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1969Travels along the Black Sea coast of Turkey from Istanbul to Kars, describing North-Eastern Turkey through Trebizond to the borders of the USSR. 212p. plates.index. Book
1988Article by Severy " Suleyman the Magnificent" (pp. 552-601) Book
1990Large format beautifully illustrated book about Constantinople, showing the architecture and life of the late 19th.century. Laid in is a folded facsimile of an old MS Greek map of the city. Jacket has paper band announcing "Vraveio Akademias Athenon 178p., illus (col) bibliography. Tiny tear on last end paper, else as new.NOTE: This is a VERY heavy [1.7 kg] oversized volume [30x39x3 cm] Book
1998Mansel's sweeping narrative of the last five centuries of Constantinople reinterprets the history of the Ottoman Empire and provides an enthralling biography of "the city of the world's desire". "This is a work for the general reader which will also earn the admiration of all academic specialists in Ottoman history" 528p. bibliography index. Clean crisp tight copy Large format softcover weighs over 2 lbs. Book
1980Standard study of Byzantine culture - society,politics,art & theology - from 323-1453 .Includes a Chronological list of Byzantine Emperors. 334p.Illus.Maps.Bibliography. Book
2012This classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Summer-Boyd and John Freely is here, for the first time since its original publication thirty-seven years ago, published in a completely revised and updated new edition. Taking the reader on foot through this captivating city - European City of Culture 2010 - the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of a great living city. Woven throughout are vivid anecdotes, secret histories, hidden gems and every major place of interest the traveler will want to see. Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best." 494p. + col. plates. diagrams, maps, index Book
1992Facsimile of the edition first published by Methuen, London 1926) 310p. index. Name of previous owner on ffep. else as new. Book
1996"An excellent assessment . of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Well illustrated with original maps, it covers the last decade of the Roman Empire as a superpower of the ancient world, the crisis of the seventh century, and the means whereby its embattled Byzantine successor hung on to Constantinople ans Asia Minor until the Abbasid Caliphate's decline opened up new perspectives for Christian power in the Middle East. 477p. index Remainder mark, else as new, unread copy Book
1959History of the Byzantine Empire, from its beginning to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Includes a chronological chart of the Byzantine Empire and world events. Vintage school textbook, Grades 7 and up.126p. illus, maps, index.Crisp neat copy except for library bookplate and stamp. Book
1996(Mediaeval Academy Reprints for Teaching) Edited by Edgar Holmes McNeal . 'Among the many remarkable episodes of the crusading age, perhaps the most astounding was the exploit of those French knights and Venetian seamen who set out to rescue the Holy Land and ended by capturing Constantinople. This expedition, known to modern historians as the Fourth Crusade, is memorable also for the number of contemporary accounts which it inspired. One of these is the story dictated by Robert of Clari, a simple, obscure knight of Picardy, who was a member of the crusading host and shared its experiences.' 150p. bibliography index Book
1969"Constantinople is portrayed as the prototypical Imperial Capital, A . a comprehensive account of the dynamics of an urban society in an Imperial civilization." 226p.map.bibliography.index. Book
1935Chapters include: Byzantium-the Historical Background; The Geographical Basis of Byzantine Culture; The Origins of Byzantine Art; The Architectural Background; Byzantine Mosaics; Byzantine Wall-paintings; Panel Painting and Iconography; Byzantine Book Illumination; Major Sculpture; Minor Sculpture; Metal Work and Enamels; Textiles; Ceramics, Glass, and Incrustation; Byzantium and the East; Byzantium and the Slavonic World; Byzantium and the West. xiii, 255p + 45 plates, illus. maps index. Sun fading on green cloth covers, especially on spine, else near fine Book
Illustrated guide to the Topkapi Palace.60p.+ plates (col) no date [3 copies found in WorldCat] Book
1988The delightful observations of Lady Mary Wortley-Montague on Ottoman Turkish life and manners in the 18th.Century, whilst her husband was Ambassdor to the Sublime Porte . The book is enhanced by a wonderful selection of contemporary illustrations.224p. plates (some col.) index Book
2009Spectacularly illustrated official guidebook to the Topkapi Palace and its contents. 196p. illus map. Book
1982"This book has been prepared in the context of cultural activity of the Yapi-Kredi Bank for the occasion of the sixth annual meeting of the Devlopment Bank of Islam to be held in Istanbul." It begins with essays in English by various authors : The Harem by Cengiz Koseoglu /The Tiled Kiosk by Hulya Tuncay / The pavilions by Hulya Tezcan/ The Caftans by Fikret Altay /Turkish Embroidery by Nurhayat Berker / The Treasury by Cengiz Koseoglu [pages 1-90] followed by the Arabic text [pages 91-220] The captions to the photographs are in both languages. English translation by Adair Mill Arabic by Mehmet Temimi. The textile sections are particularly interesting .220p. Col.plates Date stamp on ffep, else a fine, tight copy. [6 copies found in WorldCat] Book
1998"Since the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at the Empire's height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched its aid. For the next three hundred years the Empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. Early in the twentieth century it fell. In this dazzling evocation of its power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In the process he unfolds a sequence of mysteries, triumphs, treasures, and terrors unknown to most American readers. This was a place where pillows spoke and birds were fed in the snow; where time itself unfolded at a different rate and clocks were banned; where sounds were different, and even the hyacinths too strong to sniff. Dramatic and passionate, comic and gruesome, Lords of the Horizons is a history, a travel book, and a vision of a lost world all in one."352p.illus bibliography.index Book
1996160p. ilus maps.index Book
1950Swashbuckling novel of the Fall of Constantinople 1453.".the rich,barbaric scenes of Moslem pageantry,the fascinating enterprises of wily Venetian merchants,the terrifying death throes of lovely and decadent Constantinople."302p. Book
1963Novel of the Comnenoi dynasty- John,Manuel and Andronicus. English translation by Kay Cicellis. 318p. Maps on end papers Book
1990Novel for young people about the Fall of Constantinople in1453. 274p. Name of owner, else fine. Book
1963Novel of the Comnenoi dynasty- John,Manuel and Andronicus. English translation by Kay Cicellis. 318p. Maps on end papers. Crisp tight unmarked copy, but a slice of the half title page has been cut away, else fne Book
Locally produced illustrated guide to Istanbul in English nd. (c 1970-1980 ?) .90p. illus (col.) Book
First edition, 8vo, viii, 268pp., half-title, photographic illustrations on endpapers, orig. cloth, uncut, d.w. The author sets out from Genoa; visits Capri and Paestum; enjoys a leisurely tour of Sicily; sees Tunis, Egypt, and then crosses to Constantinople and tours Greece before returning to Italy.
Gr. In-8, 318p. Traduit de l'anglais par J. Butler. Ouvrage illustré de 130 dessins par Hon. A. Y. Bingham et de 2 cartes en couleurs. Quelques rousseurs et pied de la page 67-68 curieusement découpé (mais sans manque au texte), néanmoins exemplaire tout-à-fait désirable.