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Very Good Turkish Original typed letter - document with autograph scripts (TLS) and signature by Aptullah Kuran. 29x21 cm. In Turkish. Sent to Gülten Tüter who was an educator in Bogaziçi University. Dr. Aptullah Kuran was a Turkish scholar expert on Ottoman architecture and founding president of Bogaziçi University. After graduation from Robert College he accepted Bachelor's and master's degrees at Architecture in Yale. He returned to Robert College in 1968 and became its first president when it was converted to a state university by Turkish authorities. This document includes a letter stating that the Ministry of National Education has been applied and approved for a raise in the salaries of university employees.
387 p. + Frontis, ** Plus a tipped-in extract from Isaiah produced in raised letters for the blind by N.B. Kneass Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Nice original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Hardbound. Very good+. Memoirs and works of eminent blind authors, including: Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others; as well as a collection of poems by blind authors including: L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. ** The little broadside in raised printing employs the Philadelphia line fonts inspired by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 for use by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind. Though helpful for years in educating the blind, many sightless persons found the Roman letters difficult to use, and all such systems were eventually superseded by Braille. This true First Edition is scarce, especially in decent condition. PA29 Far Rt
138 p. Endpapers foxed. The music printed on four line staves. 12 mo. 160 mm. Leather backed plain paper boards. Spine chipped. Hardbound. Very good. Autograph ownership of Ellen Bigelow (probably the person that the Ellen Bigelow School in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts is named after). John Freckleton Burrowes (1787-1852) was the organist at St. James's Piccadilly; as well as a composer and music educator. This First American Edition of his little handbook is rather scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145
pp. (2), (iii)-ix, (1) [Contents, (1)-56, (3) [Publisher's catalogue of musical instruments and music books]. Lacks first fly leaf. Small tear on front margin of title page. Foxed. Needs to be resewn. 24mo. 145 mm. Original leather spine over marbled covered boards, very worn. Rear board detached. Hardbound. Fair. John Freckleton Burrowes (1787-1852) was an English organist, composer, and music teacher. First American Edition. SCARCE. S&S/AI 631. PAIMP 25
276 p. Colored lithographic frontispiece of a large idyllic school building, printed by Duval, from the drawing made by L. Crepon, for Sloan & Stewart, Architects, Philadelphia. Illustrated throughout with in-text wood engravings, showing: elevations and floor-plans for schoolhouses of various designs; ventilation; school furniture; apparatus (including globes, maps, scientific machines, etc.); etc. Foxed. Narrow quarto. Original full blue cloth binding, stamped in gold gilt and blind; with the original binder's ticket ("Hamilton, Binder, Harrisburg") intact. An original printed (1856) notice on the front pastedown indicates that this is a costly publication, of great intrinsic value, aside from the illustrations furnished by the Architects. The edition is limited." Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) was the fourth president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1868 until 1871. He also served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1835 until 1839; and was also the founder of the PA State Normal School System of Teacher's Colleges. This book had enormous influence throughout the United States, and shaped to look and management of schools for many decades. A very good example of an important book. Hitchcock 250; Sabin 9469. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA51
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original typescript letter signed by Cahit Külebi. 15x21 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. Dated Bern, November 3, 1961. Typescript document. Signed by Külebi as 'cultural attache'. Külebi was a leading Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his adherence to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is enriched with simple yet ironic language, embellished with original descriptions.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 168 p., 1 folding plan, 3 b/w plates. With Ottoman documents. Extremely rare. 500 copies were printed. History of Istanbul University (Dar'ül-fünûn Fakültesi). Istanbul Üniversitesi tarihi. Professor Cemil Bilsel, (1879-1949), was a Turkish lawyer, academic, and politician. He was also the former Rector of the University of Istanbul (1934-1943). Bilsel was born in 1879 in the city of Damascus, in Ottoman Syria, into a family of Turkish origin. In 1903 he graduated from his studies in law, and between 1908-1914 and 1921-1925, Birsel entered the State Public Law Course at the Law Department of the Darülfünun-i Istanbul. In 1925 he became one of the first faculty members of the Law School of Ankara University and served as a Professor of Public Law until 1934. Thereafter, Bilsel became the rector of Istanbul University and remained in this post until his retirement in 1943. He also became a national parliament member and an international representative of Turkey in global diplomatic forums. In 1948 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by the University of Toulouse. This book is an early printed on history of Istanbul University.
