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  A scarce pamphlet in French language is a translation of an Armenian text with the analysis of the current political situation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. It was written during WWI in Istanbul, shortly after the Armenian genocide, where over 1 million Armenians were murdered, as many more were deported or imprisoned.   8°. 70 pp., [2 pp.],…

  A 4-page pamphlet with a full page linocut, made by an underground Slovenian Partisan press, handed out to the resistance fighters on Christmas, 1944   8°, [4 pp.] with a full page linocut (tiny tears in margins, otherwise in a good condition).  

  8°, 96 pp., original wrappers with lettering (wrappers stained with tiny tears, inside in a good condition with minor staining to the margins).  

  8°, 184 pp. with black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers, later spine (small tears in margins, small patches with loss of text due to glue on three pages replaced with manuscript in pencil, otherwise in a good condition).  

  A rare book in French language, written during World War I, in the time of the Armenian genocide, analyses contemporary situation of the Armenian Church in the Ottoman Empire and in the world.   Large 12°. 96 pp., original green wrappers with lettering (good, uncut example, wrappers with minor staining and tiny tears).  

  8°, contemporary brown binding with calf spine with embossed decoration and gold lettering, cloth boards, contemporary endpapers with floral pattern (light staining, mostly to the first and last pages, minor scuffing to the spine, a small loss of paper in the corner of rear lose endpaper, otherwise in a good, used condition).  

  A contemporary detailed report on the Fascist Italian invasion on Abyssinia by a prolific Turkish general, politician and author Kâzim Karabekir.   8°. 438 pp., [6 pp.], interleaved illustrations and maps, 2 folding black and white maps, 1 folding colour map, original wrappers with lettering, bound in recent red half-goat with gold decoration and lettering on the spine, grey…

  An unusual short theatre piece by an underground Partisan theatre group, depicting the first meeting between the Slovenian Partisans and the Soviet Red Army.   8°, [1 p.] title page, 6 pp. mimeographed text, [1 p.] blank page, original paper wrappers with mimeographed cover, stapled (Very Good, tiny tears in margins, with light foxing, old owner’s remark on the…

  The first edition of Turkish Avantgarde poetry by Nazim Hikmet, accompanied with powerful illustrations by a pioneer of Turkish modern art, Abidin Dino (1913-1993)   8°, 79 pp. with a full-page portrait of the author and green illustrations on first pages, original illustrated wrappers (slightly stained, tiny loss of paper on the spine, sporadic tiny tears in margins, old…

  A rare book in Turkish language on Saudi Arabia, written by a diplomat Saleh Mustafa Islam comes from the library of Kasim Masoud Kasim Zainal Alireza (?-2016), a member of a prominent Saudi family.   8°. [8 pp.] title, 2 portraits and introduction, 223 pp. with portraits and interleaved black and white images, original illustrated wrappers, dedication (by the…

  A rare satirical illustrated anti-Fascist-Italy pamphlet, printed for the Greek soldiers during World War II. Large 8°. [64 pp.] with black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers (Very Good).   Evangelos BITSAXIS - Kostantinos STASINOPOULOS, editors; T. MORAITINI, A.G. POP, K. VARNALI, authors of texts - F. DIMITRIADIS, K. BEZOU, N. KASTANAKI, P. PAVLIDIS, S. POLENAKI, E. TERZOPOULOS, KYRIAZI,…

  [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…