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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, Books, History
ALGERIA / FRENCH COLONIES / ARMENIANS: De l’Introduction des Arméniens catholiques en Algérie
- 1,200.00€
- [On the Introduction of the Armenians to Algeria] An unusual French pamphlet describing a governmental plan, to relocate a larger amount of Armenians from the Ottoman Empire to Algeria, in order to boost economy and trade of this relatively new part of France. A handsome example, from a library of Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, the French Colonial Minister, who…
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- Africa, Books, History
Analyse sur la justice du commerce du rachat des esclaves de la côte d’Afrique.
- 6,800.00€
- Extremely rare in commerce – the first edition of a work that featured the most powerful defense of slavery of the late Enlightenment era, and one of the most influential and controversial books in Brazilian and Portuguese history, written by José de Azeredo Coutinho, the Brazilian plantation owner-turned celebrated intellectual and cleric who was the (unintentional) forefather of Brazilian…
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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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- Books, History, Iran, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, Ottoman Books, Turkica
ANGLO-IRANIAN RELATIONS: ايرانده انكليزلر [İran’da İngilizler / Englishmen in Iran]
- 460.00€
- 8°, original cover, [2 pp.], 104 pp., folding map, later brown cloth binding with lettering (minor age-toning, old hand-written price on the inner side of the rear board, but overall in a good condition).
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- Books, History, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022
ANTI-FASCIST PROPAGANDA / WORLD WAR II IN GREECE: Πολεμικη Σατυρα [Polemiki Satira / War Satire]
- 650.00€
- A rare satirical illustrated anti-Fascist-Italy pamphlet, printed for the Greek soldiers during World War II. Large 8°. [64 pp.] with black and white illustrations, original illustrated wrappers (Very Good). Evangelos BITSAXIS - Kostantinos STASINOPOULOS, editors; T. MORAITINI, A.G. POP, K. VARNALI, authors of texts - F. DIMITRIADIS, K. BEZOU, N. KASTANAKI, P. PAVLIDIS, S. POLENAKI, E. TERZOPOULOS, KYRIAZI,…
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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, Ottoman Books, Turkica
ARABIAN PENINSULA / HISTORY OF ISLAM / BATTLES OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD: غزوات جليلى پيغميرى
- 2,800.00€
- [Gazavât-ı Celile-i Peygamberî / Battles of the Glorious Prophet] An exclusively bound Ottoman book on the glorious conquers of the Prophet Muhammad, written by a historian Ahmet Refik. 8°. 224 pp. with decorative vignettes and a small map in text, folding map, bound in dark brown goat with gold ornaments on the covers and lettering on the…
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- Armenian Books, Books, History, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022
ARMENIAN HISTORY: A qui la faute? Publications de la revue Dadjar. Aux partis rev. Armeniens (Traduit du texte armenien) [Whose Fault is It? Publications of the Magazine Dadjar… Translated from Armenian]
- 350.00€
- A scarce pamphlet in French language is a translation of an Armenian text with the analysis of the current political situation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. It was written during WWI in Istanbul, shortly after the Armenian genocide, where over 1 million Armenians were murdered, as many more were deported or imprisoned. 8°. 70 pp., [2 pp.],…
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- Armenian Books, Books, History, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022
ARMENIAN HISTORY: Aspirations et agissements rèvolutionnaires des comitès Armèniens avant et après la proclamation de la constitution Ottomane
- 750.00€
- Small 4°, 416 pp., [2 pp.], 146 pp. with black and white photos, maps and reproductions of documents.
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- Armenian Books, Books, History, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022
ARMENIAN HISTORY: L’Empire Ottoman et L’indépendance de l’Eglise Arménienne
- 180.00€
- A rare book in French language, written during World War I, in the time of the Armenian genocide, analyses contemporary situation of the Armenian Church in the Ottoman Empire and in the world. Large 12°. 96 pp., original green wrappers with lettering (good, uncut example, wrappers with minor staining and tiny tears).
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