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- WEST INDIES / ECOMOMIC HISTORY: A Statement of the Claims of the West India Colonies to a Protecting Duty against East India Sugar.
- 150.00€
- This anonymous pamphlet mounts a forceful defence of the beleaguered West Indies sugar industry and calls for the imposition of tariffs to protect it from the juggernaut of competition from the East Indies.
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- WEST INDIES / SLAVERY: A Letter to the Governors, Legislatures, and Proprietors of Plantations, in the British West-India Islands. By the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, D.D. Bishop of London.
- 300.00€
- A very rare rhetorical work by Beilby Porteus, the Bishop of London, urging the Crown to provide education to the slaves of the West Indies and to convert them to Christianity.
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- Arabic Books, Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020
- WESTERN MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR YOUNG ARAB WOMEN / MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE FOR BABY: تربية الطفل. تأليف الدكتور سروبيان الاختصاصي بفن التوليد وطب الاولاد وطبيب مستشفى اللادي كرومر وماجاء الاطفال المتروكين بمصر
- 680.00€
- [Child Rearing. Written by Dr. Serobyan, the specialist in obstetrics and pediatrics, the doctor of the Lady Cromer Hospital and the orphanage of abandoned children in Egypt] A rare manual in Arabic language on modern Western medical care for babies was published by the Office of the Public Education and written by a medical doctor of the Lady Cromer…
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- WESTERN SAMOA: Handbook of Western Samoa.
- 120.00€
- The first edition of an attractive official guidebook to the Pacific Island territory of Western Samoa, then a mandate ruled by New Zealand, published by the Government Printer in Wellington.
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- WHITE RUSSIAN PRINTING IN ISTANBUL: Православный Христіанскій Молитвословъ для мірянъ
- 420.00€
- [Orthodox Christian Prayer Book for the Laity] A rare pamphlet with prayers in Russian language, printed by the Orthodox Church at the Russian Embassy in Istanbul for the immigrants fleeing the revolution from Odessa. 12°, 42 pp. with black and white illustrations, original wrappers with lettering, stapled (minimal age-toning and staining, overall in a good condition, sporadic…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Julij Caesar. Tragedija u pet činova [Julius Caesar]
- 120.00€
- A second edition of the most popular early translation of Julius Caesar, made by a Croatian writer and translator August Harambašić (1861 – 1911). 12°. 114 pp., original wrappers with lettering, later spine (used condition, cover with a light scratch and a paper stamp in the corner, old owner’s signature on the title page).
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- Books, Cookbooks, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- WINE & GRAPES / OTTOMAN EMPIRE: باغجليق و شرابجىلق : عثمانلى باغجىلرىنه اولدقلرى شرابلرک اصلاح جنسى ايچون وساىاى عمليه
- 650.00€
- [Bağcılık ve Şarapçılık / Viticulture and Wine Making. Instructions to Ottoman Viticulturists for Improving the Type of Wine They Produce] Istanbul: Düyûn-u Umûmiye-i Osmaniye Varidât-ı Muhassasa İdare-i Merkeziyesi Matbaası 1326 [1910]. 8°, 38 pp., [2 pp.] blank, folding plate, later wrappers with mounted original cover with lettering (minor foxing, age toning and tiny tears in margins, mostly to first and…
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- Books, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- WOMAN EMANCIPATION / OTTOMAN EMPIRE / FASHION: بيچكى نظريات وقواعدى نك تدريسات ابتدائيه قسمى
- 650.00€
- [Biçki Nazariyat ve Kavâidinin Tedrisat-ı İbtidaiye Kısmı / Primary Training Section of the Theory and Rules of Sewing] A book in Ottoman language with instructions for women on dress-making and utilization of modern sewing machines, written by the first Ottoman seamstress Behire Hakkı. Small 4°, 202 pp. with black and white illustrations, illustrated boards and black cloth…
