (Millî Romanlar Kütübhanesi, Aded: 2) / Ikbâl Kütübhanesi Sahibi Hüseyin, Matbaa-yi Amedî / Orhaniye Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1928. Contemporary 1/3 leather...
[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]
NEVIN [MELIKE] PERTEV DEMIRHAN, (1910-1969?)., Istanbul, 1930. The collection includes one full diary, 4 notebooks, 120 letters addressed to Nevin Pertev Demirhan and Meryem Ana Efes ruins photo negatives in...
[OTTOMAN POETESS IN LITOGRAPH] Divân-i Leylâ Hanim. [i.e. The poems of Leylâ Hanim]
LEYLÂ HANIM [HANOUM], (Turkish / Ottoman poetess), (?-1847)., Der Sirket-i Iraniye Destgâhi Han-i Vâlide Matbaasi., Istanbul, [AH 1299] = 1882. Original cloth bdg. with marbled boards and brown cloth spine. Fading...
[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].
[ONE OF THE EARLIEST COMPLETE TURKISH BOOK ON THE MODERN GYNAECOLOGY] Fenn-i vilâde. 2 volumes in one. Vol. 1: Haml. Vol. 2: Vilâdet, halâs, avâkib-i vilâdet, nevzâd. [i.e. The book...
[COVER DESIGN / AVANTGARDE NOVELS] Cennet Hanim. Calligraphed by Hattat Hâmid Aytaç (1891-1982)
MECDI SADREDDIN [SAYMAN], Ahmed Kâmil Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1927. Original pictorial wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 109 p. A fine copy....
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[THE POETESS DAUGHTER OF HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN OSMAN PASHA / FINE BINDINGS] Aks-i sadâ. [i.e. The reflection of sounds]
NIGÂR BINTI OSMAN THE POETESS [ŞAİR NIGÂR HANIM], (1856-1918)., Sirket-i Mürettibiye Matbaasi., Istanbul, [AH 1316] = 1899. Original special and very decorative "mükâfât" [i.e. award] binding, gilt "mükâfât" on the boards....
[MARY OF ISLAM / PERSIAN MEVLID / SHIA] Mevlid-i Serîf-i Fatımatü'z-Zehrâ. Translated into Ottoman Turkish from Persian Ali b. Haci Esad
HACI MUHAMMED ES'AD., N.p., Istanbul, [AH 1327] = 1911. Original wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 13 p. Lithographed. First Ottoman edition...