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Turkey - Fine/Scarce/Rare:

(missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 (Nedic, Martin) . RATOVANJE SLOVINSKOGA NARODA PROTI TURCIMA GODINE 1875-1877 UZ GUSLE SKITIO ZALOVAN
Dubrovniku 1881 1st Nakaldom tiskare D. Pretnera. In Serbo-Croatian. Small octavo, 168pp., black cloth with striking gilt floral end papers. Epic poem: Ballads of the Slav Wars with Turkey, in gilt on spine. Bookplate of Mary Edith Durham, 1924, traveller and author of several books on Serbia, Balkans, and Albania.VG, slight soiling on margins on a few pages and light cover wear. Very scarce. (a77947)
$550.00 Bennet, James Henry M.D. . WINTER AND SPRING ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
London 1875 5th J & A Churchill. Covers: Geneoese Rivieras, Italy, Spain, Corfu, Greece, Constantinople, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Algeria, Tunis, Smyrna, Asia Minor, Biarritz and Arcachon as winter climates. Octavo, 655pp., color frontis, woodcut illustrations, 4 large color foldout maps, original green cloth hardcover. Good, new endpapers, light foxing, spine ends a bit worn. (a68565)
$275.00 Campbell, Donald . JOURNEY OVER LAND TO INDIA
Philadelphia 1797 T. Dobson. Partly by a route never gone before by any European...Comprehending his shipwreck and imprisonment with Hyder Alla and his subsequent negotiations and transactions in the East. Much content on Turkey. 8vo., 424pp., plus 6 page Appendix and 2 page List of Books published by Dobson. Later paper backstrip with original leather boards which are quite worn. Internally the binding is secure. No blank end papers or halftitle - opens to titlepage. Top blank margin of titlepage cut off (no loss of text at all.) Title page has old dry water stain. Good usable copy. Occasional spots and stains in text. Scarce. (a37556)
$600.00 Colton, Rev. Walter . LAND AND LEE IN THE BOSPHORUS AND AEGEAN OR VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
NY 1860 D. W. Evans. Edited from the notes and manuscripts of the author by Rev. Henry T. Cheever. Hardcover. 8vo., 366pp., steel engraved frontispiece, original maroon blind stamped cloth. Owner signed. Good plus, light soiling on cover; light spine end fraying, just a few pages have very light foxing. (a53694)
$75.00 Cuddon, J. A. . THE OWL'S WATCHSONG A STUDY OF ISTANBUL
NY 1962 1st Horizon. 8vo., 242pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a33660)
$20.00 Dwight, Rev. H. G. O. (Missionary to Constantinople) . MEMOIR OF MRS. ELIZABETH B. DWIGHT INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PLAGUE OF 1837 WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MRS. JUDITH S. GRANT MISSIONARY TO PERSIA
NY 1840. Dodd. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 323pp., frontis portrait of Mrs. Dwight, who died during a plague epidemic in Constantinople, original black cloth. Some names in pencil on front blank. VG, a few small chips on spine, some foxing on pages. Bright gilt labelling on spine. Original book, not a reprint. (a32070)
$98.00 Furse, Alberto D. . UMME-DUNIA
Roma 1884 Ermanno Loescher & C. In Italian. Sm.4to., 464pp., foldout frontis map of 'Avanzi dell'Impero Romano (1452) Dell'Impero dei Tuyrchi Ottomani e Degli Stati Limitrofi, photo illustrations, maps, 3/4 blue cloth and marbled boards and gilt spine. Good, edges a bit worn, light foxing. (a61417)
$250.00 Grey, Hon. Mrs. William . JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE , THE CRIMEA, GREECE, &C. IN THE SUITE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES
NY 1870 1st Harper. Hardcover. Small octavo, 209pp., original maroon cloth. Owner signed and owner bookplate. Plain pocket inside rear cover. Good, cover rubbed, spine a bit faded. (a70780)
$95.00 Grosvenor, Edwin A. . CONSTANTINOPLE (2 VOLUMES)
Boston 1895 Robert Brothers. Introduction by General Lew Wallace. 2 volumes.Hardcovers. Sm.4to., 811pp., monochrome illustrations, glossy stock, illustrated light blue boards. Top edges gilt. VG, boards a bit soiled, corner lightly bumped, lightly worn. Two volume set, complete.The classic work on Constantinople. (a7673)
$320.00 James, Lionel . WITH THE CONQUERED TURK
Boston 1913 1st Small Maynard. Mostly observation of military activity and fighting in Turkey at the time. Octavo, 315pp., 2 maps, photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed and inscribed. Near VG. spine faded and ends a bit torn and frayed. (a13208)
$95.00 Johnson, Clarence Richard . CONSTANTINOPLE TO-DAY OR THE PATHFINDER SURVEY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, A STUDY IN ORIENTAL SOCIAL LIFE
NY 1922 1st (stated) Macmillan. Foreword by Caleb F Gates. Study and survey organized by James Perry. Octavo, 418pp., photo illustrations, maps, dark blue pictorial cloth hardcover with orange lettering and spine label. Near Fine, very light cover wear, end papers a bit yellowed, no DJ. (a68166)
$315.00 Locher, A. . WITH STAR AND CRESCENT
