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turkey . TURKIYEDEN RESEIMLER
Ankara 1950 Turkish Press. Hardcover. 4to. 112p.. photo illustrations with labels in French, Turkish and English, cloth. Fair, cover worn. Binding secure and hinges not broken. (a11448)
$55.00 Ezine, Celaleddin . BIR MISAFIR GELDI
1939 Kenan Basimevi. In Turkish. Small octavo, wraps. near Good, text lightly toned but not brittle. Very Scarce. (a11473)
$45.00 Kilic, Altemur . TURKEY AND THE WORLD
Washington 1959 Public Affairs Press. "This book should be read by all Americans....who seek a better understanding ....of a remarkable nation" (E. K. Lindley quoted on jacket). Hardcover. Octavo, 244pp., index, cloth. VG, with poor DJ, only portions remain. (a11475)
$24.00 Ronart, Sr. Stephan . LA TURQUIE D'AUJOURD'HUI
Paris 1937 Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. Traduit de l"Allemand. 8vo., 227pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, spine darkened. (a11498)
$34.00 (turkey) . LA SANTE PUBLIQUE ET L'ASSISTANCE SOCIALE EN TURQUIE
Ankara 1941 Direction Generale de La Presse. In Frencgh. 8vo., 100pp., photo illustrations, colored charts, wraps. Good, wraps water stained. (a11499)
$29.00 Conker, Orhan . REDRESSEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET INDUSTRIALISATION DE LA NOUVELLE TURQUIE
Paris 1937 Sirey. Preface de S. Inonu. 345pp., 65 illus. et une carte, wraps. In French. Fairly Good, worn, some tearing along spine. (a11581)
$45.00Hichens, Robert. THE NEAR EAST DALMATIA, GREECE, AND CONSTANTINOPLE
NY 1913 first edition Century. Hardcover. 4to., 268pp., photo illustrations, color drawings, original gilt pictorial cloth. Good, cover somewhat worn and faded. Hinges not cracked in or out. no owner marks. no dj. (a12305)
$45.00James, Lionel. WITH THE CONQUERED TURK
Boston 1913 1st Small Maynard. Mostly observation of military activity and fighting in Turkey at the time. Blue coth with gilt crescent and star on front board. Octavo, 315pp., 2 maps, photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed and inscribed. Good , text clean; spine faded and spine ends frayed. (a13208)
$33.00(near east). THE NEAR EAST: THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MONTENEGRO, BOSNIA, BERVIA, BULGARIA, ROUMANIA, TURKEY AND MACEDONIA
NY 1907 first edition Doubleday Page. 'The present situation in Montenegro, Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey and Macedonia...The reason of the anonymity of this book is obvious. Revealing as it does the actual state of affairs in the Balkan Peninsula in this present year of grace 1907.' Hardcover. Large octavo, 309pp., interesting monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Photographs by author and Princes Zenia of Montenegro. Top edge gilt. Owner name stamp on front free blank. Good , faint foxing on fore-edges, occasional light foxing throughout, some cover wear, corners worn. (a15011)
$52.00 Togan, Zeki Velidi (editor) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND CONGRESS OF ORIENTALISTS HELD IN ISTANBUL SEP 15-22 1951
Istanbul 1953 Osman Yalcin Matbaasi. Volume 1: General Information on Activities of the Congress. Octavo, 233o., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, text browned but not brittle, edges a bit frayed. (a15348)
$60.00McClellan, Woodford D.. SVETOZAR MARKOVIC AND THE ORIGINS OF BALKAN SOCIALISM
Princeton 1964 first edition. Princeton Univ. Hardcover. 308p. Index. Fine (except for very light spots on closed page ends.) in VG + DJ. (a15802)
$23.00Koromila, Marianna. PONTOS-ANATOLIA IMAGES OF A JOURNEY
Athens 1989 Braggiotti. ISBN 960-7294-01-7. Northern asia Minor and the Anatolian Plateau east of the Upper Euphrates. Illustrated with nearly 200 gorgeous color photographs. Hardcover. 4to., 192pp., photo illustrations by Evert, Minaidi and Fakidi, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a17491)
$95.00 Furon, Raymond . INTRODUCTION A LA GEOLOGIE ET A L'HYDROGEOLGOIE DE LA TURQUIE
Paris 1953 Editions du Museum. Memoires du Museum National Tome III Serie C Fas 1. 128pp., 7 photo plates, wraps. Good plus. (a18246)
$65.00 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)
$35.00Foster, John W.. AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN THE ORIENT
Boston 1903 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover large octavo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Emphasis on commerce and treaties. 498pp., index. Top edge gilt. Good, a bit of red ink on top and side margins of initial and final pages.no dj. (a20320)
