‎Turkey - ottoman empire‎

‎MUHSIN FADL ALI, (Sultan of the Lahej, Aden, The Abdali).‎

‎[SULTAN OF LAHEJ - Business card of Sultan Mohsin Fadl Aly].‎

‎Very Good French Original business card. 6x9,5 cm. In Arabic and French. On card, engraved b/w portrait photo of Sultan, his tughra (dated 1331 Hegira), and the sign of Lahej sultanate. Lahej was a Sheikdom based in Lahej in Southern Arabia. The Sultanate became self-ruled in 1728 and gained independence in 1740. In 1839, the Sultanate became the Protectorate of Aden of the British Empire, though nominally the 'Abdali Sultan retained his status. The the Protectorate of Aden was briefly ruled again by the Ottomans during World War I, but regained by the British and absorbed into Federation of South Arabia in 1963. The 'Abdali dynasty was officialy abolished in 1967, through the proclamation by South Yemen. Hegira: 1331 = Gregorian: 1915.‎

‎HERBERT RIEDEL, (Rectorate of Ankara University and teacher of sports in Turkey), (Active between 1930-1945).‎

‎[FIRST TURKISH SKIING ORDINANCE] Kayak talimatnamesi.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Turkish; descriptive texts of plates bilingual in German and Turkish. 59, [iv], [64] p., 32 pp. plates. Riedel was one of important protagonists of the Turkish sports world, who from 1933 to 1939 was involved in building and establishing civil and military sports in Turkey. He also made important ski regions accessible and advocated the popularization of ski sports. (Source: Euphoria and Exhaustion: Modern Sport in Soviet Culture and Society). Only three copies located in OCLC: 10265503. Extremely rare. First Edition.‎

‎MARONITE BROTHERHOOD or the ENOSIS: Mich. Constantinidis (Manager), Sohraidis Sounridis, Kyriakhos Franixis et alli.‎

‎[MARONITE BROTHERHOOD] Kanonismos tis Adelphotitos ton Maroneiton i 'Enosis'. [i.e. Regulation of the Maronite Brotherhood or the 'Enosis'].‎

‎Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Original booklet. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Greek (Modern). 8 p. Heavily stains on pages, tear on lower spine and lower right cover, staple rusted. Fair copy. Extremely rare pamphlet of the regulations of "the Maronite Brotherhood, or Enosis" which consists of 27 articles in modern Greek. The Maronites constitute a Christian group whose members adhere to the Syriac Maronite Church with the largest population around Mount Lebanon in Lebanon. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church which is in full communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church, with the right of self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, one of more than a dozen individual churches which are in full communion with the Holy See. The Maronites derive their name from the Syriac Christian Saint Maron, some of whose followers migrated to the area of Mount Lebanon from their previous place of residence which was located around the area of Antioch, and established the nucleus for the Syriac Maronite Church. Saint Maron sent Saint Abraham, often referred to as the Apostle of Lebanon, to convert the non-Christian native population to Maronite Christianity. The name of the Adonis River was changed to Abraham's river by the inhabitants after Saint Abraham preached there. Mass emigration to the Americas at the outset of the 20th century, due to famine mainly resulting from Ottoman blockades and confiscations during World War I, which killed an estimated one third to one half of the population during the Lebanese Civil War between 1975-1990 and the low fertility rate greatly decreased their numbers in the Levant. Maronites today form more than one-quarter of the total population in the Republic of Lebanon. All Lebanese presidents have been Maronites as part of a tradition that persists as part of the National Pact, by which the Prime Minister has historically been a Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of the National Assembly has historically been a Shi'i Muslim. Enosis is the movement of various Greek communities that live outside Greece, for incorporation of the regions they inhabit into the Greek state. Widely known is the case of the Greek-Cypriots for the union of Cyprus into Greece. The idea of enosis is related to the Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of a Greek state which dominated Greek politics following the creation of the modern Greek state in 1830. The Megali Idea was a project which called for the annexation of all ethnic Greek lands, parts of which had participated in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s but were unsuccessful and remained under foreign rule. In 1821, several parts of Western Thrace rebelled against Ottoman rule, participating in the Greek War of Independence. During the Balkan Wars, Western Thrace was occupied by Bulgarian troops and in 1913 Bulgaria gained Western Thrace under the terms of the Treaty of Bucharest. Following World War I, Western Thrace was withdrawn from Bulgaria under the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Neuilly and put temporarily under Allied management before being given to Greece at the San Remo conference in 1920. Following the conclusion of World War I, Greece began the occupation of Smyrna and surrounding areas of Western Anatolia in 1919 at the invitation of the victorious Allies of World War I, particularly David Lloyd George the British Prime Minister. The occupation was given official status in the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres, with Greece being awarded most of Eastern Thrace and a mandate to govern Smyrna and its hinterland. Smyrna was declared a protectorate in 1922. However, the attempted Enosis failed when the new Turkish Republic prevailed in the resulting Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, after which most Anatolian Christians who had not already fled during the war were forced to relocate to Greece in the 1923 population exchange treaty executed between Greece and Turkey. Not located in OCLC.‎

