Arabica from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Cairo: Matbaa-i Muhammed Efendi Mustafa., [AH 1307], 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Contemporary black cloth, title-lettered gilt on spine. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script and Arabic. 72 p., 45 tables on 79 p. Covers are preserved inside, foxing on the front cover and chippings on extremities.… Read more about this item

Sarajevo: Izdanje Vakufske Direkcije / Drzavna Stamparija u Sarajevu., 1936-1937, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original publisher's green cloths. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). Bilingual in Bosnian and Arabic. 2 volumes set: (289 p.; 216 p., 80 p. text in completely Arabic). First edition of this uncommon… Read more about this item

Sarajevo: Drzavna Stamparija, 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Bilingual in Bosnian and Arabic. 100 p. Age toning on covers and pages. Else, a good copy. Scarce Arabic grammar printed to be taught as a textbook in Islamic schools in… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. Dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original publisher's brown cloth. Titles to spines in gilt. Dust wrappers. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). 2 volumes set: (674 p., 696 p., Doughty's portrait on the frontispiece, 2 large folding maps (colour map on a folded plate at end of each… Read more about this item

Romæ - Rome: Typis S. C. de Propaganda Fide., MDCCCLXVI [1866], 1866. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary beige wrappers. Not bound. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). Bilingual text in Latin and Arabic. 31 p. Marginal stains on papers, on the last pages, stains affected text as well. Fold… Read more about this item

[Istanbul?]: Manuscript., AH Cemâziye'l-evvel 1205 = [1788], 1788. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modern wrappers with marbling patterns. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [128] p. Naskh on wove paper. Written in the 18th century in black and red ink. This early… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Kitabhane-i Islâm ve Askerî Tüccarzâde Ibrahim Hilmi / Matbaa-yi Orhaniye., AH 1335 = [1919]., 1919. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm) In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 48 p. First Ottoman edition of this exceedingly rare report by… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Donanma Cemiyeti, 1915. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original pictorial wrappers. Tabloid size: (38 x 26 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [15] p., (pp. 769-784) richly illustrated. A rare issue of the "Navy" newspaper, published weekly by the Ottoman Naval Society, with a reproduced photograph on… Read more about this item

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople - Istanbul]: Basiret Matbaasi., [AH 1291], 1874. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary fine half and quarter calf. The title ("Tarih-i Yemen") lettered gilt on spine of the first volume with volume no and four decorative elements gilt on the compartments; the second volume's spine is decorated fully.… Read more about this item

[Palestine or Istanbul]: Manuscript, AH 1337 = [1920/21], 1920. No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original manuscript on folded printed interview report supplied by the Ottoman Military Forces. The questions on the report are printed for the high-ranking military officer to fill in the blanks on the report. 4to. (26 x 20 cm).… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Matbaa-yi Askeriye., AH 1337 = [1921], 1921. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original illustrated wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [iv], 147 p., 7 folded chromolithograph military plans in the end pocket (lacking two according to Leiden's copy). … Read more about this item

Istanbul: Askerî Matbaa [Military Printing House]., AH 1337 = [1921], 1921. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In modern full brown in Ottoman style, four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering on the first compartment, blind stamped boards. Modern endpapers. The book was bound with the rear original cover, but the… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Matbaa-yi Âmîre., [AH 1333-1335] = [19171-1919], 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In publisher's original dark green cloth including three volumes in one as issued. Light brown cloth spine on which has no lettering. Housed in a separate modern dark brown full leather box. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x… Read more about this item

Manuscript, n.d. [c. 1890], 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth. Rebacked spine. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). Arabic script in brown ink on blind-stamped thin paper with text borders in blue ink. 125, [1] p. A collection of early popular tales from the Middle East from Islamic and pre-Islamic… Read more about this item

Istanbul (Constantinople): Dar Al-Tibaat Al-Amire., [AH 1265], 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth bdg. Light green boards. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 119 p., a drawn table. Occasionally stained on margins, loosened spine, otherwise a very good copy. Lithographed edition. Exceedingly rare early Arabic edition printed in… Read more about this item

Cairo: Al-Jamiyyat Al-Misriyat li'l-Wikâyât min Al-Hawadith Al-Tarq [i.e. Egyptian Society for the Protection of Accidents], 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary brown imitation leather. Title gilt on the front board and decorative symbols gilt on the spine. Original pictorial guide saved. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 83, [1]… Read more about this item

London: Associated Press Ltd.., [c. The 1950s], 1950. No Binding. Very Good. Original press photograph. 15x20,5 cm. Description in English on a mounted paper on the verso. A rare previously published press b/w photo in the Western press of the 1950s such as the newspapers "A Window on the World", and "The Atlanta Constitution, Georgia", etc., of… Read more about this item

Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1831. 2nd Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown quarter leather bdg., five raised bands to spine; title and volume numbers lettered in gilt. An old label on the spine. Professionally repaired spine. Slight foxing on pages. Overall a very good set. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm).… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Kardes Matbaasi, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Original illustrated wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [12], 244 p., 88 b/w plates, and maps. Some markings on the first map in red pencil, with slight creasing on the spine and rear cover. Otherwise a very good copy. Scarce first edition of… Read more about this item

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople]: Darü't-Tibaatü'l-Âmire Tas Destgâhi., [AH 1273], 1858. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In contemporary cloth bdg. Marbled boards and original red end-papers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). Bilingual in Arabic (Marginal texts are in Arabic) and Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters. [1] blank page, [2] index,… Read more about this item