$25.00Shiratori, Kurakichi. DIE CHINESISCHE INSCHRIFT AUF DEM GEDENKSTEIN DES K'UE-T'E-K'IN AM ORKON UBERSETZT UND ERLAUTERT
Tokyo 1889 Kokubunsha. A transcription and translation of a T'ang dynasty funerary stela on the death of a famous Western Turkish nobleman (brother of the Khan) found on the Orkhon river. 6 foldout pages with translations of the inscriptions in French, English and German by other translators. Sm.4to.,19 pp., frontis. Original front wrap bound in later cloth. VG+. Excellent condition. Rare. (a20678)
$290.00Bell, Robert. THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. GEORGE CANNING
London 1846 Chapman and Hall. 368pp. Canning, 1770-1827, was Prime Minister of England, promoter of liberal and nationalist movements in Europe, and protector of Greece against Turks in 1825-27. Fair, text clean and tight but cover worn, corners and spine ends worn, top inch of backstrip gone. Binding secure; rear inner hinge just beginning to crack. Text clean but toned a bit. (a22655)
$25.00Guntekin, Resat Nuri. BIR KADIN DUSMANI ROMAN
Istanbul 1968 Inkilap ve Aka. In Turkish. 8vo., wraps. VG, text lightly browned. (a26444)
$25.00 Guntekin, Resat Nuri . ANADOLU NOTLARI CILT 2
Istanbul 1966 Inkilap ve Aka. 8vo., wraps. In Turkish. Good plus, text slightly browned. (a26445)
$25.00Guntekin, Resat Nuri. AKSAM GUNESI
Istanbul 1967 Inkilap ve Aka. octavo., wraps. In Turkish. Good, backstrip reinforced. (a26446)
$25.00 Roos, Leslie L. Jr and Noralou P. Roos . MANAGERS OF MODERNIZATION ORGANIZATIONS AND ELITES IN TURKEY
1950-1969 Cambridge 1971 1st Harvard University.Hardcover. Octavo, 292pp., cloth. Fine in Good DJ, some wear. (a27824)
$35.00 (new york) . THE INDEPENDENT 1851
New York City Newspaper. Thursday July 24, 1851. Lg.folio, 4 leaves. Henry Ward Beecher is listed as stated contributor to editorial columns. Includes three column letter from L. B. from Mosul concerning Diabekr, Mosul, the Tigris and Nineveh. Also, short report of the arrest in San Francisco by the Committee of 100 of an Australian named Jenkins who stole a safe. Jenkins was hung at midnight in the Plaza, in what was reported as the first execution ever in San Francisco. Good, occasional dark brown spots, some fraying on one edge. (a28588)
$65.00 Adler, Cyrus . I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS
Philadelhpia 1941. Jewish scholar, envoy to Turkey. Octavo, 447pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Copy of Simon Rifkind, priminet lawyer and jurist, with his name stamp on front blank flyleaf. VG, no DJ. (a28857)
$35.00 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. Hardcover. Small octavo, 357pp., photo illustrations, large foldout maps, cloth. Date in ink on endpaper. near VG, slight foxing on initial pages, light cover wear. (a29006)
$20.00 Rawlinson, Canon George . THE FUTURE OF TURKEY
NY 1882. In the Princeton Review, September 1882, at pp. 133-155. Whole issue has 6 articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG, minor soiling. (a29041b)
$35.00 Lamartine, Alphonse de . VOYAGE EN ORIENT 1832-1833 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Paris 1843 Gosselin. In French. 2 volumes. Hardcover. Small octavos, 568pp., 574pp., red leather spines with gilt trim and marbled boards. VG light foxing, attractive set. (a29881)
$190.00 (turkey) . TRENDS IN FERTILITY AND MORTALITY IN TURKEY, 1935-1975
Washington 1982. Commitee on Population and Demography Report No. 8. 8vo., 150pp., wraps. VG. (a30558)
$40.00 Long, Rev. J. . THE POSITION OF TURKEY IN RELATION TO BRITISH INTERESTS IN INDIA
London 1876. In the Journal of the East India Association, Vol. IX, at pp. 179-209. Small octavo, removed from bound volume and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a31319)
$40.00 (turkey) . ATATURK
Ankara 1981. Turkish National Commisson for UNESCO. From the Islamic Encyclopedia, 1946, translated by Dr. Andrew J. Mango. Octavo, 232pp., numerous photo illustrations, wraps. Good plus, light wear, soiling. (a31324)
$27.00 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 Kartsaklides, Basil G. . JUSTICE TO THE GREEK CAUSE
1950 Karsaklides. History of Greece, particularly of relations with Turks. Octavo, 256pp., index, hardcover. VG in worn DJ. (a32280)
$25.00 Sander, N. . ISTANBUL
Paris 1959. Lg.8vo., 111pp., photo illustrations by Othmar, wraps. Good, some wear. (a33087)