‎SAVVA IONNIDOU.‎

‎Istoria kai statistikî tis Trapezountas kai tis gyrô periochis, kai stoicheia gia tin ekeî Ellînikî glossa.‎

‎Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Greek (Modern). [8], 312 p., b/w ills. and maps. After teaching at Greek schools in Plovdiv (Greek: Filippoupolis) and Giresun (Greek: Kerasounta), Ioannidis came in Trebizond, where he taught at the Frontistmon. In his (History and statistics of Trebizond and the surrounding areas, including the Greek language spoken in the region), Istanbul 1870, he published folklore data he had collected during extensive field studies. Among Ioannidis' achievements is the discovery of the MS of the Byzantine Epic of Digenis Akritas, which was published by Sathas and Legrand, and eventually later also by himself. Traduit du grec (kathareuousa) en grec moderne (demotique). publie pour la premiere fois a Constantinople en 1870.‎

‎S. TUFAN BUZPINAR.‎

‎Abdulhamid II, Islam and the Arabs: Ottoman rule in Syria and the Hijaz, (1878-1882).‎

‎New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 276 p. Preface Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration and Dates Abbreviations Part one: Abdülhamid II, Islam and the Arabs Introduction 1. Opposition to the Ottoman Caliphate 2. Abdülhamid II and Arab Dignitaries in Istanbul Muhammed Zafir al-Madani Abulhuda al-Sayyadi Sayyid Fazl Pasha Part two: Syria during the Early Years of Abdülhamid II 3. Syria and Cevdet Pasha4. Midhat Pasha and the Reforms in 5. Hamdi Pasha and the Consolidation of State Authority in Syria Part three: The Hijaz during the Early Years of Abdülhamid II 6. The Hijaz and the Emirate of Hüseyin Pasha in Mecca 7. The Last Emirate of Sharif Abdulmuttalib in Mecca Conclusion Bibliography Index. ISBN: 9789754286177.‎

‎FELIX REMPENER PRETRE LAZARISTE.‎

‎Constantinople au jour le jour durant la Premiere Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918: Journal de guerre de Felix Dekempeneer prêtre lazariste Avec une introduction de Rinaldo Marmara.‎

‎New French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 714 p. Note liminaire par Rinaldo Marmara 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Glossaire Index.‎

‎GIOVANNI JEAN BRINDESI, (Italian painter, watercolor artist, engraver, traveler), (1826-1888).‎

‎[1845 ENGRAVING BY BRINDESI / OTTOMAN NAVIGATION / CONSTANTINOPLE] Embarcation de l'Amiral: Amiraute.‎

‎Very Good French A fine original chromo-lithograph print from "Souvenirs de Constantinople" by Brindesi, printed in 1845. Framed, but will be sent no frame. 52x49 cm / 39x 44 cm print area. Stains on right bottom margins of the paper. The Ottoman navy, stationed in front of the Tophane Artillery barracks, is preparing to sail under the leadership of Kapudan Pasha's ship "Amiraute". Jean Brindesi was born in 1826 and worked primarily as a watercolour artist. During the Abdulmecid period (1831-1861), he worked on scenes involving soldiers in Istanbul. Two albums of lithographs after his drawings were produced by Lemercier in Paris: Elbicei Atika - Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, 1855, and Souvenirs de Constantinople, 1860; these two works are collections of picturesque views of the city of Constantinople. The originals are kept at the Istanbul Topkapi Palace Museum and at the University of Istanbul. (Source: Levantine Heritage).‎

‎ALI FUAT BAYSAL.‎

‎Album of the illuminated manuscripts in the Akseki Yegen Mehmet Pasha Library.= Akseki Yegen Mehmet Pasa Kütüphanesi tezhipli kitaplar albümü. Foreword and introduction by Mamure Öz.‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. [14], 106 p., color ills. [Album of the illuminated manuscripts in the Akseki Yegen Mehmet Pasha Library].= Akseki Yegen Mehmet Pasa Kütüphanesi tezhipli kitaplar albümü.‎

