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[Complete Map of Various Foreign Countries’ Temporarily Divided Territory Boundaries within the City of Beijing.] [China, likely Beijing, no publisher, 1900].   A very rare, attractive and intriguing map, capturing Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion (1899 - 1901), when ‘Zongli Yamen’ (Legation Quarter) of the Old City was besieged by ultra-nationalist rebels, only for the barricade to be lifted by…

Branko SUČEVIĆ (1895 - 1980), author; Ladislav NOWORYTA, cover designer. Zagreb: Noskabi 1937. 8°. 79 pp. with black and white illustrations in text, original illustrated wrappers (light foxing, otherwise in a good condition) (#70801).

Avanzâde Mehmed Süleyman (1871 – 1922). [Âile Aşçısı, 100 Türlü Çorba Pişirmek Usûlü / Family Chef. How to Cook 100 Types of Soup] Istanbul: Matbaa-i Orhaniye 1333 [1917]. 8°, 48 pp., original wrappers (small tears in margins, little age-toned and stained, wrappers with small loss of paper, loose binding as originally published) (#70786). An Ottoman cookbook with 100 soup recipes.

Raymond JANIN (1882 – 1972). Istanbul: Échos d’Orient 1920. 8°, 72 pp., index, [4 pp.] with 4 photolithographed plates, blank, original paper wrappers with lettering (good, clean condition) (# 70740). A seminal work on the history of Thrace, Greece, published in Istanbul on the eve of the Greek War of Independence.

[İlk ve Orta Mekteblere Mahsus Coğrafya Atlası / Geographical Atlas for Primary and Middle Schools] Istanbul: A. M. Karmi, Publisher - Leipzig: Wagner & Debes, Printer [1922]. 4°, [2 pp.] lithographed title page and index verso, 24 pp. chromolithographed maps, original green card binding with lettering and green cloth spine (good used condition with minor foxing and minor chips in…

Mardinizâde Ahmed Cemaleddin. Istanbul: Teşebbüs Matbaası 1340 [1924], information on the title page - Cumhuriyet Matbaası 1341 [1925] – information on the cover. 8°, 151 pp. with black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (staples rusty and broken, minor staining, otherwise a good, uncut example) (# 70738). A manual on the cultivation of tobacco in Ottoman language, issued in…

[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…

ANON. [Palestine Drawn in Historical-Geographical-Statistical Outlines Based on Older and Modern Travel Descriptions. Along with a Map of the Holy Land] Karlsruhe – Freiburg: Herder 1830. Large 8°. Engraved frontispiece, showcasing the map and interior of the Holy Grave, [4 pp.] title and index, 148 pp., folding lithographed map, coloured in outline, contemporary marbled board and brown goat spine with…

Johann Christian NOSSEK (1804-1856). A Pronouncing Pocket–Dictionary of British Proper Names. Taschenwörterbuch der Aussprache brittischer Eigennamen [Titles on the Cover]. Taschen-Wörterbuch der Aussprache der englischen, schottischen und irländischen Eigennamen. A pocket Dictionary of the English, Scotish, Irish and Indish, as well as of the Greck, Latin and Hebrew, proper Names of Countries, Places, Mountains, Rivers and Persons etc. [Title Pages].…

MOROCCO (SPANISH / NORTHERN) / RIF WAR:  CUERPO DE ESTADO MAYOR DEL EJÉRCITO.   Madrid: Talleres del Depósito de la Guerra, December 1927.   Colour photolithograph, on 6 untrimmed and un-joined sheets of thick paper, housed in decorative printed paper sleave bearing blindstamp of the ‘Depósito de la Guerra’, rolling into original crimson tube bearing title in silver lettering (Very…

BRAZIL - SÃO PAULO STATE / ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO BRAZIL:   José C. de CARVALHO, Cartographer. / ORGANIZZATA DALLA SOCIETÀ PROMOTRICE D’IMMIGRAZIONE DI S. PAOLO, Sponsor.   Rio de Janeiro: Lith. Paulo Robin & C.a, 1886.   Colour lithograph, mounted upon modern linen, with register on verso preserving the view of the contemporary handstamp of a ‘Pietro Milanese’, a Genoa…

OBERKOMMANDO DER KRIEGSMARINE (NAZI GERMAN NAVY HIGH COMMAND). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Andrews & Steiner), August 27, 1942. Photolithograph on thick paper, with the h Photolithograph on thick paper, with the handstamps of the ‘Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven Kartengruppe’ as well as classification handstamps and a pastedown label regarding the accuracy of the chart (Very Good, overall clean and bright, some wear along…

Anon. Manuscript, [no place or date, but likely Mozambique, 1842 or shortly thereafter]. 8° (19.5 x 14.5 cm): Manuscript, 9 pp. (text in black pen), plus 2 full page maps (both in black pen and grisaille wash, second map additionally with purple wash), bound in modern full brown calf with gilt title to spine (Good, text pages with professional restoration…

