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Turkey - Fine/Scarce/Rare:

James, 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 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 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 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 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 Sander, N. . ISTANBUL
Paris 1959. Lg.8vo., 111pp., photo illustrations by Othmar, wraps. Good, some wear. (a33087)
$22.00 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)
$20.00Campbell, 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 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 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 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 (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 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 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)
$320.00 Phillips, 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)
$55.00Grey, 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 first edition 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)
$48.00 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