‎WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616).‎

‎[FIRST SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE IN TURKISH IN A BOOK FORM] Soneler. [i.e. Sonnets]. Cover design by Agop Arad. Translated by Talât Sait Halman.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). Bilingual in English and Turkish (Modern, with Latin letters). 109, [3] p. Occasional foxing and stains on covers. Otherwise a very good copy. First separate edition in book form of Shakespeare's sonnets, covering 40 sonnets selected by Halman, among 154 sonnets. Talât Sait Halman, (1931-2014), was a famous Turkish poet, translator and cultural historian. He was the first Minister of Culture of Turkey. From 1998 onward, he taught at Bilkent University as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters. The sonnets had been translated into Turkish, some of the long and heavily rhymed poems of Shakespeare such as Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and A Lover's Complaint remained yet to be translated. These remaining verses were translated by Talat Halman and published in 1964, and then in 2014, as a complete edition. This book is published as the publisher's 137th book. Agop Arad, (1913-1990), was a Turco-Armeno painter, graphic designer, cover and book illustrator, and journalist.‎

‎WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616).‎

‎[FIRST TURKISH MACBETH] Makbes (Kütübhane-i Ictihad 23). Translated by Abdullah Cevdet [Karlidag], (1869-1932).‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern, handsome full brown morocco. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12.5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 159 p. Extremely rare first Turkish translation of Macbeth, printed in Ottoman Cairo. Macbeth reflected Abdullah Cevdet's reaction against Hamidian despotism and his love and advocacy of liberty. One must also remember him as one of the founding members of the Party of Union and Progress - a secret organization that conspired to overthrow Abdülhamid's absolutist regime. The argument that Abdullah Cevdet's translation of Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Macbeth reflected his opposition to Abdülhamid II's absolute monarchy could be justified with the fact that the themes of the translated plays were perceived by the political authorities as threatening since they were about the murder of kings and heads of state. In Abdullah Cevdet's view, Macbeth is famous as a drama of "ambition for status" (hirs-i cah). Abdullah Cevdet was an Ottoman-born Turkish intellectual and physician of Kurdish ethnic descent, and one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). In 1908, he joined the Democratic Party that later on merged with the Freedom and Accord Party in 1911. He was also a translator, radical free-thinker, and ideologist of the Young Turks until 1908. The son of a physician, and himself a graduate from the Military College in Constantinople as an ophthalmologist, Cevdet, initially a pious Muslim, was influenced by Western materialistic philosophies and came to oppose institutionalized religion but thought that "although the Muslim God was of no use in the modern era, the Islamic society must preserve Islamic principles." He published the periodical Içtihat from 1904 to 1932, of which articles he used to promote his modernist thoughts. He was arrested and expelled from his country several times due to his political activities and lived in European cities including Vienna, Geneva and Paris. His poetry was linked with the Symbolist movement in France and he received accolades from leading French authors like Gustave Kahn. (Source: DR. ABDULLAH CEVDET'S TRANSLATIONS (1908-1910): THE MAKING OF A WESTERNIST AND MATERIALIST "CULTURE REPERTOIRE" IN A "RESISTANT" OTTOMAN CONTEXT; Ayluçtarhan, Sevda). "Between 1908 and 1910, Abdullah Cevdet produced a large oeuvre of translations, including four translations of Shakespeare's tragedies: The translations of Hamlet and Julius Caesar (translated by Cevdet as Jül Sezar) were published in 1908, the same year as the declaration of the Second Constitution. Macbeth, translated by Cevdet as Makbes, was published in the following year. [.] Nonetheless, Abdülhamid II seemed to be even less tolerant of the dissemination of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar, since they were all about unjust rulers who were executed in the end. It is not surprising that the performances of these plays became subject to strict censorship in the Ottoman lands and banned (Paker 1986: 91). This could be shown as a reason why Abdullah Cevdet was able to publish the translations of these plays only after 1908, though he had finished translating Hamlet in 1902, Julius Caesar and Macbeth in 1904, and Romeo and Juliet in 1905 (Süssheim 1987). As Abdullah Cevdet was a planner of culture, his literary translations cannot merely be judged on an "aesthetic" level. It will be discussed in this chapter that Abdullah Cevdet's translations of Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Macbeth could be read as critical texts directed against Abdülhamid II's absolutist regime. [.] Due to the fact that the selection of source language and culture is an important factor in accounting for any kind of "translation policy", Abdullah Cevdet's selection of both these instruments needs to be taken into account (Toury 2000: 202). Özege 12009. Only one copy in OCLC: 949612474 (Bogaziçi University Library of Turkey).‎