WWII SECRET JAPANESE DEFENSE PLAN FOR KYŪSHŪ - ‘OPERATION KETSUGŌ’ / ‘OPERATION OLYMPIC’ / COUNTERFACTUALISM:   U.S. ARMY, HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, G-2 [MILITARY INTELLIGENCE STAFF] / COLONEL HORTON VAIL WHITE (1901 – 1963).    [San Francisco, California:] Headquarters Sixth Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, December 31, 1945.   The original…

Hekim Ismail Pasha (also Ismail Hakkı Pasha or Hekimbaşı İsmail Efendi, 1807–1880). Istanbul: Henry Cayol 1848. 8°, [4 pp.] lithographed title and two pages in Ottoman, 16 pp. lithographed text in Bulgarian, original yellow publishers wrappers (little stained, soft folds) (#70661). A rare book on cholera by an Ottoman medical doctor Hekim Ismail Pasha, in Bulgarian language in Early Cyrillic…

Anon. Istanbul, Fatih [S. l., S. d., but Istanbul: between 1923-1928]. Black ink and water-colours in blue, orange, green and red on tracing paper, irregular format, but at widest points 142 x 160 cm (55.9 x 63 inches), originally dissected in segments and mounted on linen (minor tears and folds to the edges of segments, but overall in a good…

عثمان نورى [Osman Nuri, Sabık Coğrafya-yı Askeri Muavini Piyade Kol Ağası / Senior Chief Military Cartographer for the Infantry]. جغرافياى عسكرى و عثمانى درسلرينه مخصوص سوريه قطعة سى [Part of Syria for Specific Military and Ottoman Geographical Operations / Lessons] Inset Map: حجاز دميريولى كذركاهى [Hicaz demiryolu güzergah / Route of the Hejaz Railway] Istanbul: مكتب حربيه مطبعه سى [Maktaba…

Gideon NYE (1812-1888). Macao: [Privately Printed] 1858. Large 8°, [24 pp.] with title, verses, preface, index, 4 blank pages, starting with p. 9 on second text page (complete), 360 pp., pp. A-D between pp. 339-340, contemporary half dark brown calf with gold tooling and lettering on the spine and marbled paper boards, a presentation copy with a dedication by the…

Nizami ARUZI نظامی عروضی (fl. 1110 - 1161). [Four Discourses] Tehran: Mohammad Baqer Qajar 1305 [1889]. 12°, 176 pp. lithographed text, contemporary marbled paper boards and brown goat spine, contemporary lithographed text pages from another book used as pasted-down endpapers, book-seller’s stamp on the top of the title, blind stamps of the Russian paper factory in margins (mispagination - without…

Joseph PRIESTLEY (1733-1804). London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, May 1, 1805 Copper engravings and lithography, originally dissected to 21 segments and mounted on linen with green silk edges, 64 x 97cm (25.2 x 38.2 inches), housed in an original green mottled papered card slipcase (slipcase slightly rubbed, little foxed and stained). A time chart, composed by one of…

MOZAMBIQUE – ISLAM / MIDDLE EAST-AFRICAN NEXUS / ORIGINS OF MILITANT ISLAMISM IN MOZAMBIQUE: Albano Mendes PEDRO (1915 - 1989). / CENTRO DE ESTUDOS POLÍTICOS E SOCIAIS DA JUNTA DE INVESTIGAÇÕES DO ULTRAMAR. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Políticos e Sociais da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, May 31, 1961. 4° (29 x 20.5 cm): [1 f., title], 49 ff. typescript, bound in original green…

Benjamin FRANKLIN (1706-1790), author; REŞAD, translator. [Tarik-i Refah. Frankli'nin Servet Hakkındaki Nasayihi ve Tercüme-i Hali / The Way to Wealth. Franklin's Commentary on Wealth and ItsTranslation] Sarajevo: Sultan Beyazıd Saadet Kütübhanesi 1326 [1910] 8°, 30 pp., [2 pp.], uncut as originally published, later marbled wrappers (uncut, unread example with minor storage wear) (#70725). A rare Ottoman translation of Franklin’s The…

Fahreddin Reşad Bey (Rumbeyoğlu Fahreddin Bey also Rumbeyoğlu Fahr al-Din Bey,1867–1943) - Mehmed Nâbi Bey (1868-1924). [The Problem of Irrigation and Water Supply in Mesopotamia] Istanbul: Matbaa-i Âmire 1334 [1918]. 8°, 14 pp., [2 pp.] blank, original tan wrappers with lettering on the cover (minor foxing, otherwise in a good, clean condition) (#70726). An Ottoman pamphlet on the irrigation in…

Ahmet Refik Altınay (1881-1937). [General History. Ancient History – Medieval Centuries] Istanbul: Millî Matbaa 1926. Large 8°, 627 pp. with interleaved black and white illustrations, contemporary black Morocco binding with gold tooling on covers and lettering on the spine, contemporary patterned endpapers (a tiny chip in white edges of pages 361-362 and 575-576, latter with a tiny loss of lettering,…