$22.00 Barnett, Stanley A. et al . BOOK PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY
Oyster Bay 1966 State University of New York. 4to., 53pp., index, spiral bound wraps. Good, some wear and light soiling. (a33354)
$29.00 Barnett, Stanley A. et al . BOOK PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY
Oyster Bay 1966 State University of New York. 4to., 77pp., index, spiral bound wraps. Good, some wear and light soiling. (a33355)
$28.00 Unver, Suheyl . LEVNI
Istanbul 1951 MIlli Egitim Basimevi. Levni was Turkish artist who died in 1732. 4to., 9 pages of text and biography with 12 full color plates of artwo, wraps. VG light wear. (a33432)
$35.00Cuddon, J. A.. THE OWL'S WATCHSONG A STUDY OF ISTANBUL
NY 1962 1st Horizon. 8vo., 242pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Fine in near Fine DJ (dj lightly, evenly toned) price not clipped. no owner marks. (a33660)
$45.00 Blank, Stephen J. et al . TURKEY'S STRATEGIC POSITION AT THE CROSSROADS OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Carlisle 1993. 8vo., 133pp., wraps. VG. (a33907)
$35.00 Kudat, Ayse et al (editors) . SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AND AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN CENTRAL ASIA AND TURKEY
Washington 2000. World Bank Technical Paper No. 461. 4to., 302pp., wraps. VG. (a36500)
$39.00 Gillen, John Lewis . TURKEY THE CONVALESCING SICK MAN OF EUROPE
Clevelan 1931 University Travel League. 8vo., 19pp., wraps. VG. (a36722)
$30.00Campbell, Donald. JOURNEY OVER LAND TO INDIA
Philadelphia 1797 appears to be first edition. T. Dobson. Hardcover octavo . Full leather. 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. 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. Text lightly toned. Good usable copy. Occasional spots and stains in text. Very Scarce. Fascinating reading. (a37556)
$450.00 Moore, Frederick . THE BALKAN TRAIL
NY 1906 1st Macmillan. Bulgaria, Turkey, Salonica, Albania. Hardcover octavo, 296pp., photo illustrations, large folding map in rear. Good, end papers foxed, spine ends a bit worn and frayed. Original book not a remake. (a37634)
$40.00 Champdor, Albert . SALADIN LE PLUS PUR HEROS DE L'ISLAM
Paris 1956 Albin Michel. In French. 8vo., 364pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a38380)
$25.00 Weiker, Walter F. . THE TURKISH REVOLUTION 1960-1961 ASPECTS OF MILITARY POLITICS
Washington 1964 2nd Brookings Institution. 8vo., 172pp., wraps. Large institution stamp on end paper. Good, wraps a bit worn. (a38787)
$27.00 Ilyasoglu, Evin . ZAMAN ICINDE MUZIK BASLANGICINDAN GUNUMUZE ORNEKLERLE BATI MUZIGININ EVRIMI
Istanbul 1994 first edition. Yapi Kredi Yayinlari Ltd. In Turkish. Music history. 4to., 319pp., color and monochrome illustrations, hardcover. VG plus, no DJ. ISBN 975-363-292-4. (a41260)
$40.00 Halman, Talat Sait . A LAST LULLABY
Merrick 1990 1st Cross-Cultural Communications. Turkish Writers Chapbook 4. Series editor: Stanley H. Barkan.In Turkish (left page) and English (right page). 8vo., 48pp., wraps. Presentaion copy signed by Halman. VG. (a42248)
$30.00 Aksan, Akil (translator) . CITATIONS DE MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
Ankara 1981. In French. Sm.8vo., 125pp., wraps. Inscribed and signed by Aksan on the front free blank. VG, light wear. (a42312)
$40.00 Scudamore, Frank . A SHEAF OF MEMORIES
NY no date (early 20thc) Dutton. Englishman who spent most of his life in Turkey. 8vo., 299pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a43069)
$95.00 Langer, William L. and Robert P. Blake . THE RISE OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS AND ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
NY 1932. In The American Historical Review, Volume XXXVII No. 3, April 1932, at pp. 468-507. Whole issue has several articles. Sm.4to., wraps. VG, light wear, small chip at head of spine, corner bumped. (a44356)
$45.00 (turkey) . FILE OF TORTURE DEATHS IN DETENTION PLACES OR PRISONS 12 SEPTEMBER 1980 - 12 SEPTEMBER 1995
Ankara 1996. In English. 8vo., 110pp., wraps. VG. (a45736)
$85.00 Renzi, Willam A. . BRITAIN, RUSSIA AND THE STRAITS, 1914-1915
Chicago 1970. Article in the TheJournal of Modern History. Lg.8vo., 20pp. Included in a whole issue which has several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, light wear. (a48419b)
$35.00 Gutersay, Lelik . THE STORY OF THE GRAND BAZAAR
Istanbul 1990. Translated from the Turkish. 4to., 104pp., illustrations, foldout map at rear, illustrated stiff wraps. VG, light wear. (a48454)