‎WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616).‎

‎[FIRST TURKISH JULIUS CAESAR] Jül Sezar. Translated by Abdullah Cevdet [Karlidag], (1869-1932).‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In a contemporary creme cloth. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 165 p. Kütüphane-i Ictihad, Aded, 20. First Turkish edition of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Between 1908 and 1910, Abdullah Cevdet produced a large oeuvre of translations, including four translations of Shakespeare's tragedies: The translations of Hamlet and Julius Caesar (translated by Cevdet as Jül Sezar) were published in 1908, the same year as the declaration of the Second Constitution. [.] Nonetheless, Abdülhamid II seemed to be even less tolerant of the dissemination of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar, since they were about unjust rulers who were executed in the end. It is not surprising that the performances of these plays were subject to strict censorship in the Ottoman lands and banned (Paker 1986: 91). This could be shown as a reason why Abdullah Cevdet was able to publish the translations of these plays only after 1908, though he had finished translating Hamlet in 1902, Julius Caesar and Macbeth in 1904, and Romeo and Juliet in 1905 (Süssheim 1987). Due to the fact that Abdullah Cevdet was a culture-planner, his literary translations cannot only be judged on their "aesthetic" level. It will be discussed in this chapter that Abdullah Cevdet's translations of Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth could be read as critical texts directed against Abdülhamid II's absolutist regime. Due to the fact that the selection of source language and culture is an important factor in accounting for any kind of "translation policy", Abdullah Cevdet's selection of source language and culture needs to be questioned (Toury 2000: 202). Even though Abdullah Cevdet does not include Julius Caesar (translated by Abdullah Cevdet with the title Jül Sezar) among what he calls "the four inauspicious tragedies", it was the only play for which Abdullah Cevdet wrote an impressive preface, and it was the second play he translated and published after Hamlet. In a sense, special importance was attributed to Julius Caesar by Abdullah Cevdet for ideological reasons and it was also highly esteemed by other revolutionaries in the Union and Progress Party (Enginün 1979: 119). Abdullah Cevdet was an Ottoman-born Turkish intellectual and physician of ethnic Kurdish descent. He was one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). In 1908, he joined the Democratic Party, which later on merged with the Freedom and Accord Party in 1911. He was also a translator, radical free-thinker, and an ideologist of the Young Turks until 1908. The son of a physician, and himself a graduate from the Military College in Constantinople as an ophthalmologist, Cevdet, initially a pious Muslim, was influenced by Western materialistic philosophies and came to oppose institutionalized religion, but thought that "although the Muslim God was of no use in the modern era, the Islamic society must preserve Islamic principles". He published the periodical Içtihat from 1904-1932, in which articles he used to promote his modernist thoughts. He was arrested and expelled from his country several times due to his political activities and lived in Europe, in cities including Vienna, Geneva and Paris. His poetry was linked with the Symbolist movement in France, and he received accolades from leading French authors like Gustave Kahn. Özege 9788. Four institutional copies in OCLC: 4026865.‎

‎MÎNÂ URGAN, (1915-2000).‎

‎[HARLEQUINS IN SHAKESPEARE PLAYS] Elizabeth devri tiyatrosunda soytarilar (Doçentlik tezi). [i.e. Harlequins in the Era of Elizabeth I of England Theatre].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [4], 403 p. First edition of Urgan's thesis through which she became an associate professor. A comprehensive study of harlequins in Shakespeare's plays by an internationally renowned English language professor. Mina Urgan (1916-2000) was a Turkish (with Armenian origin) academic, translator, author and socialist politician. After graduating from the Department of French Philology at Istanbul University, Mina Urgan, who completed her doctorate in English Language and Literature at the same university, continued her post-doctoral education. She started her career as an associate professor with her thesis "Harlequins in the Era of Elizabeth 1 of England Theatre", which she completed in 1949, and through which she received the title of Professor in 1960. OCLC 1128311793, 1030079607.‎

‎HÜLYA TEZCAN.‎

‎Children of the Ottoman Seraglio. Customs and costumes of the princes and princesses.‎

‎New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (34 x 25 cm). In English. 300 p., color ills. Children of the Ottoman Seraglio. Customs and costumes of the princes and princesses. The family life of the masters of the Ottoman palace and the daily lives and clothing of the children of the sultans are topics which unfortunately have not been the subjects of detailed consideration. This deficiency has not only resulted incorrect assumptions, deep ignorance and erroneous opinion regarding their way of life and family relationships, but has also led to the incorrect interpretation of their place in Ottoman civilization. This is so because those distinguished persons who represent a particular cultural circle must be known well. Moreover, the persons of that milieu obviously affect the course of history, and that milieu produces select and distinguished persons who are unique to it. Among the members of the dynasty are artist sultans, princes and princesses; the life style of the dynasty is based on a unique tradition and that these works, among the wealth of the many objects in our museum, bear witness to the institution's historical and cultural identity. The Topkapi Palace Museum's worthy expert Doc. Dr. Hülya Tezcan, known for her publications on the historical topography of the palace and its pre-Ottoman works as well as her contribution to the work Ipek, on the textile collections of the Palace, now presents this invaluable research on the lives and costumes of the princes and princesses who were members of dynasty.‎

