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RENE PUAUX – DE SOFIA A TCHATALDJA
Libraire Academique Perrin Et Cie, Paris, 1913. 267 pp., 18x11 cm. 2 folding plans. In ribbed and leather-covered spine and marbled hard cover binding.
FRENCH HISTORIAN AND WAR CORRESPONDENT’S OBSERVATIONS ON THE BATTLES OF THE BULGARIAN ARMY WITH THE OTTOMAN FORCES WHICH EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO CHATALCA DURING THE BALKAN WARS...
Estimate: 75 EU - 984 EU
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JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER – TRAVELS TO THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST THROUGH RUSSIA AND THE CRIMEA
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1830. 2 volumes; 1st volume 308 p., 2nd volume 327 p., 21.5x13.5 cm. 13 full-page engravings, 3 of them in color, 6 in-text engravings, 1 full-page musical notes engraving and 1 folding map. It is in very good condition, with marbling pattern on the page edges, gilt writing and ribbed spine and cover corners in leather, in a deluxe binding with marbling pattern on the covers and page edges. Atabey 12, Abbey (Travel) 229.
BRITISH SOLDIER JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER’S FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE ABOUT HIS JOURNEY IN RUSSIA AND OTTOMAN LANDS DURING THE OTTOMAN-RUSSIAN WAR OF 1829, HIS OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE WAR AND DAILY LIFE, TRADITIONS AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS ESPECIALLY IN ODESSA, CRIMEA AND ADRIANOPLE …
Estimate: 1.148 EU - 1.578 EU
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CHARLES FARINE – DEUX PIRATES AU XVIE SIECLE – HISTOIRE DES BARBEROUSSE
Libraire Paul Ducroco, Paris, 1869. 377 pages, 27x18 cm. Numerous full-page and in-text engravings and drawings. In leather spine binding with gilded motifs and writing and marbled hard covers, in very good condition.
IMPORTANT RESOURCE BOOK ABOUT ORUC REIS AND BARBAROS HAYREDDIN PASHA, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGENDS OF TURKISH MARITIME HISTORY, FROM THE ARCHIVES OF ARAB AND SPANISH HISTORIANS…
Estimate: 215 EU - 287 EU
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EDSON LYMAN CLARK – CLARK’S TURKEY
P.F. Collier and Son, New York, 1900. 550 pp., 21x16 cm.4 photoengravings. In the publisher’s original cloth binding, in good condition.
AFTER PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ON BALKAN NATIONS INCLUDING THE ALBANIANS, SLAVS, SERBS, WALLACHIANS, GREEKS, BULGARIANS, ROMANIANS AND TURKS, STARTING FROM THE TIMES OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE, CLARK CONCLUDES WITH THE 1878 OTTOMAN RUSSIAN WAR, WHICH DEEPENED THE SO-CALLED “EASTERN PROBLEM”, AND EXAMINES THE RESULTS OF THE BERLIN CONGRESS AT THE END OF THE WAR…
Estimate: 63 EU - 92 EU
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VINCENZO ABBONDANZA – DIZIONARIO STORICO DELLE VITE DI TUTTI I MONARCHI OTTOMANI
Francesco Pitteri, Venice, 1788. 2 volumes; 1st volume 269 p., 2nd volume 326 p., 21x14 cm. In parchment binding of its period. In very good condition. Atabey 2.
OTTOMAN DYNASTY, DETAILED BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SULTANS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING THE REIGN OF EACH SULTAN SINCE ITS FOUNDATION UP UNTIL SULTAN IV. MEHMED PERIOD…
A VERY RARE BUT VERY IMPORTANT REFERANCE BOOK FOR OTTOMAN HISTORY…
Estimate: 861 EU - 1.291 EU
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CRAWFURD PRICE – LIGHT ON THE BALKAN DARKNESS
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., London, 1915. 122 pp., 18.5x13 cm. 1 folding map. In its publisher’s red cloth binding.
POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BALKANS OF 1915, WRITTEN BY THE TIMES’ BALKANS CORRESPONDENT…
Estimate: 80 EU - 103 EU
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MARIE GABRIEL FLORENT AUGUSTE DE CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER – VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA GRECE
First edition. J.J. Blaise, Paris, 1782-1809-1822. 3 volumes; 1st volume 204 p., 2nd volume 346 p., 3rd volume 171 p., 52.5x34.5 cm. 285 engravings on 170 plates, 3 folding and 7 double-page maps. In its contemporary binding with a ribbed leather spine and marbled covers. In superb condition. Atabey 241, Blackmer 342, Brunet 1847, Weber 571.