$45.00 Snaffle (Robert Dunkin) . IN THE LAND OF THE BORA OR CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN DALMATIA AND THE HERZEGOVINA 1894-5-6
London 1897 1st Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Hardcover. Octavo, 406pp., illustrations by Harry Dixon from sketches by the author, cloth. VG, cover somewhat worn and soiled. (a50658)
$140.00Fiordimassi, Antonio. RELATIONI DI VIENNA MANUSCRITTE DALL'ANNO 1684 27 AGOSTO SINO ALL'ANNO 1686 27 OTTOBRE - UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF BUDAPEST
Manuscript (apparently autograph) in form of a diary. Dated Marzo 1687 Venetia. On March 5, 1684, Austria, Poland and Venice formed the Holy League, all pledging to fight the Turks and not to conclude any separate peace agreements. The bulk of the war fell to the Austrians.The The Turks were defeated in 1685 at the Siege of Neuhaesusel and at Gran. They had controlled Budapest since 1541, but the Austrian victory September 2, 1686 ended the second siege of this city. This war lasted until the Treaty of Karlowitz Jan 26, 1699, marking the suppression of Turkish power in Europe and the cession of lands to Austria and Poland. This present manuscript is a copy of the report from Vienna, Warsaw and areas in between by Antonio Fiordimassi, the Venetian ambassador to the Imperial Court, on the conduct of the war in Hungary and the Balkans The dispatches were written at weekly intervals between August 26, 1684, and October 27, 1686 and provide a detailed and likely unrecorded account of the Austrian campaign. None of the major collections of Venetian ambassadorial reports include the present text including Alberi, Fiedler, Pribam and Barozzi-Berchet. Written in Italian in neat, easy to read, cursive script on both sides of page. Large octavo (6 x 7-3/4 inches) , 451pp., vellum over boards, red morocco label mounted on spine with title stamped in gilt. From libraries of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, and of Sir Thomas Phillipps (recent ownership papers are available.) In Very Good plus condition with lovely color end papers. An attractive as well as highly valuable primary historical document. Photos available on request. Rare, possibly unique. (a50833)
$8000.00 Sanchez, D. Migue, Presbitero . FELIPE II Y LA LIGA DE 1571 CONTRA EL TURCO
Madrid 1868 Imprenta del Indicator de los Caminos DK Hierro. Hardcover. In Spanish. Octavo, 450pp., index, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. VG, corners slightly bumped inward. Rare. (a51691)
$260.00 Yalcinar, L. . LES GISEMENTS DE MAMMIFERES ET D'AUTRES VERTEBRES FOSSILES DE LA TURQUIE
Algers 1954. In French. 4to., 10pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a53334)
$40.00Colton, 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, light soiling on cover; cover worn; light spine end fraying, just a few pages have very light foxing. Hinges not cracked. (a53694)
$75.00 Kapur, Harish . SOVIET RUSSIA AND ASIA 1917-27 A STUDY OF SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS TURKEY IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
Geneva 1966 1st Michael Joseph. 8vo., 266pp., index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a54141)
$65.00 Oflazoglu, A. Turan . KEZIBAN (BIR PEDELIK MANZUM TRAGEDYA)
Instanbul 1967. A Tragedy in Turkish by one of Turkey's most famous modern writers. 12mo., 86pp., photo illustrations, ads, original printed wraps. Inscribed and signed by Oflazoglu on the half title. VG. (a54362)
$90.00 Bodurgil, abraham (compiler) . ATATURK AND TURKEY A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1919-1938
Washington 1974 Library of congress. 4to., 75pp., wraps. Small library name stamp on titlepage. VG. (a55447)
$35.00 White, Rev. G. E. . THE SHIA TURKS
London 1908. 8vo., 15pp., (includes short discussion), removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a57375)
$40.00 Esengun, M. Ruhi . AMERIKAN SIIRINDEN CEVIRILER
Erzurum 1993. Poetry -parallel text in English and in Turkish. 12m., 54pp., wraps. Inscribed and signed by Esengun. VG, shadow of label on front. (a57585)
$45.00 Kornaros, Themos . HAYDARI KAMPI
Istanbul 1973 Atackitabevi. Ceviren Nevzat Hatko. In Turkish. 8vo., 256pp., original wraps. VG, light wear. (a58062)
$35.00 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 Zwemer, S. M. et al (editors) . THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD OF TO-DAY BEING PAPERS READ AT THE FIRST MISSIONARY CONFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD HELD APRIL 4TH-9TH 1906
