Sons of Heaven: A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy by Packard, Jerrold M - 1989

long 4to, 30. 192ff, with 26, 16ff appendix. WITH UNPUBLISHED PARTS. The most important of the specific history of Bulak press which later printed in Bulak printing house in 1953 as: تاريخ مطبعة بولاق و لمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط Unique manuscript of the author.

Kostandnupolis (Constantinople): Typ. H. Matteosean, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary leather bdg. 16mo. (14 x 10 cm). In Armenian (Modern West Armenian). 238 p. [PSALMS IN ARMENIAN] Girk' Saghmosats'; Girk Arakats. A.B.C. 53,000. [A.B.S. 49,000 on colophon]. OCLC 988094270. The book of the Psalms in Armenian printed in Istanbul.

Istanbul: And Yayinlari, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original pictorial wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 96 p., richly ills. Slight wears on spine and a small tear on a page. Otherwise a very good copy. First and Only Edition of this rare compilation by a Turkish female author about all dances and their choreographies. As the author states in her preface to the book, she says that she wrote this book about an incident experienced by a friend who has been a dance teacher for 25 years. This event, which the author herself witnessed, begins with a young man waiting for the dance course asking whether there is an instructive dance book in Turkish literature. When Semra Dikmen finds out that there is no such book, she decides to do this compilation. This small, but to the point and one of the earliest examples in the Turkish language, includes a short history of dances, Fox Trot, Waltz, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, Samba, and Tango.

Istanbul: Yanki Dergicilik ve Gazetecilik, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original wrappers. 4to. (27 x 21,5 cm). In Turkish. 31 p., ills. Small chipping on the cover. Overall a very good copy. 287th issue of Turkish weekly news magazine with its cover art depicting Mao as a caricature. The title on the cover reads "China with no Mao?".

Istanbul: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Hükümeti Maarif Vekâleti Nesriyâti / Matbaa-yi Âmire., [AH 1339], 1923. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19,5 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 14 p. First and only Turkish edition of this important, rare, and the first work on eugenics in Turkey in book form, translated by Balaban from English, from a lecture Pearson gave at Oxford University, including the idea of the human race can be grown more perfectly in the future as well as the species of animals and plants. Balaban indicated in his preface of the work that Eugenism is discussed in the western world under the leadership of Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), and it should be progressed in Turkey as well. Especially in this period when epidemics are common, the book emphasizes how important it is to combat these diseases. Mustafa Rahmi Balaban (1888-1953),… Read More

London: John Murray, 1847. Third edition. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, raised bands, red morocco title label, black morocco volume label, both in gilt, boards ruled and bordered in gilt, edges and turn-ins decorated with gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Very good copies, extremities rubbed, one volume with top fore-corners bumped and worn with minor loss, labels with some chipped edges, owner's bookplate on front pastedowns, binding solid, contents fine. A beautiful set.. Illus. with 94 lithographed plates, some color, double-page and/or folding, and over 500 woodcuts. 8vo. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) had planned an army career, but is first visit to Egypt so enthralled him, that he didn't leave for twelve years. "Wilkinson's greatest published work was Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (1837), a profusely illustrated description of ancient Egyptian society. Drawing upon his work in the tombs at Gurna, Wilkinson was able to present a poignant picture of daily life in… Read More

Helmstadt, Frankfurt: Jacobus Lucius, Wolfgang Richter, 1584, 1605. Hardcover. Good. Printer's mark of goddess carrying torch and book. . Two Works in One Volume quarto vellum yapp edges (some old ink writing to cover and spine title faded) [20] leaves +268 leaves +[32] leaves of Appendix. The Second work lacks titlepage and first 3 prelim leaves (supplied in facsimile), original text here begins on p9 with the Preface thus 9-317pp +[26 of 31]pp of Index ending with letter T, lacking final 3 leaves. *History of the Crusades in Latin, followed by Melchior Goldast's collection of writers in Latin on the History of Suevia.

(Persian) Falconry.Husam al-Dawlah Taymur Mirza. The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry, translated by D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott, 1st edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1908, One of 500 copies.Description: halftone illustrations in the text, original publisher's green pictorial cloth with gilt reproduction of ancient Persian ms. with falconer on horseback, gilt-lettered spine, one minor worm hole through bottom margin first few pages, 8vo 25.5 x 17 cm. Kept in, and comes with, non adhesive transparent dust jacket. See pics for overall condition.Blanc front and end papers, half title page, frontispiece with clean protective tissue, title page, dedication page in English and one in Farsi, xxiv and 195 pp and illustrated with 25 illustrations of Persian paintings, animals, and original ms. Quaritch printer's device to last leaf (see pics).Notes: - Wood; p. 519; Zimmer p. 623. One of 500 copies only. The author was a grandson of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar (1772-1834) and a respected authority on… Read More

Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Volume 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. All three volumes are in Fine Condition in a Fine Slipcase. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.

Paris, Basan, 1714.
Folio [500 x 338 mm] : (1) engraved title, (1) l. of foreword, xiv pp., (1) p. of engraved music and 102 plates including 3 on double-page. Bound in full brown morocco, triple gilt fillet on the covers, spine ribbed and richly decorated, a bit faded, edges gilt. Binding from the XIXth century.
First issue of the most beautiful book about the nations of the Levant executed under the Regency.
Cohen, 619 ; Colas, 1819 ; Blackmer 591 ; Lipperheide, 1413; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares, IV, 150 ; Rahir, La Bibliothèque de l'amateur, 504 ; Brunet, III, 947 ; Atabey 429; -8.
It is illustrated with 102 beautiful copper engravings, including 3 on double-page, all of them finely hand-coloured.
These engravings mainly present costumes of the court and of the various classes of Turkey.
They were executed after the paintings of the Flemish painter J.B. Van Mour, who arrived in Constantinople with the circle of Charles de Ferriol in 1699.
Other costumes of ethnic groups are also represented:… Read More