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4to, xviii,501pp., orig. cloth, d.w. Includes American and British library locations for the rarer books and manuscripts.
4to, xviii, 501pp., orig. cloth, d.w. Includes American and British library locations for the rarer books and manuscripts.
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 32 pages of plates; pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, red endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. VERY SCARCE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 160 pages. Price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear. Many b&w illustrations.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 354 p., ills. Bahtiyarzâde okçuluk risâlesi. This book is the oldest known manuscript written in Turkish about traditional Turkish archery. The book tells the names of the menhirs, stone striking archers and other men in the other cities. In addition, some personalities and their adventures are mentioned, and there are reminiscences of some sea and land wars. And includes arrow shooting techniques, arrows and archery information.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 24 p., b/w ills. Besiktas'ta Ihlamur Mesiresi ve tarihî nisan taslari. A study on traditional Turkish / Ottoman archery.
First Edition, [iv],74pp., one of 300 copies, pencil markings in the text, orig. cloth.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light shelf wear only with creaseless front cover and spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 846 pages. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Very detailed contents, over 600 illustrations, mostly detailed b&w drawings, some b&w photos.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Large demy 8vo. (23 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 46 p. Historical Turkish archery festival in Kagithane. Hasbahçe'de okçuluk.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, wire-stiched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
New Turkish Paperback. Oblong large 8vo. (20 x 24 cm). In Turkish and original text in Mamluk-Kiptchak. 264 p., color ills. This book is a transcription of Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussab; a book on the knowledge of arrows or hulasa 'The essence', a late fourteenth century archery manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak and composed during the Mamluk reign in Egypt. This work is the earliest archery manual written in any Turkic language. Although many Arab historians have described the incredible feats of Turkish archers, our knowledge of their skills from Turkic sources written prior to the 14th century is limited to scanty and sporadic material collected from various glossaries and literary works.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (31 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 404 p., ills. Istanbul through a bow's sight.= Nisangâh-i Istanbul. 'Okmeydans' in Istanbul in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul Archers Tekke - Archers in the classical Ottoman age - Evliya Çelebi and archers - Famous archers in Istanbul and their 'Nisantas's - Turkish / Ottoman manuscript literature on archery - Production and producers of composite bows - Story of 'Tekke of Archers'.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (28 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 160 p., color ills. Istanbul'un son nisan taslari.
New English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 119 p., color ills. Kemankes. Türk Okçulugu Sergisi. [Exhibition catalogue]. Traditional Turkish archery exhibition.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 22 cm). In Turkish and Bosnian. 103, [1] p., color ills. Kemankes. Türk Okçulugu Sergisi.= Izlozba Turskog Strelicarstva. [Exhibition catalogue]. Zemaljski Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo 2017.
As New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish; and Mamluk-Kipchak facsimile. [xiii], 367 p. This book is a bilingual edition of Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussab; a book on the knowledge of arrows or hulasa 'The essence', a late fourteenth century archery manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak and composed during the Mamluk reign in Egypt. This work is the earliest archery manual written in any Turkic language. Although many Arab historians have described the incredible feats of Turkish archers, our knowledge of their skills from Turkic sources written prior to the 14th century is limited to scanty and sporadic material collected from various glossaries and literary works. Contents; Preface; abbrv., transcription table; introduction; Linguistic analysis of the text; Transcription; English translation; glossary; bibliography; technical terminology; reverse English-Mamluk-Kipchak glossary.; Facsimile.
Features: Did Richard Giesbrecht overhear JFK's assassins?; Colour photo ad for the 1968 Delta Oldsmobile; Campus 1967 - Why has it grown so quiet? - an 11-page hard look at the new campus and its problems; A Consumer's Report on Canada's Top Universities; A Day in the Life of a University - 100 people are button-holed at the University of Toronto; Crazy Legs! - colour photos of coloured leggings!; The day the balloon went up for Wallace McCutcheon; Robert Stanfield in Ottawa - the end of obstruction; The Lonely, Fearful Hell of Nervous Breakdowns; Hey Stuke! - Annis Stukus seeks to bulldoze Vancouver into the National Hockey League; When the daring young men took off into glory from a Newfoundland pasture - the challenge to be the first to fly the Atlantic; The Black Hand on the Big Trigger - H. Rap Brown gives his first full-scale interview to a white reporter; Look - There's a Flying Saucer! - some scientists want to prove UFO observers right, or wrong; Nice colour ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo half-page ad for Ski-Doo 1968; Canadiana, with Gerald Stevens; Fantastic colour photo centerfold for the 1968 Buick Models - Gigantic and beautiful cars we'll probably never see again... sigh; Archery in the Rough. Covers separated and detached, but present. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [iv], 294 p. Okla yükselen millet. Türklerde ok ve okçuluk. A study on history of Turkish / Ottoman / Mamluk archery.
Very Good Turkish Modern cloth bdg. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 164, [4] p., ills. History of Ottoman archery. Okmeydani ve okçuluk tarihi. Rare.
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 192 p., ills. Okçuluk sicil defteri. Inventory of Ottoman archers between the years 1682 and 1904.
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 270 p. Color ills. Osmanli'da sportif aticilik: Nisan taslari.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. [ix], 269, [1] p., color ills. Osmanli'da sportif aticilik: Nisan taslari. Archery stones for aiming in the Ottoman period.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 12mo. (16,5 x 12,5 cm). In Uzbek. 131, [5] p. Ozbek okçulari. Uzbek archers and archery. Extremely rare.
Full green cloth boards worn and faded at edges. Tattered dust jacket. Small stain on side page ends. Tight binding. Large oblong format: 15 1/2"w x 10 3/4"h. 128 pages. Many b&w and color illustrations.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and a little bumping to corners. 416pp. A very comprehensive work covering sixty-five different sports from air records to wrestling. Statistics and results since the first events ever played in many sports. Illustrated in black & white photographs.