NY 1906 1st Revell. Article on Islam in Arabia by J. C. Young and Swemer; Statistical Survey of Islam in Asia, accompanied by a large foldout chart of extensive statistics by Zwemer; Islam in Turkey by Anatolicus; The New Islam in India by Weitbrecht, and many others. 8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, hardcover. VG, light wear to head of spine. Scarce. (a58317)
$150.00 Beldiceanu, Nicoara . LES ACTES DES PREMIERS SULTANS CONSERVES DANS LES MANUSCRIPTS TURCS DELA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE A PARIS - II REGLEMENTS MINIERS 1390 - 1512
Paris 1964 Mouton. In French. Sm.4to., 422pp., original wraps. Volume 2 only. VG, wraps lightly soiled. Volume 2 only. (a60720)
$65.00 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)
$250.00Mignot, Vincent ca. 1730-1791 (Hawkins, A.). THE HISTORY OF THE TURKISH OR OTTOMAN EMPIRE FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN 1300 TO THE PEACE OF BELGRADE IN 1740 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL DISCOURSE ON MAHOMET AND HIS SUCCESSORS - 4 VOLUME SET, COMPLETE
Exeter 1787 R. Thorn, London, J. Stockdale and Scatcherd and Whitaker. Translated from the French of Mignot by Hawkins. 4 volumes. Octavo. 371pp., 378pp., 397pp., 420pp., (27pp., index), full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Spine and boards very worn. Not all boards present, remaining boards present but most are detached. Text a bit spotted but mostly clean and text bindings secure. Needs recovering. Scarce work in French, rare in English. (a61426)
$400.00 (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)
$160.00Akchura, Iskender. GENOCIDE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN SHORT HISTORY OF REPRESSIONS BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT AIMED AT THE EXTERMINATION OF PIOUS MOSLEMS IN THE CRIMEA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF DJAMI, THEIR HOUSES OF PRAYER
New York 1963. Soviet oppression of Crimean Turks. Octavo, 204pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated wraps. A few ink underlinings in text. VG, light foxing on front cover. (a62324)
$29.00 Davis, P. H. . FLORA OF TURKEY AND OF THE EAST AEGEAN ISLANDS VOLUME TWO (2)
Edinburgh 1967 University Press. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 567pp., drawings, cloth. VG plus, slight bit of soiling on fore-edges, slight bit of rubbing on cover, no DJ. Volume 2 only. (a64357)
$185.00 Der Sarkiss, K. . JOURNEY TO THE LIGHT
(c.1968). Documentation and testimonial to massacre of Armenians by the Turks. Large octavo, 254pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. Scarce. (a64549)
$125.00 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 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 Inalcik, Halil . HICRI 835 TARIHLI SURET-I DEFTER-I SANCAK-I ARVANID
Ankara 1954 Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi. Ottoman Tax Register. In Turkish. Lg.4to., 158pp., 15 photo plates, rebound in later wraps. Owner signed. Good. Scarce. (a65540)
$165.00 Patzig, E . MALALAS UND DIKTYS FUHREN ZUR LOSUNG EINES ARCHAOLOGISCHEN PROBLEMS
Liege 1929, Offprint from Byzantion, Tome IV. In German. Octavo, pp.281-300, original blue printed wraps bound in later wraps. Good. (a65729)
$35.00 Kansu, Dr. Sedat . TURKIYE BAKLIYATININ TERKIPLERI VE GIDA OLARAK KULLANILISLARI UZERINDE ETUDLER (TURKIYE INSAN GIDASI MADDELERININ KIMYASINA DAIR BIR ETUD)
Ankara 1936 first edition Yuksek Ziraat Enstitusu. Hardcover In Turkish. Octavo, 128pp., photo illustrations, buckram with original front wrap mounted on cover. A few institution stamps. VG. (a66253)
$75.00 Senyurek, Muzaffer . ORDER OF ERUPTION OF THE PERMANENT TEETH IN THE CHALCOLITHIC AND COPPER AGE INHABITANTS OF ANATOLIA
Ankara 1956. Offprint from Belleten, Ankara 1956 Turk Tarih Kurumu. In English. Octavo, 28pp., photo illustrations of teeth and jaws, wraps. Owner name stamp. VG, light wear. (a66870)
$40.00 Koeroghlian, Mihran Moses . A LATTER-DAY ODYSSEY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT GIVE UP
Bryn Mawr 1986 1st Dorrance. Memoirs of a man who parents, brother and sister all died in the Armenian deportations of 1915. Octavo, 353pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a67048)
$39.00 Gulmez, Galip (editor) . ATATURK CENTENNIAL ALBUM Q1OO. YIL ALBUMU. ISBN 0-9609390-0-8.
