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  8°. 165 pp., [7 pp.], original wrappers with lettering, dedication and signature by the author on the title page (slightly age-toned and stained, wrappers slightly stained and water-stained with pieces of old postal stamps).  

  A unique, original manuscript guest book of the Ottoman Imperial Vaccine Laboratory, with entries by various prominent local and international guests, praising the innovative techniques and modernity of the institution.   8°: [56 pp.] with 27 pp. in manuscript in black and blue ink and pencil by various hands and 29 pp. blank, original three quarter dark red linen…

  8°, 11 pp. with charts and one folding page, contemporary marbled paper wrappers (light stains to the wrappers and first page, sporadic old annotations, otherwise in a good condition).  

8°, [2 pp.] blank, 8 pp. letterpress, 207 pp. lithographed text with gold and colour decoration to the first three pages, [4 pp.] blank, contemporary brown Morocco with gold tooling, contemporary embossed purple endpapers, gilt edges (bookseller’s stamp on the first lithographed page, inside in a good, clean condition, binding slightly scuffed on the corners, spine with small loss of…

An exceedingly rare complete ephemeral series of the Ottoman version of Maurice Level’s macabre story Barabas, based on the silent movie from 1919 was issued in Izmir.   10 volumes, each 8°, 158 pp. continuous pagination, each volume with an illustrated cover, illustrated pink wrappers attached to the first volume, new staples (lightly age-toned, stained and water-stained, white margins with…

  A unique Ottoman manuscript on modern shipbuilding   Small 4°, [64 pp.] manuscript in black ink with annotations in pencil, drawings in pancil and water-colours, unbound (minor staining and folds in corners, some pages loose, but otherwise in a good condition).  

A unique Ottoman manuscript atlas created by a geography teacher at the Preparatory School in Bolu to address the lack of modern printed materials for geography classes. 8º. Manuscript. [14 pp.] text, 99 single- and double-page numbered maps, but actually 101 maps with nos. 10 and 11 marked twice, all maps with contemporary coloured details and verso blank, interleaved blank…

  [Muharebat-ı meşhure-i osmaniye albümü / Album of Famous Ottoman Battles]   A monumental portfolio of the famous Ottoman battles, edited by a famous military leader Ahmed Muhtar Pacha during WWI to commemorate the glorious military past of the Ottoman Empire   Folio. Title page, 33 unbound double page maps, partly printed in colours, with text, 5 single page maps,…

A stellar, large format, original manuscript map of the telegraph system in the Ottoman Balkans, specifically in modern Greece, Northern Macedonia and Albania; with text entirely in Ottoman Turkish, it was drafted in 1889 seemingly as working document by the governmental administration that managed the empire’s telegraph network – an extraordinary survivor documenting a critical medium that revolutionized society during…

[Musical Notes for New Songs for Children. Primary School, 1 to 5 Classes]   Small 4°, 64 pp. with black and white full page illustration, illustrated wrappers, later spine (slightly age-toned, small folds and chips in the corners, tiny tears and chips in the edges, wrappers slightly soiled).  

  An uncommon first edition of the radical modern Ottoman theatre play Vatan (Fatherland), for which its author Namık Kemal was exiled and imprisoned eight days after its premiere.  From the library of Edward Heron-Allen.