Two volumes bound in one, continuous pagination: pp. (1) [Title page], (1)-12 [Life of Mrs. Chapone], (iii)-v, (7)-259, 18 [an interesting subscribers' list as gathered and distributed by the book peddling Parson Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825)]. Page 5 of subscribers' list torn without loss. Early manuscript ownership of David Withrow, Jan 1, 1815 on first fly leaf. Later ownership of Nelson Myers. The life of Mrs. Chapone [p. (1)-12] is in a different type font setting than the body of the text. Age stain. Title page and first few signatures damp stain on top edge. 12mo. 180 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Original leather spine label. "Those young Ladies who wish to figure in the kitchen and the parlour, and to shine both on earth and in heaven would do well to get Mrs. Chapones' admirable work by heart" - M.L. Weems. Mrs. Chapone was an English Bluestocking. She contributed to The Rambler and the Adventurer; was a protegee of both Dr. Johnson and Samuel Richardson. This rare Hagerstown edition demonstrates the broad influence of her appeal for better female education. S&S/AI 34323. Hardbound. Good. SCARCE. AI BX 8
pp. [6], LII, 550, [29]. Small 8vo. 18 cm. Very Scarce German Latin reader. Latin text with notes in German.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
288 p. Early manuscript ownership partially effaced from title page and elsewhere. Slight loss at top corner of title page. A few pages fly speckled. Lacks front fly leaves. Lightly XLib. 12mo. 160 mm. Original worn full leather binding. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss. Title continues: "Also, A Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, Business,.Love, Courtship, Marriage. To which is prefixed, A Plain and Compendious Grammar Of The English Language. English Spelling Dictionary." Evans 25403. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 64
200 p. Loss bottom margin corner of title page. Lacks fly leaves. Page 197 torn without loss. Very age stained. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Ms. Eliza Johnson, Derby, CT. 12mo. 185 mm. Original worn leather binding. Title continues: "Part I. Containing A History of The Town Of East Haven. 1644-1800. Part II. Containing An Account Of The Names, Marriages, And Births. 1644-1800. Part III. Containing An Account Of The Deaths In The Families Named In The Second Part From The Year 1647 To The End Of The Year 1823." Includes interesting details about early East Haven Connecticut: boundaries; iron-works and mills; land divisions; controversies with New-Haven and Branford; town charters; ecclesiastisal affairs; schools; population and taxes; losses by war; natural history and curiosities; roads and public lands; etc. Howes D-387; S&S/AI 15987. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 6
pp. 260 (4)[Publisher's catalogue of children's books] + Plus engraved frontis. Wonderful text engravings. Very slightly age stained. Inked ownership of J. Smyser (York, PA). 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding with a magnificent gold stamped eagle attacking monkeys in the tree tops. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Very nice copy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AFRICA/2
Two volumes. pp. cxvii, xii, 508 + Engraved facsimile of a letter from Louis XVIII to Dufief's family; [No divisional title to Vol. II] pp. iv, 344; 261 [Le Lecteur Francais; ou Choix de Morceau.] McGowan, London: 1819. Disbound. XLib. (Boston Athenaeum - Withdrawn). 8vo. 220 mm. Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1776?-1834) was a native of Nantes. In 1792 he followed the Royalist sentiments of his parents, and joined the Royal Naval Corps. In the same year he sought refuge in England, but soon afterwards he sailed for the West Indies, and was attracted thence to Philadelphia, which he reached in July 1793. During his sojourn in America, he became acquainted with Dr. Joseph Priestley, Thomas Jefferson, and other eminent men. In Philadelphia he published an essay on The Philosophy of Language, in which he first explained to the world how he was led to make those discoveries "from which my system of universal and economical instruction derives such peculiar and manifold advantages". For nearly twenty-five years he taught French with success in America and in England. With this set I offer Vol. I of the 1810 Philadelphia Edition for FREE. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED! FRENG 4
pp. xxv, 538 + Frontis & 22 folding copperplate engravings. Two XLib stamps of Washington and Jefferson College library on title page and elsewhere. Foxed. Full leather, boards detached. Hardbound. Text Very Good. Early pencil manuscript inscription 'R. H. Lee, Esq. presented to Dickinson College Carlisle by R. H. Lee, 1834 on first fly leaf. 8vo. 215 mm. Title continues: 'Being the Course of Lectures delivered by (Rev. John Ewing). The whole carefully Revised and prepared for the Press with sundry Explanatory and Supplementary Notes; By Robert Patterson. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author'. John Ewing was Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. First edition. S&S/AI 17470. PAIMP 21
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 3 volumes set (512 p.; 479, [1] p.; 480 p.), color and b/w ills. Articles in festschrift for Turhan Yazgan, (1938-2012). He's Turkish World Research Foundation founder. Researches about the Turks all around the world.= Türk dünyasi arastirmalari. Prof. Dr. Turan Yazgan'a Armagan üçlemesi. Year 35-36. Volume 104-105-106. Issue 206-207-208. 3 volumes set. Prep. by Ibrahim Akis, Mustafa Aksoy, M., Töre Yildirim.
