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ÇANKAL-ZÂDE HOCA EBÛBEKIR NUSRET EFENDI HARPUTÎ, (?-1794).
[MANUSCRIPT / MEDICINE / MAGIC: 18TH CENTURY MEDICINE FROM AN OTTOMAN POET] Kitâb-i Ebûbekir Nusret Efendi [Mâ-hazar - Mücerrebât-i Nusret - Nusret Efendi mecmuasi]. Copied and annotated with the names of drugs by Hafiz Ali b. Ebûbekir (Izâfi'l-Gafurü'l-Hakîr).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary (early 19th century) quarter brown cloth with marbled boards, "Yahudi ebrûsu" end-papers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 90 p., numbered with Arabic numeric system in pencil, around seven illustrated schemes of magical diagrams. Written on a probably 17th-18th century European paper with "Crescent" watermark, naskh script with "harakât", black and red ink. Early and a rare posthumous manuscript copy of this 18th-century Islamic majmua, containing the treatment methods and drug compositions against physical and spiritual diseases, with material and magical suggestions, copied 32 years after the author's death by a "Hafiz" with an addendum of new drugs and treatments compiled from older annotations of this work. "In the first part of the work on spiritual medicine, verses, prayers, talismans, and magic formulas in the Islamic culture like "wafqs" that are believed to be treated; in the second part, on physical medicine, drug formulas from various material objects for physiological diseases are shown." (Çagrici). Harputî was an 18th-century poet and prose from Harput (Kharberd). In the introduction to the manuscript, he stated that he is not a doctor, but that he writes practices that can heal patients due to his experiences. Despite this, the text was widely used in Ottoman medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Distributed by A. M. KARMI.
[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED ATLAS BY GERMAN PUBLISHING HOUSE FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET] Ilk ve orta mekteblere mahsûs cografya atlasi. Distributed by A. M. Karmi.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original bdg. 4to. (28 x 24 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. First and only edition of this scarce atlas printed in Leipzig for the Ottoman market before the proclamation of the Republic, distributed by Jewish agent A. M. Karmi of this atlas located in Dersaadet (Constantinople), including beautiful and attractive 34 chromo-lithographed maps of Africa, Australia, Americas, Europe, Turkey, Asia, and a celestial map. Özege 8803.; Only two copies in OCLC: 632952950, 949536147 (the Bogaziçi University of Turkey and Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg of Germany).
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FAIK SABRI [DURAN], (Turkish geographer, journey writer), (1882-1943).
[SCARCE TURKISH ATLAS PRINTED IN LONDON] Ilk atlas. Ilk mekteblere mahsus. [i.e. First atlas for the primary schools].
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original bdg. Large roy. 8vo. (24 x 20 cm). In Ottoman script. (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 16 p., 15 chromo-lithographed maps. Some markings on the two maps. Otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this scarce atlas for Turkish primary schools drawn and published by Turkish geographical educators and cartographers in the early Republican period of Turkey. This fine atlas was printed in London, in a period after the proclamation of the Republic, before the Letter Revolution in 1928. Duran studied in Istanbul and Paris. He worked as a geography teacher in various high schools then he became a lecturer and a manager at Ankara Gazi Education Institute for a while. He was known for his writings on various topics and especially for his works on geography. Born in the imperial period, Duran signed the first cartographic studies of the Republic of Turkey with the transition to the Republican administration. Özege 8764.
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NUSRET.
[ATLAS OF ROUTES OF VESSELS / NAVIGATION] Martin'in manevra levhasiyla Batenberg'in rota müs'irinin sûret-i istimaline mahsûs talimat. [i.e. Martin's maneuvering plate and Batenberg's instruction for the use of the route master].
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern light brown cloth bdg. gilt lettering on the front board. [1], 99 p., 36 numbered maps printed in black and red ink, 5 numbered folded plates. A fine copy. First and only edition of this extremely rare atlas in user guide form including the instructions and descriptions of the routes of vessels by an advisor of the British naval officer and German prince related to the British royal family, Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg (1854-1921), who was the first Marquess of Milford Haven, commanded the Atlantic Fleet from 1908 to 1910 and became first sea lord in 1912. This book was translated by Nusret, who was a lieutenant in the Ottoman Naval Forces in its period and prepared only for use of Turkish naval officers. The plates include the maneuver plate of an officer named "Martin", who is not able to be recognized. Every map and plate depending on the current position of the ship has its own descriptive text. Özege 12270.; Not in OCLC and Library Hub.
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Edited by NKVD [I. E. THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE].