ONE OF THE MAIN CORNERSTONES OF OTTOMAN LIBRARY AS WELL AS ANCIENT GREECE LIBRARY… TRAVELOGUE OF THE JOURNEY OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN ISTANBUL TO GREECE, AEGEAN, WESTERN ANATOLIA AND ISTANBUL…
THIS BOOK CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE REVIVAL OF EUROPE’S INTEREST IN ANCIENT GREEKS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS AT EARLY 19TH CENTURY... A VIBRANT AND FLOWING EXPRESSION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INFORMATION AS WELL AS DIFFERENT CULTURES LIVING TOGETHER IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
285 ENGRAVINGS ON 170 PLATES, 3 OF WHICH ARE FOLDABLE AND 7 ARE DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS… MANY OF THE ENGRAVINGS IN THIS BOOK WERE USED IN LATER TRAVEL BOOKS, IN THAT SENSE IT WAS A MILESTONE FOR TRAVELOGUES...
A VERY IMPORTANT AND RARE MASTERPIECE IN LARGE FORMAT (52,5X34,5 CM)… IN SUPERB CONDITION…
Estimate: 10.043 EU - 14.347 EU
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JOHN OLDMIXON - GLEANINGS FROM PICADILLY TO PERA
Longman Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1854. 409 pp., 19x12 cm. 4 full-page color engravings. In a luxe binding with ribbed leather spine, gilded motifs and writing on the spine, leather cover corners, marbled covers and page edges. A very nice copy…
BRITISH HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR JOHN OLDMIXON’S DETAILED TRAVELOGUE OF HIS JOURNEY FROM THE VIBRANT STREETS OF LONDON TO THE EXOTIC LOCATIONS OF ISTANBUL… ACCOMPANIED BY 4 FULL-PAGE COLOR ENGRAVINGS… A RARE TRAVEL BOOK…
Estimate: 459 EU - 688 EU
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CYRUS HAMLIN - MY LIFE AND TIMES
The Pilgrim Press, Chicago, 1893. 536 pp., 20x13 cm. 17 full page photos. In its publisher’s decorative cloth cover.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CYRUS HAMLIN, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ROBERT COLLEGE, AND A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HIS MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
Estimate: 100 EU - 129 EU
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COUNT MIJATOVICH - THE MEMOIRS OF A BALKAN DIPLOMATIST
Cassell and Company, London, 1917. 340 pp., 24x16 cm. 4 full page photographs. In its publisher’s original red cloth binding with embossed emblem on the cover.
TURBULANT POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE BALKANS IN THE END OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE COLLAPSE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE I. WORLD WAR FROM THE PEN OF AN AMERICAN-SERBIAN DIPLOMAT…
Estimate: 86 EU - 129 EU
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FRIEDRIDH WILHELM CARL VON SCHMETTAU - MEMOIRES SECRETS DE LA GUERRE D’HONGRIE
First edition. Au Depens de la Compagnie des Libraire, Francfort, 1771. 282 p., 18.5x11 cm. 4 folding tables. Colored page edges with ribbed spine and gilt pattern, in full leather binding of the period, in good condition. Atabey 1099.
THE OTTOMAN-AUSTRIAN WAR OF 1737 – 1739 FROM THE PEN OF A PRUSSIAN GENERAL…
THE UNKNOWN DETAILS OF THE WAR AND THE PROGRESS LEADING TO THE TREATY OF BELGDRAD, THE LAST PROFITABLE TREATY SIGNED BY THE OTTOMAN IN THE 18TH CENTURY…
Estimate: 430 EU - 574 EU
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SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX - ARCTIC SUNBEAMS OR FROM BROADWAY TO BOSPHORUS, BY WAY OF THE NORTH CAPE
First edition. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1882. 347 p. 20x14cm. 6 in-text, 6 full-page engravings. In its publisher’s gilded and illustrated decorative cloth binding, in good condition.
A TRAVELOGUE OF THE JOURNEY OF SAMUEL S. COX, WHO SERVED AS AMERICA’S AMBASSADOR TO ISTANBUL IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, STARTING FROM NEW YORK AND EXTENDING TO ISTANBUL VIA THE NORTH POLE...
Estimate: 86 EU - 115 EU
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RICHARD POCOCKE – BESCHREİBUNG DES MORGENLANDES UND EİNİGER ANDERER LÄNDER
First German edition. Verlag des Stiftshauses, Erlangen, 1754-1755. 3 volumes; 1st volume 457 pp., 2nd volume 374 pp., 3rd volume 428 pp., 25.5x20.5 cm. A total of 180 engravings and maps, some of which are foldable. Full leather binding of the period with colored page edges and gilt decoration on the spine and cover edges. The engravings and pages are in excellent condition, there is wear on the cover and spine edges, the spine and spine cover joints have been professionally repaired. Overall, a collection copy in good condition.
