Photography from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Copenhagen: Original Photograph., [c. 1917], 1917. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original large silver gelatine photograph. Mounted on the original cardboard of "Verdenogvi". Photo size: 24x16 cm; cardboard size: 26x21 cm. Written brief description on verso in pen & pencil, and upper right of the photograph in pencil, wear… Read more about this item

[Istanbul]: Müdâfaa-yi Milliye Cemiyeti, Matbaa-yi Ahmed Ihsan., [c. 1915]., 1915. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original chromolithograph illustrated wrappers. Oblong 8vo. (14,5 x 20,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [16] p., fully illustrated by reproduced lithograph b/w photos. Rare second album of the series including sixteen reproduced… Read more about this item

Iran, probably Tehran: N.p., [ca. 1890], 1890. No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original albumen print mounted on pinkish thick cardboard (17 x 11 cm). The size of the photographic area is 14x10,5 cm. No photographic studio. A handwritten note on verso: "Docteur Basil, Mari de Tante Clementine Cousine de Maman". All edges… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2023. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 121, [7] p., b/w photographs. Isabel Muñoz, an intrepid explorer and observer of nature, aesthetics, and diverse cultures, embarked on a photographic journey through Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe and Sayburç - some of Türkiye's… 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

Constantinople (Istanbul): R. Bahaeddin: Resne Fotografhânesi. Istanbul'da Bâb-i Âlî Caddesinde No. 85., [pre 1923]. No Binding. Very Good. Original large-sized silver gelatin photograph. Mounted on cardboard. 35x30 cm; photo area: 24x18 cm. The calligraphic studio title is embossed on the lower of the cardboard. Scratching "4" on the upper right of the printed area, slight creasing on the… Read more about this item

Istanbul (Constantinople): Darü't-Tibaatü'l-Âmîre., [AH 1265], 1849. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth, marbled boards. Slight chippings on the panels' extremities, fading on board, and slightly stained front pastedown, overall a very good copy. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic script). 101 p.… Read more about this item

Bursa: Muhittin Bey (Electric Company Committee Chief)., [ca. 1930], 1930. No Binding. Very Good. Original four huge gelatin silver prints mounted on signed cardboards by Muhittin, who was the chief of the Electric Company Committee in Bursa. Cardboard size: 34x30 cm; photograph size: 23,5x17,5 cm. Fine silver prints of the decorative elements of Selimiye Mosque (two photos),… Read more about this item

Kabul - Afghanistan: N. p.., [ca. 1930s], 1930. No Binding. Very Good. Original b/w photograph. 18,5x27,5 cm. Slightly chipped on extremities, a small tear on the upper left corner. Otherwise a good photographic print. Fine large gelatin silver print showing Mohammed Nadir Shah the Afghan King leaving the palace with his military delegation in c. 1930s.… Read more about this item

Aleppo - Syria: Cliche: Vartan Derounian., [ca. 1920], 1920. No Binding. Very Good. Original silver gelatin print. 9x14 cm. Descriptive text in French.  A silver print image of an attractive street view of Vinaigre Street in the beautiful Islamic city of Aleppo. Edited by Armenian photographer and editor Vartan Derounian.  Derounian was born… Read more about this item

Aleppo: Wattar Freres., [ca. 1920's], 1920. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Eight panels of panoramic photograph folded into original printed light brown card wrappers titled "Souvenir d'Alep (Syrie). / Panoramique d'Alep" and "Editeur Wattar Freres, Alep (Syrie)" on the cover. Open size: 9x112 cm. In French. Contemporarily repaired verso of hinges by tape, overall a fine… Read more about this item

[ca. 1918], 1918. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original three silver gelatin and sepia-toned photographs. (23x17,5 cm & 18x12,5 cm). Mounted small papers on the front side of photos have trilingual descriptions in German, Ottoman Turkish, and Arabic. These photographs show the rare scenes from the Ukrainian front… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 191 p., b/w photographs. The first female photographer of Turkey to have received an academic training, Yildiz Moran's photographs (1932-1995) was presented in a comprehensive exhibition for the first… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, 1996. Limited Edition . Soft cover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Paperback. Folio. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 32 p., fully color photos. One of 500 copies. This book is published on the occasion of Sakir Eczacibasi Photography Exhibition held between May 29 - June… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Matusalem Publications, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In the original slipcase. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 2 volumes set: (988 p.), 1600 color ills. and many plates. This lavishly illustrated, deeply researched, two volume collection is the outcome of… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Alternatif Yayinlari / Ottto / Stik Matbaacilik, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original bdg. HC. Folio. (26,5 x 34 cm). Text in Turkish. [94] p., cadrage designed pages and fully b/w photos. This is the second exhibition catalogue of Velidedeoglu's poetical b/w photography on human body. … Read more about this item

Istanbul: YKY: Yapi Kredi Yayinlari - TC Kültür ve Turizm Bakanligi, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. 243 p., richly color ills. Known as "Magnesia" in Antiquity and "Magnesia ad Sipylum" in the Roman Empire Period, Manisa is a… Read more about this item

Constantinople-Berlin: The Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (NPG) - Akt. Ges. Steglitz, 1905. No Binding. Very Good. Original two photos (stereoscope and gelatin silver prints). 9x18 cm, 19x25 cm. Rare two photographs of early 20th century Constantinople, "Cimetiere Turc" and "Une Rue a Stamboul" [i.e. Eyup Cemetery and a street (probably from Kandilli)], taken and printed by "Verlag… Read more about this item

[Istanbul]: Yildiz Moran., [ca. 1955], 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Original silver gelatin photographic print mounted on cardboard. 53x42 cm (Photo size: 38x30 cm). Signed by Yildiz Moran. Yildiz (Vahid) Moran Arun was born on 24 July 1932, in Istanbul. She is the youngest of three children born to Nemide Moran and Ahmet Vahid Moran. Her father,… Read more about this item

Ankara: N. d., [ca. 1960s], 1965. No Binding. Very Good. Original photograph taken by Ozan Sagdiç. 18x24 cm. Stamped on verso by Ozan Sagdiç. A fine and artistic photo of little ballerinas bowing to the audience including Ismet and Mevhibe Inönü after a ballet show in Ankara city. Sagdiç made very important contributions to Turkey's… Read more about this item