‎STEPHANE YERASIMOS.‎

‎Les voyageurs dans l'Empire Ottoman (XIV - XVI siecles). Bibliographie, itineraires et inventaire des lieux habites.‎

‎New English Paperback. Large 4to. B/w ills. [1], 494, [2] p., 69 b/w maps. ' L'ambition de ce travail est de rendre possible l'utilisation des recits de voyages dans l'Empire Ottoman comme une source pour l'etude de l'histoire de cet empire et plus particulierement de la topographie historique et de l'histoire urbaine. L'idee de depart reside toutefois dans la conviction que la corpus des recits de voyages, une fois constitue, est une source, su meme ordre que toute autre production ecrite meritant la meme qualification, pour la connaissance des pays concernes. Le choix de l'aire geographique occupee par l'Empire Ottoman et la polarisation sur les elements concernant l'espace habite n'etant dus qu'a la specialisation du chercheur.'.‎

‎Edited by OKTAY BELLI, FARUK KAYA, IBRAHIM ÖZGÜL, VEDAT EVREN BELLI, ABDULHALIK KARABULUT.‎

‎The Fifth International Symposium of Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark.= V. Uluslararasi Agri Dagi ve Nuh'un Gemisi Sempozyumu.‎

‎New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). Papers in English and Turkish. 560 p., color and b/w ills. The Fifth International Symposium of Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark.= V. Uluslararasi Agri Dagi ve Nuh'un Gemisi Sempozyumu.‎

‎Prep. by ENGIN AKYÜREK, KORAY DURAK.‎

‎Anatolia in the Byzantine Period = Bizans Dönemi'nde Anadolu. [HC EDITION]‎

‎New English Original bdg. HC. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 496 p., color and b/w ills. After the death of Emperor Theodosius I in 395, the vast Roman lands stretching from the shores of the English Channel to the borders of Iran were divided into two realms, western and eastern. Although the western part of the empire faded away in the second half of the 5th century, the Roman Empire continued to exist in its eastern territories until 1453. The name "Byzantine" was used for the first time by the German humanist and philologist Hieronymus Wolf in the 16th century for this empire, whose capital was moved from Rome to the city of Byzantion (with its new name, Constantinople) and became Christian over time. This term became widespread in the 19th century and later. However, the people that this book is about have always called themselves "Roman" and their state the "Roman Empire", while their neighbors also knew them as "Romans". The Byzantine Empire that ruled for about 11 centuries is one of the states whose reign lasted the longest in Anatolia. Anatolia was the geographical, demographic, and economic cradle of this predominantly Greek-speaking Christian population and its culture. The loss of Anatolia as of the 14th century led to the end of the empire in a short time. The cry of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris - "Holy land, my mother, Anatolia!" - in one of his letters from the mid-13th century shows how vital these lands were for the empire. This book aims to present both Byzantine culture and, more specifically, Byzantine Anatolia, through 32 articles by Turkish and foreign Byzantologists, who are experts in their respective fields. While the articles on political, bureaucratic, military, economic and religious life focus on the state apparatus and social structure, articles on literature, health, art, and material culture remains provide valuable information about daily life. In the articles that constitute the last part of the book, the reader is invited to a historical journey through different geographical regions of Byzantine Anatolia.‎

‎HRANT PAPAZIAN.‎

‎Dicran Tchouhadjian. Vie et oeuvres. [i.e. Tigran Chukhajian: His life and works].‎

‎Very Good French Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In French. 27 p., fully visual material including musical scores, ills., posters, et alli. Dicran Tchouhadjian. Vie et oeuvres. Life and works of Tigran Gevorki Chukhajian (1837-1898). Chukhajian was an Ottoman Armenian composer and conductor, and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire. He is considered the first opera composer in Turkish history. He created the first Armenian opera, Arshak II (1868, partially staged in 1873), based on the historical figure King Arsaces II (Arshak II). The score was considered lost, but was discovered in 1942 and performed in 1945 in a revised version at the Armenian Opera Theater opera theater in Yerevan. Arshak II continued in the repertoire of the Yerevan Opera Theater. In 2001, it was staged at the San Francisco Opera. He is famous with his Leblebidji Hor-Hor Agha (1875).‎

‎THE LUMIERE BROTHERS, (Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumiere & Louis Jean Lumiere), (1862-1954 / 1864-1948).‎