RICHARD POCOCKE, THE FAMOUS BRITISH THEOLOGIAN AND TRAVELER, TRAVELED FOR 3 YEARS THROUGH EGYPT, THE HOLY LANDS, CYPRUS, THE AEGEAN ISLANDS, ANATOLIA, ISTANBUL, THRACE AND GREECE, WHERE THE OTTOMAN RULED, A MASTERPIECE OF EASTERN TRAVELOGUE THAT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS, AND EXAMINES THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES OF THE PLACES IT VISITED...
180 ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS, MANY OF THEM FOLDABLES…
(Estimate: 2.296 EU - 3.443 EU
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JOSEPH FRANÇOIS MICHAUD & JEAN J.F. POUJOULAT - CORRESPONDANCE D’ORIENT
Ducollet Libraire-Editeur, Paris, 1833-35. 7 volumes; 1st volume 468 pages, 2nd volume 416 pages, 3rd volume 503 pages, 4th volume 440 pages, 5th volume 543 pages, 6th volume 478 pages, 7th volume 612 pages, 20x12 .5cm. 1 folding map. In pandozit bindings with leather backing. Atabey 808, Blackmer 1122, Weber 211.
THE FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE OF TWO FRENCH HISTORIANS PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF LETTERS INCLUDING GREECE, AEGEAN COASTS, ASIA MINOR AND MIDDLE EAST, ESPECIALLY ISTANBUL AND JERUSALEM…
Estimate:516 EU - 746 EU
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GEORGE H. FILIAN – ARMENIA AND HER PEOPLE OR THE STORY OF ARMENIA
American Publishing Company, Hartford CT, 1896. 374 pp., 20.5x13.5 cm. 21 full-page photographs and drawings, 1 in-text drawing and a full-page map. In its publisher’s green cloth binding with a drawing of Mount Ararat on the cover, in good condition.
A RARE BOOK DEFENDING ARMENIAN AND AMERICAN MISSIONARIES’ THESIS ABOUT THE “ARMENIAN PROBLEM” THAT STARTED IN EASTERN ANATOLIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, FROM THE PEN OF AN ARMENIAN PASTOR BORN IN ANTAKYA...
Estimate: 129 EU - 158 EU
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HAROLD COURTENAY ARMSTRONG – TURKEY IN TRAVAIL A Birth of a New Nation
First edition. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1925. 280 pp., 19x12.5 cm. 2 folding maps, 8 photos. In its publisher’s original red cloth binding.
DAYS OF CAPTION, THE FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE , THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC FROM THE PEN OF A BRITISH SOLDIER AND HISTORIAN WHO WAS CAPTURED IN WORLD WAR I..
Estimate: 86 EU - 115 EU
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FRANCIS VYVYAN JAGO ARUNDELL – DISCOVERIES IN ASIA MINOR
First edition. Richard Bentley, London, 1834. 2 volumes; 1st volume 358 p., 2nd volume 439 p., 22x14 cm. 1 fold-out map, 8 full-page engravings, 2 full-page plans and 2 in-text engravings. Ribbed spine, leather back and cover corners, hard cover binding with marbling pattern of the period, in good condition. Atabey 37, Blackmer 49, Weber 216.
AN IMPORTANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR MANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES AFTER THE DATE IT WAS WRITTEN…
ONE OF THE MOST DETAILED BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT ANCIENT CITIES IN ANATOLIA THAT WELCOME THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TODAY...
MANY OF THE WORKS UNCOVERED BY ARDUNDELL ARE EXHIBITED IN THE YALVAÇ MUSEUM TODAY...
Estimate: 516 EU - 746 EU
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THOMAS SALMON – LO STATO PRESENTE DI TUTTI PAESI, E POPOLI DEL MONDO NATURALE VOLUME VI
Giambatista Alerrizzi, Venice, 1738. 671 pp., 19.5x12.5 cm. A total of 14 engravings, 12 of which are foldable, and 3 foldable maps. In parchment binding of the period, in very fine condition.