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- Books, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- WOMAN EMANCIPATION / OTTOMAN EMPIRE / FASHION: بيچكى نظريات وقواعدى نك تدريسات تاليه قسمى
- 650.00€
- [Biçki Nazariyat ve Kavâidinin Tedrisat-ı Tâliye Kısmı / Secondary Training Section of the Theory and Rules of Sewing] A book in Ottoman language with instructions for women on dress-making and utilization of modern sewing machines, written by the first Ottoman seamstress Behire Hakkı. Small 4°, 149 pp. with black and white illustrations, [3 pp.], illustrated boards and…
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- WOMEN BIBLIOPHILES & COLLECTORS: A Romance of Two Worlds
- 680.00€
- 8°, XXV, 449 pp., dedication by the author to Ernesta Stern, dated October 5, 1892, on the blank page opposite of the title page, contemporary green Morocco binding with gold initials EES on the cover and embossed title in gold on the spine, raised bands, gilt linear turn-ins, contemporary marbled endpapers (the word ninth edition on the cover crossed out…
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- WOMEN BIBLIOPHILES & COLLECTORS: Les Langues mortes et les Langues vivantes dans l’enseignement secondaire
- 680.00€
- [Dead and Living Languages in Secondary Education] A handsome example of a pamphlet on the subject, if dead languages should still be thought at secondary schools, written by Jewish educator Benjamin Levy. From the library of Ernesta Stern with a dedication by the author. 8°, 48 pp. with dedication by the author to Ernesta Stein on the first…
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- WOMEN OF MOZAMBIQUE: Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique. Visita presidencial. Simposium. A Mulher em Moçambique
- 650.00€
- The Estado Novo regime’s conservative and patronizing view towards women in Mozambique. 4°, 16 pp. blue carbon copy of a typescript on yellow paper, printed recto only, yellow front and rear wrapper, lettering on the cover, stapled (rear sheet loose, light staining and foxing) (# 70489).
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- WOMEN PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS / AUSTRO-HUNGARY: Österreichischer Bürger-Kalender für das Jahr 1846 ein zu fortwährendem Gebrauche bestimmtes Lese-. Sachlage- und Bibliothek-Buch
- 950.00€
- [Austrian Citizens' Calendar for the Year 1846, a Reading Book Intended for Ongoing Use. Factual Situation and Library Book] Vienna: Pichler’s Witve [i. e. Elisabeth Pichler][1845]. 8°. Lithographed portrait of Franziska Klähr as frontispiece, guard, IV, XXX with interleaved unnumbered printed templates for book-keeping between pp. 1-16, 315 pp. with interleaved 3 lithographed portraits, [8 pp.] index and advertisements, original…
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- WOMEN’S RIGHTS / SLAVICA: II Kongres Slovenske protifašistične ženske zveze, Ljubljana 1945
- 320.00€
- A Slovenian pamphlet, published immediately after World War II, with short stories, poetry and artwork, is dedicated to women of the anti-Fascist movement and praises their effort, which was according to the introduction equal to men’s work. Large 8°, 32 pp., 8 full-page black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (minor foxing to the wrappers, but overall in…
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- Archives and Documents, Books, Other
- Women’s Rights / UN / Turkey: United Nations Seminar on the Status of Women and Family Planning Istanbul, turkey, 11-24 July 1972. Organized on a world-wide basis by the United Nations in co-operation with the Government of Turkey. Draft Report
- 120.00€
- 6 fascicules mimeographed text, all 4°. [1 pp.] title, 5 pp., 8 pp.; 8 pp.; 11 pp.; 7 pp.; 4 pp.; 6 pp., stapled (minor age-toning and foxing, but overall in a good condition).