[ASIA / EARLY USSR ATLAS] Atlas Soyuza Sovetskih Sotsyalisticheskih Respublik.= Sûrâ-yi Sosyalist Cumhuriyetleri'nin Ittifakinin atlasi.= Atlas Khorhrdayin Sots'ialistakan ??Hanrapetut'yunneri Miut'yan.= At'lasi Sabch'ota Sotsialist'uri Resp'ublik'ebis K'avshiris.= Atlas der Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken.= Atlas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.= Atlas de l'Union des Républiques socialistes soviéts. Contributions by Avel Safranovich Enukidze (1877-1937).
Very Good Russian Original dark green cloth bdg. Oblong folio. (28 x 36 cm). Eight languages of the title on the colophon, the text is completely Russian. [6], [ii], 108 p., [36] maps in various sizes, some of folded: (62x47 cm, 52,5x45,5 cm, 49,5x27 cm [x3], 61x47 cm; other maps are 36x28 cm). Four unnumbered leaves with half-title and contents for each section. Two small millimetric cuttings on two text pages. Ex-owner's name is on the title page. Markings on the index. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. Rare complete and the first atlas including a fine collection of 36 attractive chromo-lithograph maps mostly with tissue papers of the Soviet Union, edited by the Central Executive Committee and Enukidze (1877-1937), who was a prominent Georgian "Old Bolshevik". One of 11000 copies. Being published only 10 years after the USSR was established, this is the earliest atlas of the country. It seems to have been published with a wider audience in mind, with a title page in various European languages. The borders of many areas -including not just administrative regions throughout the USSR, but also entire autonomous republics (especially in Central Asia)- were in a state of flux; as such, the borders in this Atlas (including the wax-paper overlays meant to update various maps with changes made between when they were drawn and when the Atlas was published) often don't look anything like the borders they were set at the end of the Soviet Union and have continued on to modern times. Since the boundaries were often ideologically- (sometimes ethnically-, less so economically-) motivated, this offers an interesting insight into the mindset of the administration that was making these changes. Map list: World map, General USSR, USSR in Europe, Asia and USSR, Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast, Avt, Votskaya Oblast, Maryinskaya, Cherepovetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Avt. Chuvashskaya SSR (Chuvashia), Avt. Tatarskaya SSR (Tatarstan), Avt. Bashkirskaya SSR (Bashkiria), ASSR Nemchev Povoljiya, Kalmykia (Kalmykia), Krimskaya SSR (Crimea), Adigeiskaya (Tscherkeskaya) Obl. (Cherkesia), Kabardino-Balkarskaya Avt. Obl. (Kabardino-Balkarian Rep.), Karachayskaya Avt. Obl. & Tscherkesskiy Nation. Okrug (Karachay-Cherkessia), Chechenskaya Avt. Obl. (Chechnya), Ingushetiya, Severo-Osetiya, Avt. Daghestanskaya SSR, Avt. Kazakskaya SSR, Kyrgyzkaya ASSR, Avt. Oiuratskaya Oblast, Burito - Mongolskaya SSR (Kazakhstan), Avt. Yakustkaya SSR (Yakutia), Beloruskaya SSR (Belarus), Ukrainskaya, SSR (Ukraine), Moldavskaya SSR (Moldovia), Zakavkazkaya SSR (Abkhazia), Azerbaijanskaya SSR (Azerbaijan), Arminskaya SSR (Armenia), SSR Gruzii (Georgia), Central Asian SSR (Karakalpakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. OCLC shows copies in twenty-three libraries worldwide: 7852120, 968755133, and 822577467.
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SAIGOKU SANJUSAN-SHO MAP.
[MAP - JAPAN] Saigoku Sanjusan-sho junrei ezu. [i.e. Map of Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage Routes]. Published by Ezuya Shohachi.
Very Good Japanese Original woodblock print map on thin paper. 66x59,5 cm. In Japanese. Rare Japanese woodblock print route map of the Saigoku Sanjusan-Sho (The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage) which is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples and the oldest Kannon pilgrimage in Japan and said to have been devised in 718 by the head priest known as Tokudo Shonin, who was a head priest at Hase-dera Temple in the Nara prefecture, throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage, printed in early 19th century. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as Bangai. The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion (or sometimes mistranslated as 'Goddess of Mercy'); however, there is some variation among the images and the powers they possess. 33 temples of the pilgrimage are marked and shown on the map and listed in a panel on the lower left located in Kyoto, Osaka, Nara and surrounding areas.
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Fraser, Maxwell
Companion Into Lakeland
Detailed description of the Lake District. In three parts: Westmoreland, Cumberland, Lancashire. With sixteen plates and a map, 245 pages. Index. Red cloth covers. Book has some light foxing to page edges.