Philadelphia 1889 (1888) Aetna. A full and authentic account of a recent journey with a caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, comprising a description of the country, the people and interesting adventures with the natives. Octavo, 634pp., illustrations, gilt decorated pictorial teal cloth cover. VG plus, foxing on fore-edges, tiny nick in cloth on top edge of rear cover (a65490)
$150.00 Lorenz, D. E. Ph.D. . THE NEW MEDITERRANEAN TRAVELLER A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION
NY 15th Revell. Seville, Madeira, Malta, Naples, Galilee, Cairo, Samaria, Constantinople, etc. Sm.8vo., 357pp., photo illustrations, large foldout maps, hardcover. Date in ink on endpaper. VG, slight foxing on initial pages. (a29006)
$20.00 McCormick, Richard C. . VISIT TO THE CAMP BEFORE SEVASTOPOL
NY 1855 1st Appleton. 8vo., 212pp., foldout map of Black Sea Area as frontispiece, 6 nice engravings in text (one doublepage) plus one doublepage map in text, original brown stamped cloth. Good, cover and spine ends worn, rear hinge beginning to crack, old dry water stain thoughout at top righthand corner, (a12363)
$65.00 Phillips, Mabelle Charlton . MY CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople 1922 Rizzo. Octavo, 127pp., photo illustrations, later wraps. ***Presentation copy initialed by Phillips in her handwriting. VG. Scarce. (a69647)
$75.00 Polovtsoff, A. . THE LAND OF TIMUR RECOLLECTIONS OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN
London 1932 1st Methuen. Octavo, 296pp., illustrations, endpaper maps, blue cloth hardcover. VG, narrow indentation across covers and pages, no DJ. (a61690)
$58.00 Poynter, Mary A. . SOME HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC MONUMENTS OF CONSTANTINOPE
1925. Article on pp.185-202 with 11 photo illustrations in a single complete issue of Art and Archeology. Additional articles in issue as well. 4to., original printed wraps. Good plus, light cover wear. (a78182b)
$35.00 Rawlinson, A. . ADVENTURES IN THE NEAR EAST 1918-1922
NY 1925 2nd Dodd Mead. Iran, Iraq, Turkey. Octavo, 353pp., hardcover. Faint residue of label at heel of spine. Institution blindstamp on title page. Good, new endpapers. (a68572)
$75.00 Roberts, Bobs . THE BOY'S ACCOUNT OF IT: A CHRONICLE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL BY AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
New York 1909 1st Waterloo Press. Mediterranean tour. 12mo., 70pp., photo illustrations, green cloth with mounted photo illustration of author on front. Signed presentation copy from Bobs Roberts (presented to Mr and Mrs George Banks.) VG. (a58115)
$44.00 Sander, N. . ISTANBUL
Paris 1959. Lg.8vo., 111pp., photo illustrations by Othmar, wraps. Good, some wear. (a33087)
$22.00 Schazmann, M. P. E. . VOYAGE DE CONSTANTINOPLE PAR LE COMTE DE CAYLUS
Paris 1938. Article on voyage taken in 1716. In French at pp.273-293 in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Mai-Juin 1938. 4to., wraps. VG, light wear. (a19927)
$35.00 Schuyler, Eugene . TURKISTAN NOTES OF A JOURNEY IN RUSSIAN TURKISTAN, KHOKAND, BUKHARA AND KULDJA 2 VOLUMES
NY 1885 3rd American Edition, with an additional chapter. 2 volume set. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 411pp., 463pp., woodcut illustrations, 2 color folding maps, cloth. Institution bookplates, small blind stamp on maps, title page and a few other pages. VG, slight stain on spine where circular labels once were affixed, leaves very slightly toned. (a32959)
$495.00 Stephens, John Lloyd . INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA AND POLAND - VOLUME II (of 2)
NY 1838 1st Harper.12mo., 275pp., illustrations, original olive green cloth hardcover. Good, light foxing, corners gently bumped, light wear on spine ends. Volume II (of 2) only. (a68140)
$60.00 Turkey . SOUVENIR OF PRESIDENT CELAL BAYAR'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
1953. Folding stiff wraps case with 8 pamphlets and brochures inside (complete) tied with a red ribbon. Title printed on the case. Pamphlets: Economic Development in Turkey (19pp.); Aspects of Turkey (24pp.); President Celel Bayar A Short Biography (23pp., photo illustrated); Folding map of Turkey; Folding Street map of Ankara; Folding map of Istanbul; Tourist guide to Bursa (photo illustrated); Picturesque Turkey (illustrated travel brochure); 1953 Progress Report from Turkey (32pp). Fine in VG folding case, light browning and soiling. Complete set: (a37394)
$60.00 Warner, Charles Dudley . IN THE LEVANT
Boston 1881 9th Houghton Mifflin. Small octavo, 391pp., index, original green cloth hardcover,with gilt decoration on front. VG, light wear to spine ends and corners. (a64888)
$39.00 Whittemore, Thomas . THE MOSAICS OF ST. SOPHIA AT ISTANBUL SECOND PRELIMINARY REPORT WORK DONE IN 1933-1934 THE MOSAICS OF THE SOUTHERN VESTIBULE
Paris 1936 Oxford. The Byzantine Institute. Lg.4to., 57pp. plus 20 full page monochrome plates printed on rectos only, printed wraps. VG. (a47620)
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