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- WOMEN’S RIGHTS / POLAND: O prawach kobiéty [On Women’s Rights]
- 1,200.00€
- An early Polish book, supporting the women’s rights 8°. [4 pp.], 472 pp., contemporary three quarter grey linen binding with marbled boards, hand-written title on the spine, marbled edges (book plate of a Franciscan Library in Krakow with deaccessioned stamps on the inner side of the front board, stamps of the same library on the title page and inside…
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- Maps and Prints, Middle East, New Acquisitions: September 2020
- WORLD WAR I MIDDLE EAST / LEBANON / ISRAEL / PALESTINE / SYRIA / JORDAN / EGYPT / SUEZ CANAL: Operationskarte / Beirut.
- 650.00€
- Rare - a seminal map used for strategic planning by German commanders during the Sinai and Levant theatre of World War I, a classified work created under the supervision of the orientalist Franz Gustav Taeschner for the German General Staff, it depicts all details necessary to inform broad military movement during one of the most dramatic and surprising campaigns of…
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- WORLD WAR II AUSTRALIA / GUERILLA WARFARE TRAINING ARCHIVE
- 3,500.00€
- A fascinating and perhaps unparalleled archive that provides highly detailed and authentic insights into Guerilla Warfare Training, which played a vital role in the ultimate Allied victory in the Southwest Pacific Theatre of World War II, a topic often mentioned by historians, but seldom revealed as here; the archive is comprised of 23 elements, mostly lesson plans for specialist courses…
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- Africa, Books, Geography, Maps and Prints
- WORLD WAR II U-BOAT ATLAS MOROCCO / WEST AFRICA INNOVATIVE SPACE VISUALIZATION: Atlas der Bodenbeschaffenheit des Meeres. 9. Lieferung. Westküste Afrikas zwischen 7° und 34° Nord-Breite. Bearbeitet von der Deutschen Seewarte.
- 2,500.00€
- A very rare, large-format atlas of the sea floor off the western and northwestern coasts of Africa, from Morocco down to Sierra Leone, made by the German Navy during the height of World War II expressly for the use of U-Boats; with 24 plates of highly sophisticated and brightly coloured sea charts predicated upon novel, recent intelligence, it was…
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- Books, History, Slavica
- WW I – MILITARY HISTORY AND POETRY: Српска Африкијада. Наши у Африци. Srpska Afrikijada. Naši u Africi [Serbian Africana. Our Solders in Africa].
- 380.00€
- An illustrated book, printed in Belgrade, gives a report on Serbian soldiers in Africa during WWI.
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- Books, History, History, Maps and Prints, Ottoman Books, Posters, Turkica
- WWI – OTTOMAN EMPIRE / ANTI-ALLIED PROPAGANDA: آرش ايلرى بر مدر فلاح ايلرى
- 550.00€
- A rare ephemeral anti-British, anti-French, anti-Russian and anti-Cossack poster, made during WWI in Ottoman language by the Navy Society Broadside, 51 x 18 cm (20 x 7 inches) (soft folds, tiny holes, slightly age-toned).
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- Books, Maps and Prints, Turkey
- WWI / GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN / CAPE HELLES SECTOR / ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT / FIELD ANNOTATIONS / LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: Map of Southern Gallipoli from a Captured Turkish Map.
- 4,500.00€
- A spectacular artefact of the Gallipoli Campaign, being an extremely rare ultra large map of the Cape Hellas-Krithia battle sector issued by T.E. Lawrence’s (later ‘Lawrence of Arabia’) map department at the Intelligence Office in Cairo, predicated upon a recently “captured” Ottoman map that was the first proper survey of this critical military zone; greatly augmented by extensive and…
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- WWI GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN THE TIMES (Newspaper):The Times, Friday, January 7, 1916. – ‘Anzac and Sulva. Full Text of Sir Ian Hamilton’s Dispatch…The Story of a Splendid Failure…’
- 150.00€
- A special supplement to the ‘Times’ of London featuring the ‘Epitaph’ of WWI’s Gallipoli Campaign, being a gripping and detailed account of one of the most brutal military altercations in world history and one of the greatest ever defeats for the British Empire, written by Sir Ian Hamilton, the supreme commander of the Allied operation, just as it was…
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