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Rodd, Sir Rennell
Rome of the Renaissance and To-day
With 57 splendid illustrations and fold-out map before index. 303 pages. Gilt top edges. Small gilt decoration to front cover. Some page fore-edges unopened. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Anon
Grieben's Guide Books Vol 126 Norway and Copenhagen A Practical guide
With 6 maps. 149 pages. General map of Sweden and Norway at end of book in pocket of cover; Railway map of Norway; Copenhagen and Frederiksborg; Öre Sund; Christiania; Environs of Christiania. Light soiling to covers
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Bryans, Robin
Malta and Gozo
With twenty-eight illustrations and Index. 256pp. Dedication to previous owner on front free endpaper. Light soiling to dust jacket and page edges.
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Anon
Búzios Cabo Frio Arraial Do Cabo
Photographs and a small history of this beautiful region. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Villalonga, Lorenzo
Majorca
Second Impression. 35 pages. Back half of book is made up of photographs of the island. Also includes a detail street map of Palma. Light wear to edge of spine.
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Selling, Dagmar
Kalmar Castle and Kalmar County Museum
48 page guide to Kalmar Castle. Kalmar Castle belongs to the Swedish state and is under the superintendence of the Royal Board of Public Building. For five centuries Kalmar Castle was at the centre of dramatic events in the history of the Scandinvian countries.
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Brogan, D. W. And the Editors of Life
France
A varied introduction to France with numerous photographs. Covers only lightly soiled.
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Richthofen, Christa Von
Germany. Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, Gardens.
A detailed description of the architectural, geographical, artistic and cultural wealth of Germany. A valuable sourcebook supported by numerous photographs. From the library of Yehudi Menuhin, with a dedication to him which reads: "Dear Yehudi. With love and congratulations on your 80th birthday. This is to remind you of happy days in Berlin, Bonn and other places in Germany. We hope there will be many more. ----------, 21 March 1996." The dust jacket has been price clipped. Heavy book, extra postage for outside UK
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Bell, J. H. B., Bozman, E. F. And Fairfax-Blakeborough, J.
British Hills and Mountains
Descriptions and guide to the mountains and hills of Scotland, England and Wales. 120 pages. Bumped corners, slightly soiled covers and sunned spine.
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Segerstedt, Torgny (Text); Enstrom, Bjorn and Gullers, K. W. (Photography)
Uppsala 500
Book of history and description of Uppsala and University, Sweden. Text in English. Not paginated. A little wear to cover corners and top/base of spine.
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Anon
The Vyne Hampshire. A Property of the National Trust
Guide to the Vyne, Hampshire.
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Emanuel, W. V.
River Thames
One of the Collins Peacock Colour Books. With eleven plates in colour the book describes the fascinating history of London's River from the Middle Ages to the present day. Dust jacket has tear and creases at top front as well as foxing back and front. Front book cover has browning at lower edge with some white spotting
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Clunn, Harold P.
The Face of the Home Counties Portrayed in a Series of Eighteen Week-end Drives from London
Black cloth covers. Gutter cracked at half-title page; spine faded.
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Anon
South African Travel Digest
Booklet publicising the attractions of South Africa in the days of apartheid. A very nice clean copy.
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Mee, Arthur
Sussex (The King's England)
xii, 240 pages. With over 40 photographs. Blue cloth covers; some foxing on page edges.
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Bartsh, Dr. Helmut; Blaustein, Prof. Dr. Arthur; Fendrich, Anton; Eulenberg, Herbert; Paquet, Alfons; Schnack, Anton; Walter, Prof. Dr. Friedrich; Schott, Prof. Dr. S.
Mannheim. Das Kultur - Und Wirtschaftszentrum Südwestdeutschlands
Text in German. The culture, arts, history and industry of Mannheim. With numerous pictures, advertisements of the local industry and commerce. From the library of Yehudi Menuhin. A gift from, and signed by the Oberbürgermeister in a dedication on the front free pastedown which roughly translates: "Yehudi Menuhin in warm memory of the Mannheim Concert on 16 October 1930 in the Rose Gardens Music Hall." Some fading to spine and cover edges. Staple mark at top of ffep and title page. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Mee, Arthur
Sussex. The Garden By the Sea
One of 41 volumes of The King's England Series edited by Arthur Mee. 447 pages. Index. With 300 places and 238 pictures. Fold-out map at the back. Fading to top edge of red cloth covers and at base of spine. A few dirty marks to covers.
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Anon
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the Isle of Wight in Six Sections, with Walks and Excursions By Motor, Rail and Steamer from Each Centre.
Not dated, circa 1925. With map of the island, plans of Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor. Over 100 illustrations. 80 pages of advertisements. Page for notes after index has been used by previous owner. Small stain to bottom corner of all pages. Fading and wear to front cover corner
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Anon
Guide to Corfe Castle in the Island of Purbeck Dorsetshire
A guide to Corfe Castle - situated in the south-east of the County of Dorsetshire. Not dated. With plan and engraving of castle. A little browning to covers and some foxing in the text.