‎[ILLUSTRATED LUMIERE EQUIPMENTS AND GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY IN TURKEY] Lümiyer fotograf rehberi. Translated by Süleyman Süreyya [Bükey], (1895-1974).‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original pictorial wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 59 p., ills. First and only Ottoman edition of this richly illustrated and exceedingly rare pamphlet, translated and published by famous Turkish photographer Süleyman Sirri Bükey (1895-1974). Süleyman Süreyya [Bükey], (1895-1974), was an important person who opened a studio in the first years of Turkish Republic, signed beautiful portraits, and at the same time served photography for many years with magazines such as Foto, (1931-1934), Foto Magazin, (1938-1941), Halivud Dünyasi [i.e. Hollywood World], (1941-1946), Ufuk, (1943-1945) as well as the early guides and catalogs he published related cinema and photography. Bükey started photography as a commercial pursuit, first selling photographic material in Eminönü Flower Market in 1924. The catalog was printed depending on the agency of Gevart (Same year with Lumiere guide, in 1928 titled Gevart Fotograf Rehberi). In 1928, he founded Foto Süreyya in the Tünel district of Istanbul. He was the photographer of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk between 1936-1938. He received art medals and certificates in national and international exhibitions he participated in his photography life. The Lumière brothers were manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905. Their screening on 22 March 1895 for circa 200 members of the "Society for the Development of the National Industry" in Paris was probably the first presentation of films on a screen for a large audience. Their first commercial public screening on 28 December 1895 for circa 40 paying visitors and invited relations has traditionally been regarded as the birth of cinema. Either the techniques or the business models of earlier filmmakers proved to be less viable than the breakthrough presentations of the Lumières. Cameramen working for the Lumière Brothers, who had staged the world's first public screening of a moving picture at the Grand Café in Paris on December 28, 1895, filmed the Golden Horn and the Galata Bridge from the water in 1896, putting their signature on the first film shot in Turkey. The first public screening of a motion picture in Turkey also took place in 1896. From its inception in the Ottoman Empire, cinema gained instant popularity and soon became the cheapest and only form of public entertainment. After 32 years, the first book includes the Lumiere photographic pieces of equipment, and a guide to photography was published in 1928. Not in OCLC.; Özege 11810.‎

‎FRANK MASON GOOD, (English photographer), (1893-1928).‎

‎[Original gold-toned albumen photograph] Nazareth, from the East, with the Well of the Virgin (From Holy Land pictures, London, 1870).‎

‎Very Good English Original gold-tones albumen photograph from 'Holy Land pictures', London, 1870. Oblong folio. (30,5 x 38 cm); photographic image size: 15x20 cm. Descriptive text in English. (Nazareth, from the East, with the Well of the Virgin. In this neighborhood, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ spent nearly thirty years of his life: And over these "Sacred Acres" often roamed "Those blessed feet that once were nailed, for our advantage to the bitter cross.".).  Frank Mason Good, born 1839 in Deal, Kent, began his photographic career as an assistant to photographer Francis Frith. Good is known to have been active during the 1860s and 1870s. He lived most of his life at Phoenix Green, Hartley Wintney, (and died there on 28th June 1928) but had studios in London and Brighton. In 1870 he married Margaretta Teape at St Mark, Goodman's Fields. Following Margaretta's death (on 29th December 1904) he married his second wife, Jessie Emily Waghorn, in 1906, at Hartley Wintney. He is best known for his stereographic photographs of the Near East, and it was Frith who sponsored Good's first trip there. Other geographic locations captured by Good include Spain, Greece, and the Isle of Wight. Frank Mason Good is best known for his series of views of the Middle East taken on four separate tours of the area in the 1860s and 1870s. He first traveled to Egypt as an assistant to Francis Frith in late 1857. He joined the Photographic Society in 1864, and in 1880 served as a judge of its annual exhibition. He lived at Hartley Wintney, Winchfield, Hampshire. ‎

‎FRANK MASON GOOD, (English photographer), (1893-1928).‎

‎[Original gold-toned albumen photograph] Baalbec, and the Lebanon rance (From Holy Land pictures, London, 1870).‎