NY 1982 1st Turkish-American Societies, Inc. ISBN 0-9609390-0-8. 4to., 253pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, slightest bit of fraying on top edge. (a67049)
$100.00 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. Hardcover. Octavo, 418pp., photo illustrations, maps, dark blue pictorial clothr with orange lettering and spine label. VG, end papers a bit yellowed, slight soiling on top fore-edges. In later removable glassie protective jacket.No ownership marks. (a68166)
$320.00Phillips, Mabelle Charlton. MY CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople 1922 Rizzo. Octavo, 127pp., photo illustrations, later wraps. ***Presentation copy initialed by Phillips in her handwriting. VG plus. Scarce. (a69647)
$49.00 Tekin, Talat . VOLGA BULGAR KITABELERI VE VOLGA BULGARCASI
Ankara 1988. Ataturk Kultur dil ve Tarih Yksek Kurumu Turk dil Kurumu Yayinlari 531. In Turkish. Sm.4to., 212pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a70481)
$45.00 Bent, J. Theodore; Thomas Dallam, John Covel . EARLY VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN THE LEVANT: I. THE DIARY OF MASTER THOMAS DALLAM 1599-1600; II. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARIES OF DR. JOHN COVEL 1670-1679 WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LEVANT COMPANY OF TURKEY MERCHANTS
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Edited with introduction and notes by J. Theodore Bent. Hardcover. Octavo, 305pp., frontis portrait of Covel, blue grey cloth. Near Fine. Scarce. (a70699)
$250.00 Back, Prof. Dr. Marcel . MICH R�HRT EIN WIND VOM ORIENT
Zurich 1978. Hardcover. Sm.4to., German text with photo plates of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, etc., cloth. VG plus, text lightly toned, in Good DJ, a bit rubbed. (a70805)
$34.00 (oriental art) . SUCCESSION K. ESSAYAN (DEUXIEME VENTE) MINIATURES ORIENTALES MINIATURES PERSANES ET TURQUES DU XV AU XIX SIECLE LAQUES ET EMAUX MINIATURES MOGHOLES ET IDIENNES DU XVI AU XIX SIECLE
Paris 1982 Nouveau Drouot. Auction Catalogue. In French. Sm.4to., 95 items. color illustrations, wraps. Near Fine. (a71327)
$25.00Braunlich, E.. ZWEI TURKISCHE WELTKARTEN AUS DEM ZEITALTER DER GROSSEN ENTDECKUNGEN
Leipzig 1937 Hirzel. Berichte uber die Verhandlungen 89. Band. 1. Heft. In German. Octavo, 29pp., wraps. Near Good, wrinkled throughout. (a72390)
$29.00(turkey). INCIL MATTAYA GORE
Istanbul 1943 Kitabi Mukaddes Sirketi. Yunani Dilinden son Tashih EdilmisTercumedir. In Turkish. 12mo., 72pp., color illustration on front cover, map of Palestine on rear, wraps. Good, leaves a bit browned. Unusual imprint for this wartime year. Rare. (a7514)
$45.00 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 (military) . MANUEL A L'USAGE DES TROUPES EMPLOYEES OUTRE-MER - DEUXIEME PARTIE - FASCICULE I AFRIQUE DU NORD ET LEVANT
Paris 1927 Charles-Lavauzelle. In French. Narrow octavo, 474pp., two foldout drawings, two foldout maps in rear pocket, printed salmon-colored boards. VG. (a77789)
$65.00 Hildebrand, Bengt . MATRIKEL �VER LEDAM�TER AV KUNGL. VITTERHETSAKADEMIEN OCH KUNGL. VITTERHETS HISTORIE OCH ANTIKVITETS AKADEMIEN 1753-1953
Lund 1954. In Swedish. Octavo, 176pp., index, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear. (a81149)
$150.00 Wilson, Elizabeth . THE ROAD AHEAD. EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF FRANCES C. GAGE (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
NY 1918 The Woman's Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 114pp., frontis, original illustrated boards. VG, light stain at top marginof pastedowns and blanks. (a81150)
$150.00 Gilson, Adrian; Bouvet, Francis . THE CZAR AND THE SULTAN; OR, NICHOLAS AND ABDUL MEDJID: THEIR PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC ACTIONS BY ADRIAN GILSON. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE TURKS IN EUROPE THEIR RISE AND DECADENCE BY FRANCIS BOUVET