BRITISH HISTORIAN THOMAS SALMON’S POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATIONS AND REVIEWS ON THE RICH HISTORY, POLITICAL STRUCTURE, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS, TRADITIONS, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE IN OTTOMAN RULED GEOGRAPHY IN THE 18TH CENTURY…
VIA TOTAL OF 17 ENGRAVINGS, MANY OF WHICH ARE FOLDABLE, SALMON HAS HELPED READERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE, PEOPLE AND CULTURE OF THE OTTOMAN LANDS…
Estimate: 1.004 EU - 1.435 EU
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BARTHOLOMEO GEORGIEVIZ & PHILIP MELANCTHON – DE ORIGINE IMPERII TURCO
Vitebergae, 1560. 190 pp., 15x9.5 cm. 32 in-text early period portrait engravings. In its fully leather restored binding with gilt decorated original leather spine. In very good condition…
THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WRITTEN WITH A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE BY A CROATIAN PRIEST AND A GERMAN THEOLOGIST WHO WERE CAPTURED BY THE OTTOMANS…
32 IN-TEXT EARLY PERIOD PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS OF OTTOMAN SULTANS AND PALACE OFFICIALS…
A 464 YEAR OLD VERY RARE BOOK…
Estimate: 717 EU - 1.004 EU
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MORRIS JASTROW JR – THE WAR AND THE BAGDAD RAILWAY
J. P. Lippincott Company, New York, 1918. 160 pp., 19.5x13.5 cm. 9 plates of photographs and 1 folding map. In its publisher’s blue cloth binding. In very good condition.
“BAGHDAD RAILWAY” PROJECT, ONE OF THE HIDDEN REASONS OF WORLD WAR I…
COMPETITION AMONG EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE “BAGHDAD RAILWAY” PROJECT THAT WILL CHANGE THE BALANCE OF POWERS IN EUROPE AND CONNECT BERLIN TO THE MIDDLE EAST, THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MOTIVATION OF THE OTTOMAN REGARDING THE “BAGHDAD RAILWAY”...
Estimate: 115 EU - 172 EU)
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FRANCIS C. YEATS-BROWN – BLOODY YEARS
Blue Ribbon Books, New York, 1932. 312 pp., 21.5x14 cm. 1 full page photo, 2 in-text plans. In its publisher’s red cloth binding with mosque and palm tree illustration on the cover.
II. ABDULHAMID PERIOD, YOUNG TURKS, BALKAN WAR, WORLD WAR I AND AFTER FROM THE PEN OF THE BRITISH AIR OFFICER WHO WAS CAPTURED BY THE TURKS IN IRAQ DURING THE WORLD WAR I…
Estimate: 75 EU - 98 EU
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ANNA BOWMAN DODD - IN THE PALACES OF THE SULTAN
Dodd, Mead and Company New York, 1903. 492 pp., 24x17 cm. 8 plates of full page and 67 in-text photographs. In its publisher’s original decorative cloth binding with gilt tughra on the cover and a gilt crescent and star on the spine. In very good condition.
SULTAN II. ABDULHAMID PERIOD ISTANBUL, DAILY LIFE AND PALACE FROM THE EYES OF AN AMERICAN FEMALE WRITER AND TRAVELER WHO WAS HOSTED IN THE YILDIZ PALACE BY THE SULTAN
Estimate: 129 EU - 172 EU
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DANIEL CLARK EDDY – WALTERS TOUR IN THE EAST
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1864. 222 pp., 18.5x12.5 cm. 4 full-page engravings. In its publisher’s decorative cloth binding.
THE 5TH BOOK ON ISTANBUL OF OF 6-BOOK TRAVEL SERIES CONSISTENT OF EGYPT, JERUSALEM, SAMARIA, DAMASCUS, ISTANBUL AND ATHENS...
Estimate: 69 EU - 92 EU
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JOHN CARNE - SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, ASIA MINOR
3 books in one volume. Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1836-1838. 1st book 80 pp., 2nd book 76 pp., 3rd book 100 pp. 28.5x22cm. 2 maps and 120 full-page engravings. In a luxurious all-leather binding of the period with gilded inscriptions and motifs on the ribbed spine and cover, in very good condition except for the professional repair at the spine junction of the front cover, especially the inside of the book and the engravings are excellent. Atabey 199, Blackmer 291, Weber 1125.
A MASTERPIECE… BRITISH TRAVELER JOHN CARNE’S FAMOUS TRAVELOGUE OF HIS JOURNEY IN ANATOLIA, SYRIA AND THE HOLY LANDS WITH A FASCINATING PERSPECTIVE AND 120 ENGRAVINGS OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENGRAVING ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD...
Estimate: 861 EU - 1.148 EU
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GENERAL EUGENE BOGDANOVICH – LA BATAILLE DE NAVARIN
First edition in French. G. Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1887. 374 pp., 19x12 cm. 1 folding plan. In pandozite binding with marbled covers, in very good condition. Atabey 122.
FROM UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS IN THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARCHIVES, THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, THE LAST GREAT SEA BATTLE BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF BATTLESHIP EQUIPPED WITH CANNONS... CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH ADMIRALS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN…
Estimate: 148 EU - 215 EU
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