‎Very Good English Original gold-tones albumen photograph from 'Holy Land pictures', London, 1870. Oblong folio. (30,5 x 38 cm); photographic image size: 15x20 cm. Descriptive text in English ( Baalbec, and the Lebanon range. This city may possibly have been built by King Solomon. "And Solomon built Balalath (Baalbek) and Tadmor in the wilderness (Palmyra)", I Kings ix, 18.).  Frank Mason Good, born 1839 in Deal, Kent, began his photographic career as an assistant to photographer Francis Frith. Good is known to have been active during the 1860s and 1870s. He lived most of his life at Phoenix Green, Hartley Wintney, (and died there on 28th June 1928) but had studios in London and Brighton. In 1870 he married Margaretta Teape at St Mark, Goodman's Fields. Following Margaretta's death (on 29th December 1904) he married his second wife, Jessie Emily Waghorn, in 1906, at Hartley Wintney. He is best known for his stereographic photographs of the Near East, and it was Frith who sponsored Good's first trip there. Other geographic locations captured by Good include Spain, Greece, and the Isle of Wight. Frank Mason Good is best known for his series of views of the Middle East taken on four separate tours of the area in the 1860s and 1870s. He first traveled to Egypt as an assistant to Francis Frith in late 1857. He joined the Photographic Society in 1864, and in 1880 served as a judge of its annual exhibition. He lived at Hartley Wintney, Winchfield, Hampshire. ‎

‎Photograph by PASCAL SEBAH, (Sebah & Joaillier Photograph Studio), (1823-1886).; Published by OSMAN HAMDI BEY, (Archeologist, Museologist, Painter), (1842-1910).‎

‎[PRINT - RHODES OTTOMAN WOMEN COSTUMES] Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefid Vilâyeti Rodos müslüman kaddini sokak elbisesi, Rodos ahalisi kiyafeti, Rodos Islâam kadini hâne kiyafeti [from 'Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873, ouvrage publie sous le patronage de la Commission Imp. de l'Exposition Universelle de 1873 a Vienne'].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original b/w photograph by Pascal Sebah. (30x20 cm). In Ottoman script. Slightly chipped on corners and margins, a stain on the descriptive text area. Otherwise a good photo.  Original print photograph from 'Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873, ouvrage publie sous le patronage de la Commission Imp. de l'Exposition Universelle de 1873 a Vienne'. Photograph depicts three Ottoman civilians of Rhodes Island in their local costumes; one is an outdoor dress of Muslim women living in Rhodes, the second is a standard dress for Muslim men, and the last one is a home dress of Muslim women.  Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cairo, who produced a prolific number of images of Egypt, Turkey, and Greece to serve the tourist trade, and the founder of Sebah & Joaillier Photograph Studio. He established a valuable working relationship with Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey, taking photographs as part of the artist's preparation, and in which he experimented with light and shade. In turn, Hamdi Bey selected Sébah to illustrate his text on the popular costumes worn by Turkish and other ethnic groups, entitled Les Costumes Populaires de la Turquie en 1873: ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne and published in 1873. ‎

‎Edited by LEHNERT & LANDROCK OF CAIRO.‎

‎[SOUVENIR ALBUM - MIDDLE EAST] Cairo: 24 artistic pictures in heliogravures.‎

‎Very Good English Original bdg. HC. Oblong 4to. (21,5 x 28 cm). In English. [48] p., fully ills. First and only edition of this scarce and attractive souvenir album including 24 photogravures of general views, streets, architectural buildings, natives, and social life of Cairo, photographed, edited and published by German photograph studio of Cairo "Lehnert & Landrock". Lehnert & Landrock was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert (1878-1948) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (1878-1966) active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images. Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock produced images of North African people, landscapes, and architecture for a primarily European audience. These images were mainly distributed in monographs, though also as original prints, photogravures, and lithographic postcards. (Source: Wikipedia).‎

‎YASAR NEZIHE [BÜKÜLMEZ], (1882-1971).‎

‎[TURKISH FEMALE POET OF THE FIRST TURKISH POEM FOR "MAY 1"] Feryadlarim [i.e. My screechs]. Biographical introduction by Rifat Necdet [Evrimer].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary green cloth bdg. Slight scratches on faded cloth, with slight foxing on pages. Overall a good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 238, [2] p., 1 b/w portrait of Nezihe, ills. First and only edition of this exceedingly rare first book including a "May 1" poem, written by a Turkish female poet Yazar Nezihe. Nezihe was considered as one of the female poets in the Ottoman Period. She is known as a writer of the first Turkish poem for International Workers' Day on May 1. Yasar Nezihe differed from other female poets of the period in the sense of her life story and a contrary literary identity. Throughout her lifetime, she wrote poems about her penurious and challenging childhood as well as her love life and marriages. Being known as the first female poet whose works were published in Aydinlik Dergisi (i.e. Enlightenment Journal), Yasar Nezihe also became prominent for supporting labor unrests and her activist identity. She was recognized as a socialist poet who gave voice to poverty in her poems. She wrote the poem named "Gazete Sahiplerine" (i.e. To Newspaper Owners) addressing the executives with the intent of supporting laborers who were on strike because of the disagreement between newspaper owners and Mürettipler Cemiyeti (i.e. Typesetters Society). (Source: Wikipedia). This is her second poetry book. Being the first female poet wrote in Aydinlik Dergisi, Yasar Nezihe Bükülmez was accused of being a communist because of her writings, her membership of Osmanli Amele Cemiyeti [The Ottoman Workers' Society], and support for labor unrests and was arrested. Book has a biographical introductory text by Rifat Necdet Evrimer, (1898-1971) who was a Turkish/Ottoman poet, educator, and biographer in which is important being the earliest male gaze in its period. Özege 5645.; TBTK 6996.; Five copies in OCLC: 25346925 (Four copies) and 1030875484 (One copy).‎

