Middle Eastern History

1952 Typed on rice paper. Bound in blue folder. Introduction. Poets include: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Time in Bursa, Remembrance, ect. Nazim Hikmet Ran: To Live, Rome, ect. Eroument Behzat lav: Blossom Time, The Mansion, ect. Necip Fazil Kisakurek, The Pavements, Spider's Web, ect. Fazil Husnu Daglarca, The World Drawn Unto The Air, Entirety, ect. Orhan Veli Kanik, That Which I Do Not Abandon, ?, ect. Extremely RARE OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Ltd., 1938. Second Edition [Revised] . Yellow Printed Boards. Very Good. Maps, Plates. xii, 208 + folding map at end. Signed limited issue, #106 of 250 copies. Second edition, much revised, of the 1922 edition, and including his new dedication to his old friend Cavafy. Decorative bookplate of "John & Alexandrine Russell", no other names or marks. [Russell was in Naval Intelligence in WWII, after which, in 1945, he was recommended by Ian Fleming as a reviewer for the Sunday Times. He became an art reviewer/commentator/writer of note and later was the New York Times art critic for many years. He was married to Alexandrine Apponyi 1945-1950. ] This copy lightly used, boards slightly soiled and paper lightly aged as usual, but no fraying to paper-covered boards.

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Color And B/W Illustrations. Xxviii, 338 Pp. ; Vii, 311, Large Folding Map, 32 Pp Catalog Dated 9/78 (First Issue Point). Peach Cloth, Gilt Lettering, Illustrations And Rules Embossed In Black, Slate Black Endpapers. Armorial Bookplates Of Bibliotheca Lindesiana, With Small Labels Beneath Annotated In Pencil "Earl Of Crawford / 59/E"; Binders Ticket "Bound By Burn & Co." On Rear Pastedown Of Vol. I. First 96 Pp Of Vol I Neatly Opened, With A Very Few Lightly Penciled In Marginal Words/Notes/Questions, Rest Of Vol I And All Of Volume Ii Unopened And Fresh. Endpapers Immaculate And Unfaded, Hinges Tight, One Signature (Beginning P 97 Of Volume I) Is Detached But Present (Old Gutta Percha Binding Glue, I Think, But Easily Reinserted In Any Case). Bindings With Light Wear, All Gilt Still Brilliant, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened, A Little Wear And Edge Fraying At Tops And Bottoms Of Spines-… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First Edition thus. Near Fine+. First Trade Edition (hand-numbered limited issue, no. 363 of 750 copies) of one of the indisputable classics of twentieth century English literature. Thick, square 8vo: 672pp, with 54 plates (many in color and including 3 not in in the 1926 subscriber's edition and a number not in the cheaper ordinary trade edition bound in cloth) by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts, and others and 4 folding maps. Publisher's original quarter tan pigskin over brown buckram boards, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt with others uncut, Cockerell marbled endpapers; with gilt-stamped motto on upper board: "The sword also means cleanness & death." Without the card slipcase and the plain-paper dust jacket, usually discarded. An excellent copy, top grain rubbed at spine ends, light fading and occasional spotting to cloth, otherwise virtually pristine and apparently unread (many pages unopened). O'Brien A041. National Geographic 100, 24. Third (but second… Read More

Book. Very Good. No Binding. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ARABIC MANUSCRIPT IN NASKH SCRIPT, # 200 PP MISSING PAGES FROM THE BEGINNING. DATED 1130 AH (1718 AD) AND SIGNED BY A MECCAN SCRIBE, MUHAMMAD AL MAKKI AL TUNBARI. DETAILED HISTORY OF MECCA FROM IT'S EARLY ISLAMIC ERA (HERE BEGINNING FROM THE AYYOUBID ERA) TO THE SULTAN MURAD B. SELIM B. SULEYMAN PERIOD IN 985 AH. HISTORY OF MECCA ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, IT'S STRUCTURE, CULTURAL LIFE, SCHOOLS, POLICY, HISTORY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE FROM THE ASPECTS. THE AUTHOR MAINLY CAME FROM INDIA (ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS) LIVED IN MECCA AS IT'S MUFTI AND STUDIED IN EGYPT. HE WAS A HANAFITE AND WELL-KNOWN HISTORIAN OF MECCA AND YEMEN. HE WROTE HIS IMPORTANT WORK ALSO ABOUT YEMEN WHICH CALLED; Al Barq ul Yamani fi al Fath al Uthmani. THE AUTHOR WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE OTTOMAN AUTHORITY AND OTTOMAN OFFICIALS IN MECCA AND YEMEN. VERY RARE WELL-KNOWN WORK ABOUT HISTORY OF MECCA TO BE SCRIBED IN THIS HOLY CITY..