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Doubleday, Nelson and C. Earl Cooley (Editors)
Encyclopedia of World Travel Volume I
A most authoritative, easy-to-use and now mostly out-of-date travel reference. Too old to be any use, maybe too young to be of historic interest - but give it time. Covers United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, The Caribbean and South America. Fully illustrated with maps and photographs. Index. Blue leatherette covers; silver titles on spine. A short tear to dust jacket edge at top back, some light wear on corners and top/tail of spine.
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Cooper, Gordon
Your Holiday in Germany
Post Second World War travel guide to Germany. With 48 photographs and Index.
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Rojas, Luis Delgado (Editor)
Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura
Photographs of the much hoteled Spanish islands.96pp.
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Anon
The City of Sydney Official Guide
Lots of illustrations and information. Covers rubbed with wear at edges and creased at front corner.
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Anon
Gems of the Killarney Lakes, Parknasilla, Kenmare, Glengarriff and Bantry: Their Scenery and Antiquities
Sixty-five Platinatone views with descriptive guide. One of the "Emerald Isle" Album Series. From photographs by William Lawrence. Not dated but states Printed in Irish Free State so puts it between 1922-1937
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Lawrence, William
Views of Cork, Blarney & Queenstown
Seventy-three Platinatone views with descriptive guide of the district. One of the "Emerald Isle" Album Series. From photographs by William Lawrence. Not dated, c1940
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Anon
The Nagel Travel Guide Series: Norway
With maps. 184 pages. Browning to edges of pages.
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Ferrand, Henri
Grenoble and Thereabouts. Chartreuse, Oisans, Vercors, Belledone, Urage-Les-bains, Allevard, Trieves, Salette, Laffrey
Nicely illustrated guide. Guilt title on spine and blind stamped title on front cover. 154pp. Faint names of two previous owners on front free endpapers. Some wear to covers on joints of spine and a little on the corners. Foxing on back free endpapers.
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Wood, G. Bernard
North Country Profile
With over 60 illustrations. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper. Light foxing on pastedowns. Fading to cover spine and light edgewear.
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Stevens, Frank
Stonehenge Today & Yesterday
90 pages. Wear to top/tail of spine with a little loss. Slight curling to corners
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Althen, Adolf
Munchen
Travel guide to Munich, English edition. Not dated, circa 1960 Slightly damp wrinkled.
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Salmon, Arthur L.
The Heart of the West. A Book of the West Country from Bristol to Land's End
With 114 illustrations and a map. Black cloth covers. 423 pages. Gilt title on spine. c.1922. Two names of previous owners on front free endpaper with date of Christmas 1928. Spine bumped head and foot and slight wear to cover corners.
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Stow, John
A Survay of London Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Description of That Citie, Written in the Year 1598
Edited by Henry Morley. 446 pages. Gilt title and decoration to spine. Light wear to cover corners and head/foot of spine. Small white spot on spine and a few on back cover
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Geddie, John
Edinburgh
With twelve illustrations. 68 pages.
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Arnold, Wendy
The Historic Hotels of Spain. A Select Guide
A personal choice of thirty hotels. An entertaining and detailed description accompanies each entry with specially commissioned photographs by Robin Morrison. 95 pages. 108 colour illustrations and a map.
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Fleming, Laurence and Alan Gore
The English Garden
With over 300 photographs, drawings, and plans. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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La Brévine, Thomas and Jacques Verroust
Paris Ville Enchantée
119 very nice black and white photographs of Paris and two maps. Text in French. Dust jacket has loss on top front edge and creases, wear to top/base of spine. Front pastedown hinge cracked.
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Anon
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Two small stains at top of front cover.
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Muirhead, L. Russell (Editor)
The Blue Guides: Denmark
Blue cloth covers with general light wear. Has 16 page map section.
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Faison, S. Lane
A Guide to the Art Museums of New England
Includes 61 museums and other collections in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. With over 400 reproductions. Map detail for each entry. 270 pages. Dust jacket a little soiled and worn at top/tail of spine
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Anderesson, Ingvar and Others
Introduction to Sweden
All you wanted to know about Sweden. A great place, we recommend anyone to go; make sure you see Stockholm, the "Venice of the North". Dust jacket has a few chips and creases to edges with general shelfwear.
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Pfistermeister, Ursula and Eugen Skasa-Weiß
Ins Land Der Franken Fahren
Loads of photographs of Germany. Text in German.
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Gillet, Louis
Paris
Text in French. 132 illustrations. Inscription on front free endpaper. Light browning to endpaper margins. Wear to cover edges and small brown stain on back.
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Brogan, D. W. And the Editors of Life
France
A varied introduction to France with numerous photographs. Light soiling to covers.
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