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- Books, History
AFGHAN PRE-ISLAMIC ART: لشکر گاه / : مطالعات تاریخی، ادبی، هنری، باستان شناسی.
- 350.00€
- [Leşkergah / Lashkargāh. Historical, Literary, Artistic, Archeological Studies] A pioneering work on the pre-Islamic history of art and archeology of a southwestern Afghan city Lashkargāh, with attached visiting card of the author 8°, 152 pp., interleaved 7 sheets, printed with photographs from both sides, original illustrated wrappers, author’s visiting card attached with a pin to the title…
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- Africa, Books, Geography, History, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: November 2020
AFRICA (TANZANIA, CAMEROON, NAMIBIA, TOGO, CONGO) – NAZI DESIGNS IN AFRICA / CARTOGRAPHY / TRANSPORTATION: Straßen im tropischen Afrika: Auszüge aus den Mandatsberichten der Jahre 1922-1937 und aus den Abhandlungen des Kgl. Belgischen Kolonialinstituts 1939.
- 1,200.00€
- An extremely rare Nazi report on the state of roads in Germany's former African colonies and the Belgian Congo, made early in World Wat II in preparation for plans for the Third Reich to regain its African empire either by diplomacy or force, being a printed copy of an original typescript labelled as 'Als Manuskript gedruckt' ('Printed as a manuscript'), issued…
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- Africa, Archives and Documents, Books, History, Maps and Prints
AFRICA ARCHIVE – PORTUGUESE COLONIAL WAR (GUERRA DO ULTRAMAR) (1961-74) – ANGOLA / GUINÉ (GUINEA-BISSAU) / COUNTERGUERRILLA WARFARE / CARTOGRAPHY:
- 8,500.00€
- A highly valuable and voluminous archive relating to the Portuguese Colonial War, or the ‘Guerra do Ultramar’ (1961-74), an epic conflict whereby Portugal fought to maintain its 400-year-old African colonial empire, simultaneously opposing large-scale and well-organized independence movements in Angola, Guiné (Guinea-Bissau), and Mozambique, forming three hot fronts in the Cold War; here being the military papers of Lieutenant-Colonel…
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- Books, History
Andrew Carnegie: Το κρατοσ του πλουτου. Κατα-τό άγγλιχόν τού Ανδρέα Καρνέγη
- 220.00€
- [The Gospel of Wealth. According to the English Text of Andrew Carnegie] A rare Greek translation of The Gospel of Wealth by an American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, a text especially important for the history of foundation of public free libraries 8°. 75 pp. with a full page portrait, [4 pp.], original card pink wrappers with illustration…
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- Arabic Books, Books, History
Arab–Israeli Conflict: واشنطن في تل ابيب او هنا كانت إسرائيل
- 420.00€
- [Washington in Tel Aviv or There Used to be Israel Here] An Arab nationalistic book against Israel with an antisemitic cover design 8°. 184 pp., [8 pp.] with black and white illustrations, original illustrated card wrappers (wrappers slightly stained, corners with tiny chips and folds, spine with a small loss of material, imprint on the back cover…
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- Books, History, New Acquisitions: October 2020
AZERBAIJANI INDEPENDENCE / PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE: Aperçu sur l’histoire, la littérature et la politique de l’Azerbeidjan
- 740.00€
- [Overview of Azerbaijani History, Literature and Politics] A rare, important book with the history and current political situation of the newly founded Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, written by the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Adil Khan Ziatkhan, was presented at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, where the independence of the republic was confirmed internationally. 8°, 101 pp., original…
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: بوسنه و هرسك [Bosna ve Hersek / Bosnia and Herzegovina]
- 550.00€
- An Ottoman report on Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in the crucial year of 1908, when Austro-Hungary withdrawn from Novi Pazar in exchange for being given permanent sovereignty over Bosnia. 8°, 15 pp., original blue wrappers with lettering (minor water-staining, old annotations on the cover, wrappers with light staining, small tears in margins and old mounted paper label on…
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Slavica, Turkica
BOSNIAN NATIONALISM / BANJA LUKA: بنالوقة صحراسى محاربه سى
- 550.00€
- [Banaluka Sahrası Muharebesi / Battle of Banja Luka Field] Small 8°, original cover with lettering, [2 pp.] title page, 17 pp., new black cloth binding with gilt lettering and debossed decoration (improvised repairs of paper loss in inner margins, light water staining in margins, sporadic old annotations in pencil, minor staining).
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
CATHERINE THE GREAT: قترينه تارخى [Katerina Tarihi]
- 650.00€
- 8°, [8 pp.], 308 pp. lithographed text with some pages with larger folded margins with annotations, as originally published, modern green cloth boards with gilt lettering and debossed decoration, brown calf spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (light foxing, old signature and date in Ottoman on the first page, old scribbles on the last blank page, otherwise in…
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- Books, Geography, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
China / Travelouge / Hitayname: ترجمه تاريخ نوارى جين ماجين
- 1,200.00€
- [Tercüme-i Tarih-i Nevâdir-i Çin-i Maçin / Translation of the Stories of History of China and the Greater China] 8°, 70 pp. lithograph, first two pages with gilt margins, later blue cloth boards with brown cloth spine, grey printed endpapers (minor staining overall in a good condition).
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- Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
Christopher Columbus in Ottoman Literature: بحثه اول ونديك وجنويزلى كميجيلرنيك كشف ايلدكي جزاير و ثانيا قرستوف قولومبك امريقا بولمسى Bahs-i evvel Venedik ve Cenevizli gemicilerin keṣfeylediği Cezayir ve saniyen Kristof Kolombun Amerikayı bulması
- 650.00€
- First Search: Venetians and Genoese Sailors Discover Islands. Second: Christopher Columbus's Discovery of America Also: Amerika kıt'asının hîn-i keşf ü istîlâsında zuhûra gelen vukūât-ı garîbenin târîhi. Bahs-i evvel, Venedik ve Cenevizli gemicilerinin keşf eylediği cezâyir ve sâniyen Kristof Kolomb'un Amerika'yı bulması beyânındadır This is an early, possibly first separately issued publication on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America…
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