Seven volumes; (vol.1): 4, 255, 3 p. (Vol.2): 6, 256 p. (Vol.3): 7, 219, 2 p. (Vol.4): 12, 169 p. (Vol.5): 17, 360, 2 p. (Vol.6): 16, 389 p. (Vol.7): 14, 296 p. In contemporary bindings, edges of the all volumes, except vol. 7, are marbled. Selections from al Jawa'ib newspaper which was issued in Istanbul during the Sultan Abdul Aziz era by Ahmad Faris al Shidyaq. The Muntakhabat was published between 1875 and 1882 by Shidyaq's nephew; Salim Faris.

İn original decorative dark green binding with the Toghra (arm) of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the Ottoman cresent. Dedicated and signed by a possible member of the commity in 21-11-1321 (21-11-1905). With 14 plates in the end contain 34 original photographs of the accused people, equipments and explosive materials used in the assassination attempt. Ex-libris Ertugrul Zekai Okte. Armenians who were not able to get the desired results from their protests in Istanbul in 1895 and 1896 attempted to draw the attention of big powers by assassinating Abdulhamid II and carrying out big protests, and in this way, reach their goals by weakening the Ottoman Empire. Within this framework, it was decided to start intensive activities in Istanbul and İzmir in the Dashnaksutyun congress carried out in Sofia in January of 1904. According to this, the Sultan would be assassinated and then the government centre, Galata Bridge, Tunnel, Ottoman Bank, foreign embassies and some other private and official institutions… Read More

1843. Paris, J. Delahaye, 1843. Large folio. (58x42 cm.). Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Covers with inlaid cloth with ornamentation in gold. Wear to spine ends. Spines rubbed. A repair to lower part of spine on volume one. Chromolithographed frontispiece. XIV,(4),80;(2),68;(4),20;(4),42;(4),21,18,(2) pp. and 2 lithographed maps, 127 lithographed and tinted plates (2 coloured) and 10 handcoloured lithographed plates of flowers. Textillustrations. Cul de lamps. All plates with tissue-guards. Some browning and spotting to many of the plates. First, and only, edition of Berbrugger's monumental description of Algeria. The plates depicts city views, landscapes, costumes, scenes from daily life etc.Colas, 298. - Lipperheide, 1594. - Brunet I, 782.

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.

Tow pages of 46 lines , 34 x 21 cm. Photo : 33 x 28 cm. Arabic text of Maghribi script. dated 25 - 3 - 1335 (1917) , Jihad Order (the Thirs Ottoman Nshan) given to a Libyan doctor and general ( Mir-liwa) Tahir Bey b. Abd us Salam al Tarabulsi.

(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

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

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms; the Extent, Boundaries, and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns, and Curiosities of Nature and Art. [1798, 1800, 1799, 1799 sequentially]Also giving a general account of the Fossil and Vegetable Productions of the Earth, the History of Man, in all Climates, Regions, and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments, and Religions; the State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures, and Knowledge...To Which is Added, A View of Astronomy, as Connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to Which the Earth Belongs; ...with a Copious Index annexed to each volume, Being a large and comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography.By John Payne. with Additional Corrections and Improvements from the Latest and Best Authors. by James Hardie, A.M. Author of Principles of Latin Grammar, the American Remembrances, and… Read More

Constantinople (Istanbul): Neologos Litografyasi - Votîra ve Sürekasi Matbaasi., [AH 1292], 1875. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary 1/4 leather bdg. with marbled boards. Small 4to. (27 x 19 cm). 23 p. (11 p. in Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters; 12 p. in French), with rare 4 folded maps. A very good copy. First and only edition of this extremely rare bilingual book in French and Ottoman Turkish, including the first records on the formation and characteristics of storms to explain how storms and hurricanes occurred, which route they followed, and how they were conveyed to the regions that need to be warned by telegraph, for the vessels sailing in the seas, by French expert Coumbary who was founded the Rasathâne-i Âmîre [i.e. Ottoman Imperial Observatory]. Both the original French and Turkish translations of the work were published together in one volume. The work also included four maps which were… Read More

Istanbul: Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi., [AH 1316], 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine brown quarter leather bdg., brown boards with decorative embossing. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic script). 176 p., 33 unnumbered b/w plates of views of the Middle Eastern cities, Kaiser and queen's portraits, ills. of their maritime voyages, a general view of Beirut, a panorama of Jerusalem (in two pages), The Government House and Lake Tiberia in Beirut, a general view of Jaffa, churches and castles and Masjid-i Aksa of Jerusalem, Idlib, the interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Jerusalem, The Government House of Jaffa, Beirut - Damascus railways, street views and architectural buildings from Damascus, the market place of Jaffa, Bethlehem and the church, views of Trablus-Sam [i.e. Tripolis], ruins of Baalbek, and other numerous b/w photos, published for only this book. Slight stains on pages, a modern repair on a leaf… Read More