New York 1853 first edition. Harper. Hardcover. 12mo., 195p., 12pp. of book ads, original dark brown embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Wonderful condition. No ownership marks, almost no cover wear just very light wear on corners and spine ends. NEAR FINE. Scarce in the first edition, especially in this condition. (a82759)
$240.00 D'Istria, Mme Dora . LA POESIE DES OTTOMANS
Paris 1877 seconde edition Maisonneuve. In French. Small octavo, 208pp., index, original printed wraps. Good plus, text clean and bright, cover lightly soiled and lightly worn. Binding secure. Scarce. (a82952)
$145.00Mitler, Louis. CONTEMPORARY TURKISH WRITERS A CRITICAL BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bloomington 1988 First edition Indiana University. ISBN 0-933070-14-4. A Critical Bio-Bibliography of leading writers in the Turkish Republican Period up to 1980. Hardcover. Octavo, 325pp., blue cloth. Fine. (a83031)
$39.00 Galabov, Galab D. . DIE PROTOKOLLB�CHER DES KADIAMTES SOFIA
Munchen 1960 Oldenbourg. Sudosteuropaische Arbeiten 55. Herausgegeben von Herbert W. Duda. In German. Sm.4to., 462pp., wraps. VG plus. (a83329)
$49.00 Freese, Jacob R. M.D. . THE OLD WORLD. PALESTINE SYRIA AND ASIA MINOR TRAVEL, INCIDENT, DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
Philadelphia 1869 first edition Lippincott. Hardcover. Small octavo, 458pp.,engraved frontis, text plates, original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus. Nice condition for hard-to-find title in original form. (a83511)
$275.00 Curtis, William E. . THE TURK AND HIS LOST PROVINCES GREECE BULGARIA SERVIA BOSNIA
Chicago 1903 first edition Revell. Hardcover. Large octavo, 396pp.,color frontis map, photo illustrations, silver cloth with blue and black pictorial front. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear. Original printing. (a83532)
$99.00 Williams Jackson, A. V. . FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE HOME OF OMAR KHAYYAM TRAVELS IN TRANSCAUCASIA AND NORTHERN PERSIA FOR HISTORIC AND LITERARY RESEARCH
New York 1911 first edition Macmillan. Hardcover. Sm.4to., over 200 illustrations, large color foldout map in rear, gilt printed original olive green cloth with mounted color painting on front. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a83542)
$145.00 Frye, R. N. and Sayili, A. M. . TURKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE THE SALJUGS
1943. Article on pp.194-207 of single complete issue of Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 63, July-September 1943. There are additional articles in same issue on other topics. 4to., original wraps. VG. (a83607)
$33.00 Frye, R. N. and Sayili, A. M. . TURKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE THE SALJUQS
1943. Article on pp. 194-206 . In single complete issue of Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 63, July-September 1943. There are additional articles in same issue on other topics. 4to., original wraps. Good plus, wrinkle on rear cover panel. (a83638b)
$35.00 Refik, Ahmed . KARL JARNHUVUD I TURKIET. OVERSATTNING FRAN TURKISKAN AV K. V. ZETTERSTEEN (CHARLES XII EN TURQUIE. TRAD. DU TURC PAR K V ZETTERSTEEN)
1922. Sm.4to., pp. 160p., (complete), removed from Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84677)
$150.00 Duda, Herbert W. . BALKANTURKISCHE STUDIEN
Wien 1949 Rohrer. One complete issue of Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 226 Band 1. InnGerman. Octavo, 144p., 12 tafeln, 11 abbildungen, original pale yellow printed wraps. Good plus. somewhat toned. (a85116)
$99.00Pferschy, Othmar (photographer). FOTOGRAFLA TURKIYE TURKEY IN PICTURES LA TURQUIE EN IMAGE DIE TURKEI IM BILD
Munich n.d. (c. 1950) F. Bruckmann. Text in English, French and German. Oblong 4to., over 100 photos of Turkey by Othmar Pferschy, metal stud binding with orange cloth-covered boards. VG, minor cover wear, small stain in outer margin of title page and just a line on next page (all in margin, not near text), in Fair DJ, dj is worn and stained but this is a hard-to-find dust jacket in any condition. Pferschy described by Engin Ozendes as a "brilliant but now forgotten photographer". (a87381)