‎CELÂL NURI [ILERI].‎

‎Kadinlarimiz.‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary hardcover in Ottoman title handwritten. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script. 224, [8] p. Hejra. 1331 = Gregorian. 1915. (AD). Özege: 9871.‎

‎GÜZIDE SABRI [AYGÜN], (Ottoman / Turkish female author -muharrire-), (1886-1946).‎

‎[FORBIDDEN LOVE IN TURKISH SOCIETY] Ölmüs bir kadinin evrâk-i metrûkesi / Nedret. [i.e. Derelict Documents of a Dead For Woman / Nedret].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary 1/3 leather bdg. made as original illustrated covers preserved inside. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 221 p.; 291 p. Fourth Edition (both). Early editions of this bestseller novel(s) telling "the suffering of a woman who buried her forbidden love in her heart in a society where love is closed behind thick curtains, through the eyes of a woman", by Güzide Sabri (1886-1946). Güzide Sabri Aygün was a Turkish female writer known for her modern romances, which were published in multiple editions and several languages. She had two sisters, Fatma Aliye and Emine Semiye. She grew up in Çamlica neighborhood of Istanbul. In later years, she had to leave Istanbul and move to Anatolia with her family as her father was exiled, resulting from his opposition to the despotism of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II (reigned 1876-1909). At a young age, she was married to Ahmet Sabri Aygün, the first notary of Beyoglu (Pera). She was educated at home by special tutors. She was interested in literature, inspired by her teacher Hodja Tahir Effendi, a dictionary writer. She started to write at a very young age. However, her teachers proposed she better deal with religious matters instead of poetry. Contrary to the pressures of her literature teacher, she wrote her first novel Münevver in her youth years in 1899. She wrote the novel in remembrance of her friend, who died from tuberculosis. It was serialized in the newspaper Hanimlara Mahsus ("For Ladies"), and won well recognition. In 1901, two years later, the novel was published as a book and was also translated into the Serbian language. Her husband felt discomfort by his wife's prominence. As her teachers' reaction was not enough, her husband also objected to her writing. However, her enthusiasm could not deter her from writing. It is understood that her husband tried to prevent her writing as he did not allow her to write already at the wedding. She was forced to continue writing at night or secretly. After a short time, her husband died. The unexpected death of her husband left deep traces in her. Güzide Sabri became a female writer, who remained lifelong unhappy having a sad life in literature history. During this time, the Servet-i Fünun ("Wealth of Knowledge") movement, formed by Recaizâde Mahmud Ekrem (1847-1914) and his students, left its mark on the literature. Güzide Sabri was one of the authors, who did not join the movement and remained on their own line. She is considered as one of the first female novelists among Turkish writers with widespread fame, even though she was not involved in the new literary movement. She published her works in the Servet-i Fünun and other journals of the "National Literature" without being a member of any literary community. Her novels, which were written in the early years of the Second Constitutional Era (1908-1918) and the Republican era (from 1922), and were subject of feeling, dream, blind love, and broken hearts, were very popular, and had multiple editions and were repeatedly filmed. Her second novel Ölmüs Bir Kadinin Evrak-i Metrûkesi ("Derelict Documents of a Dead For Woman") was a bestseller. It was first published in 1901, reprinted several times, and was filmed twice, in 1956 and then in 1969. The novel was translated into the Armenian language. She authored romance novels for simple readers. She is considered as the author writing the first examples of the so-called mass-market romance novels, and pioneer of the broken-hearts novels in her country. Her 1930-novel Hicran Gecesi ("Night of Sorrow") is about the forbidden love of a bad woman. This book takes the romance novel one step forward in a forbidden, impossible love story. Her novels, which take place in Istanbul, attracted the interest of readers outside of big cities like Istanbul and Izmir as well. First book: Özege 16077 (Özege has 4th edition, however page number: 221).; TBTK 5323.; Second one: Özege 15317.; TBTK 5‎