Islamica from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Sarajevo: Izdanje Vakuîske Direkcije u Sarajevu, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original greenish wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 15,5 cm). In Bosnian. 20 p. Chippings on extremities of front cover, loose spine, browning on front and rear wrappers, dated on the cover, two sentences are underlined and one… Read more about this item

Beograd (Belgrade): Drzavna Stamparija Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca, 1928. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Serbian. 14 p., 3 folded plates. Occasional foxing on the cover and pages, a few markings in pencil. Overall, a very good copy. Uncommon… Read more about this item

USA: TLS, 1980. No Binding. Very Good. Typescript letter signed on paper with Ismail's personal letterhead, telephone, his address "20426 Country Club Drive Harper Woods, Michigan 48236, U.S.A.", and Basmala in Arabic with English translation. With its envelope with letterhead. 28x22 cm (open size). In Albanian. 16 lines on a single page. Dated July 8, 1980. An… Read more about this item

Sarajevo: Hrvatska Muslimanska Knjiznica, Prva Muslimanska Nakladna Knjizara (M. B. Kalajdzic), 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lacking wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Croatian. 40 p. Second edition of this brief "siyar" [i.e., The life of Mahomet] book written by a Bosnian Islamic scholar, theologian, and… Read more about this item

Manuscript., N.d. [c. 1800 - Early 19th century]., 1800. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original full brown morocco with a miklep (flap). 12mo. (17 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [128] p. Naskh script in black and red ink on polished paper, thirteen lines per page.… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Seyh Mehmed Sadik Buhari Matbaasi., AH 1285 = [1869], 1869. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary quarter calf with gilt decorations on spine, green boards. Slightly worn to extremities. Otherwise, a very good copy. Rare first printed Ottoman edition of the magnum opus by Ibn Zafar, considered… Read more about this item

Kazan: Tatarstan Halq Maarif Kamisariyatindan Ülkenin Oyrenu Buyurasi = Byuro Kraevedennia pri Narkomproce T.S.S.R., 1926. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Tatar with Arabic letters, with bilingual front and rear covers in Russian and Tatar. [4], 133, [2] p., one two-paged plate… Read more about this item

Yeni Pazar (Novi Pazar): Sancak Müslüman Millî Meclisi [i.e., The Muslim National Council of Sandzak (MNVS)], 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [ii], 10 p., 1 b/w map. First and only Turkish edition of this memorandum of self-government to be… Read more about this item

Istanbul: IBB Kütüphane ve Müzeler Müdürlügü, 2022. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish with facsimile of the manuscript. 224 p., ills. Fütüvvetname-i Bektasiyye, an Ottoman manuscript registered with the number 816 of Osman Ergin Manuscripts in the Osman Ergin Collection of the IMM… Read more about this item

Istanbul (Constantinople): Dar Al-Tibaat Al-Amire., [AH 1265], 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth bdg. Light green boards. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 119 p., a drawn table. Occasionally stained on margins, loosened spine, otherwise a very good copy. Lithographed edition. Exceedingly rare early Arabic edition printed in… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Antik A.S., 2010. 1st Edition . Dust jacket. New/New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). Edition in English. 464 p., color ills. In this 1400th year since the first revelations of the Holy Book of Islam, the Qur'an, the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art is… Read more about this item

Ankara: Yenigün Matbaasi., [AH 1341], 1925. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 37 p. Chipped on extremities, occasional foxing on pages, overall a good copy. Scarce first and only edition of this treatise… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tokyo Büyük Elçiligi, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (22,5 x 16 cm). In Japanese and Turkish. 45, 59 p., 74 unnumbered pages of plates and ills. with tissue papers. Scarce Japanese and Turkish bilingual book published by the Embassy… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Bugün Gazetesi Nesriyati, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 16 p.  First and only edition of this extremely rare pamphlet written by Turkish Islamist-Nationalist journalist Eygi, who criticizes the understanding of Islam in the 1960s, through… Read more about this item

Misr [Egypt]: Dâr Al-Ma'arif, 1961. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrapper, missing back cover. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 13 cm). In Arabic. 117, [1] p., b/w ills. and one map. Scarce illustrated Arabic book of the Afghan people living in different regions in Afghanistan, written in the… Read more about this item

Dersaadet - Constantinople: Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., [AH 1324], 1907. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Original chromo-lithograph map on cloth. 63x98 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Chipped on extremities, some wear on folds, foxing, and stains on margins and cloth with small holes. Overall a good/fair copy. First separate edition of this… Read more about this item

Saraybosna (Sarajevo) / Bosnia-Hercegovina: Bosna Vilâyet Matbaasi [i.e. Bosnian Printing House]., [AH 1293], 1876. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt lettering. three volumes set: (2 volumes in one: [2], 641 p.; third volume: [8], 379 p.). Foxing and stains on pages, overall… Read more about this item

Dimashq (Damascus - Sam): Matbaat Al-Nasr., [After 1945], 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original orange wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 42 p. The Latin transcription of the title is written in pen on the front cover. Otherwise a very good copy. This… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Türk Tarih Encümeni Mecmuasi / Matbaa-i Âmire., [AH 1343], 1927. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modern black cloth, Arabic lettered gilt on spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 207 p. First edition of this extremely rare Turkish book, including… Read more about this item

Tbilisi (Tiflis): Tipographia E. I. Kheladze, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original newspaper. Folio. (49 x 33 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters) and imprint details in bilingual in Russian and Turkish. 4 p. An early issue of this extremely rare newspaper published in… Read more about this item