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[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…

  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.

  [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…

  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).  

[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…

A fascinating original manuscript letter shedding unique and valuable insights into the related wine and indigo trades in mid-19th century India, written by the leading Calcutta wine and indigo merchant James Lyall & Co., and addressed to the great ‘maison du vin’ of Clossman & Co. of Bordeaux, which details the risks involved in the generally lucrative importation of French…

  Colour lithograph, printed from both sides, 46 x 62 cm (24.4 x 18.1 inches) (soft folds, but otherwise in a good condition).  

  [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…

  [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…