$225.00 M J C (editor) . SOUVENIR DE CONSTANTINOPLE
no datebut one plate dated 1912. Octavo, red silk string wraps. 9x7 inches. Color post card image mounted on front. Text in Arabic, English, French, German. 35 photographs, colored, one per page , each identified. Good, light wear,faint foxing in margins in some pages; slight toning. Binding secure and no ownership marks. (a87512)
$75.00 Koriouchkina, Lisa . MESKHETIAN TURKS AND THE REGIME OF CITIZENSHIP IN RUSSIA
2009. Single article on pp. 39-52 in one complete issue of Ethnology, Volume XLVIII No. 1 Winter 2009. Several additional articles in issue as well. Large octavo, 84p., original printed wraps. Small bit of light ink scribble on front cover. VG. No ownership marks. (a87938c)
$33.00 Barth . VERSUCH EINER EINGEHENDEN ERKLARUNG DER FELSSCULPTUREN VON BOGHASKOEI IM ALTEN KAPPADOCIEN (in single complete issue of Monatsbericht der Koniglichen , Februar 1859)
Berlin. 1859 first edition. Monatsbericht der Koniglichen Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Issue for Februar 1859. Original pale yellow printed wraps. Stringbound. Barth article on pp. 128-157 with one foldout plate showing Cappadocian sculpture. Good plus , uncut, light cover soiling/wear. No ownership marks. (a91409)
$35.00 Chec-Zade . HISTORIE DER SULTANIN AUS PERSIEN UND IHRER BEZIERE ODER ANGENEHME TURCKISCHE HISTORIEN
Leipzig 1728 Georg Weidmann. 16mo. Hardcover. Mid 20th century fine binding with marbled boards and mounted black leather spine label with gilt lettering and trim. Fullpage frontispiece of Sultan on throne. Calligraphic detail on titlepage. 240p. In German. VG Plus. binding very secure; text clean (although lightly toned) Tiny paper label on bottom margin final page o/w no owner marks. Rare book in very attractive condition. (a94111)
$300.00(NY World's Fair 1939). TURKEY THE BEAUTIFUL
1939 first edition. Rogers Kellogg Stillson. New York's World Fair. 10 x 12-1/2 inches. oblong wraps with red plastic spiral binding. Front panel aluminum coverd with red crescent and star. 44 fullpage photo illustrations of Turkey, each has a paragraph of description on verso. Good plus, light cover wear, no owner marks. (a94917)
$35.00Hammer-Purgstall, Freiherren. UBER DEN III. BAND VON CHARRIERE'S NEGOCIATIONS DE LA FRANCE DANS LE LEVANT; BERICHT UEBER DIE ZU KONSTANTINOPEL IN DRCK ERSCHEINENDE GESCHICHTE DES OSMANISCHEN REICHES CHAIRULLAH EFENDI'S UND UEBER DIE HOCHST SELTENE HANDSCHRIFT AHMED IBNEL-OMERI'S BETITEIT "DIE BEKANNTMACHUNG MIT DER EDIEN TERMINOLOGIES"
Two articles in one complete issue of Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie philosophisch-Historiche Classe XII band. IV heft - april. 1854 first edition. Braumuller. Original tans printed octavo wraps. Hammer-Purgstall articles on pp. 523-550. Complete issue paginated 523-667. In German. Good plus, light cover wear; uncut. no owner marks. (a95295)
$45.00Vallardi, A. CARTA DELLA GUERRA IN ORIENTE NEL 1877
Milano. large folding map of Russia, 20 x 25 inches, folds to 9x4-1/2 inches with two-color (pale orange and bluegreen) picture on front of exploding bomb (grenade?) and title. Good, toned; a few short closed tears along cover fold but no tears on map itself (a few tiny cracks at fold corners.) Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Very Scarce. (a95461)
$80.00(Travel in Ottoman Empire). HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE - OCTOBER 1877 (single issue)
New York 1877 first edition. Harpers. printed octavo wraps. pp. 641-800 plus ads. Illustrated article "From Brusa to Constantinople" appears on pp. 641-734. Uncut. Good plus. no owner marks, light chipping on backstrip. (a95508a)
$55.00 Lampe, Melek Celal . LE VIEUX SERAIL DES SULTANS
Istanbul 1963. In French. Lg.8vo., 83pp., a few text illustrations, foldout diagram at rear, wraps. Good, spine worn. (k1242)
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