Imperial from Archive

93 x 64 cm. Colored military map described in Ottoman Turkish. Province of Hejaz, Asir and Yemen by the fifth section in the general staff 1323 H., 1907 AD. Paper on cloth folded to 16 parts.

Very rare report in English , Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Binding tooled in gold with Ottoman Tughra of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II . Marbled inner paper and edges sprinkled in gold. Privately prepared for the high level officials in the Ottoman state.

viii, list of illus. 394 p. signed by the author when she was in Istanbul to the Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1901 . with Arabic private library number (98) on the spine . In original hard covers binding. Anna Dodd was an American author from New York. She wrote short stories, essays and a series of articles on church music. After… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Imprimerie et Lithographie Centrales, 1873 Book. Illus. by SEBAH,MONTANI EFFENDI,BOGHOS EFFENDI,CHACHIAN AND MAILLARD. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. (VII) GERMAN AND FRENCH TEXT OF TITLE AND INTRODUCTION IN TOW COLUMNS. 3 SUBTITLE PAGES IN FRENCH AND GERMAN: L'ARCHITECTURE OTTOMANE, PREMIERE PARTIE. INCLUDES THREE PARTS: (PART II) PRECIS HISTORIQUE (OTTOMANISCHE BAUKUNST, ERSTER… Read more about this item

Tehran: Mirza Mahmud Tajir Khouansari, 1904 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. PERSIAN TEXT, FINELY LITHIOGRAPH ILUUSTRATED WITH A PORTRAIT OF MUHAMMAD SHAH QAJAR, MUZAFFER UD DIN SHAH QAJAR, MINISTER HUSSEIN PACHA KHAN, AND FOURTY ONE (41) FULL PAGE LITHIOGRAPH ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SEVERAL PARTIAL WOODCUTTINGS. FINE LITHIOGRAPH PRINTED BOOK MAINLY SCRIBED IN FINE FARISI… Read more about this item

Cairo: Government press, 1946 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LIMITED TO 150 COPIES , OWNERSHIP OF HUSEYN GHALIB RUSHDI TOPUZ ZADE BEY , MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AND THE EXTRAORDINARY DELEGATE OF THE KING OF EGYPT . FINELY PRINTED FOR CONSTABLES . 24 PP OF TEXT , 29 FINE ILLUSTRATIONS ON THICK PAPERS… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Takvimhane-i Amire, 1274 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. OTTOMAN TURKISH TEXT WITH SOME IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN, SPECIALY THE CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN SULTANS AND THE REGIONAL GOVERNORS OF THE ARAB AND PRSIAN STATES, INCLUDING HIJAZ. (26), 626PP, (17), 600PP. THE AUTHOR WAS AN IMPERIAL WRITER IN THE OTTOMAN COURT (DIVAN… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Ahmed Ihsan press, 1907 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by the author to the Khedivial prince Abbas Halim Pasha in 29 Ramazan 1328 (1910). Contemporary fine marbled binding with gilted spine. Ottoman Turkish text, 8vo. 387 p. and 7 p. of index. Many photographic plates..

Cairo: Privately printed, 1894 Book. Illus. by FABRICIUS BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. EXTREMELY SCARCE, PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE ARMENIAN ARCHITECT GARO BALIAN. FULL LEATHER BINDING GILTED AND DECORATED IN ORIENTAL STYLE. DEEPLY PRESSED. BINDING EDGES SLIGHTLY FADED, PARTIAL LEATHER FLAYING. TITLE PAGE HEADED WITH THE KHEDIVAL CROWN. NO PRINTING PLACE OR NUMBER OF… Read more about this item

Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO.… Read more about this item

Cairo: The government press, 1952 Book. As New. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SECOND EDITION, PREFACE BY LORD CHAMBERLAIN ABDULLATIF TAL'AAT IN 1946 (SAME OF THE FIRST EDITION), 233 PP WITH FINE 45 PLATES PRINTED IN COLOURES, WHICH MOST OF THEM ARE ON THICK PAPER, AND ONE FOLDING OF THE GOLDEN NICKLE OF THE KING… Read more about this item

Cairo: The government press, 1924 Book. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. AS PUBLISHED, 20 SHEETS, 50 STAMP FOR EACH, ORIGINAL STAMPS OF THE ARAB KINGDOM OF HIJAZ. MAYBE PRINTED IN THE GOVERNMENT PRESS IN CAIRO UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE BRITISH OFFICE FOR THE ARAB GOVERNMENT IN HIJAZ. 1,5 PIASTRES ( QIRSH ) VALUE… Read more about this item

Cairo: The government press, 1954 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. PRIVATELY BOUND AS PRESENTATION COPY IN 29-5-1954, TO "OUR SON MR. ABDUL HAMID IBRAHIM ABD UR RAHMAN", FROM GENERAL MUHAMMAD NAGUIB. FRONTIS OF M. NAGUIB SIGNING THE TREATY OF SUDAN 12 FEB. 1953. TITLE PAGE WITH MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION, SIGNED BY M.… Read more about this item

Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1920 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VERY RARE IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED IN FRENCH BY THE AUTHOR (Le 20 Oct. 1920). TOW PARTS IN ONE VOLUME, ARABIC TEXT 272, 142 P ON FINE HEAVY WITE PAPER, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FIRST… Read more about this item