pp. xi, 143, (1) [A Table showing the number of days in one month, to the same (or any other) day in any other month]. Illustrated with forms. Foxed. Mildly XLib. Remnants of XLib bookplate. Early manuscript and stamped ownership of Levi John Bertolett on first fly leaf. 4to. 260 mm. Original leather spine over green paper covered boards. Vellum corners. Spine very worn with loss. Title continues: 'Accurately to Draw Instruments of Writing, Legally and Correctly. Besides many other forms, useful to the Farmer, Mechanic, and Trader'. Hardbound. Very Good. After service in the Navy, George Getz (1789-1853) became the proprietor of 'The Berks and Schuylkill Journal.' He later was a bookseller and publisher (in English & German). He served as the mayor of Reading from 1849 until his death. These Form Books were of great practical utility through many walks of life in early America. SCARCE. S&S/AI 44472. PAIMP 20x2?
pp. iv, 236. Double column. Foxed. Printed in English and Hebrew. Penciled ownership of Thos. Douglass, Yale College, New Haven. Small Quarto. 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Original cloth spine over paper boards. Original paper spine label, worn with some loss. Spine hinges and extremities worn with some loss. Hardbound. Rosenbach # 345. AI #12600. In 1848 the early owner of this book, Thomas Douglass, opened in San Francisco "the first American school on the Pacific coast south of Oregon" - but six weeks later, caught up in Gold Rush fever, he dropped his books and headed for the mines. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUDAICA BOX 1
204 p. 12 mo. 19 cm. Foxed. Very nice modern buckram binding. The text is a sort of catechism on Roman history and culture. ** The publisher is of special interest - Daniel Rapine, was a bookseller and printer whose bookshop was located on Capitol Hill as early as 1801. The site was later engulfed in an expansion of the capitol building.During the War of 1812 (1812 & 1813) he served as Mayor of Washington. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7
Full Title: DISCUSSIONS ON PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE, EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY REFORM. Chiefly From the Edinburgh Review; Corrected, Vindicated, Enlarged, in Notes and Appendices. By Sir William Hamilton, Bart. With an Introductory Essay by Robert Turnbull. pp. xlviii, 9-764. Damp stained. Bookplates of Geo B. Orlady and the Library of the Philo Literary Society. Small 4to. 9.50" x 6". Original full brown cloth binding embossed and decorated in blind. Binding worn. Hardbound. Good. Sir William Hamilton, the 9th Baronet (1788-1856) was an influential Scottish metaphysician and teacher of philosophy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 4
163 p. + Folding Plate. Plate of the solar system has a small tear on fold. Title page very browned. Text age stain and damp stain. Remnants of XLib bookplate on front paste down. XLib stamp of Lancaster Mechanic's Society on title page and elsewhere. Manuscript ownership of William White on title page, first fly leaf and first page of introduction. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Hardbound. Poor. Front board detached. S&S/AI 15196. First edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 10 x2
240 p. 12 mo. Foxed. XLib. Spine taped. **NOTE: A very curious feature of this copy is that the copyright notice is pasted over with a changed version. Jay, the son of the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court, was a noted attorney and staunch abolitionist. He "castigated the federal government's complicity in the crime of slavery. by contrasting actual federal involvement in slavery with the constitutionally required minimal involvement. He also contrasted the gratuitous complicity with slavery with a vision of what the national government might permissibly do against slavery. Most of Jay 's positions on congressional or executive power were well within the mainstream of legal thought of the day." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN2C/W148 Rear
206 p. 12 mo. Foxed. Mildly XLib. Library buckram binding. Extremely important anti-slavery tract. William Jay (17891858), American jurist and reformer, was the son of John Jay (1745-1829), American patriot, statesman, and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. For most of the period from 1818 to 1843 he served as Judge of the county court of Westchester, N.Y. An active abolitionist, Jay helped establish (1833) the New York City Anti-Slavery Society and wrote vigorous pamphlets and articles on the topic. He also was a founder (1816) of the American Bible Society; and president (1848-1858) of the American Peace Society. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 Box 4
Two volumes. pp. (xxx) 448; (x) 531 + Plates. 8vo. 22 cm. Original publisher's cloth binding. Rockwell Kent designed bookplate of Maxwell Steinhardt. The text includes: "A Short Bibliography of the W itings of Samuel Butler and of the Books and Articles Concerning Him". Samuel Butler was born in Langar, Nottinghamshire. The son of a clergyman and grandson of a Bishop, he was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1859, where he achieved success as a sheep-farmer. His letters home to his father were compiled to form 'A First Year in Canterbury Settlement' (1863), which later became the core of his most popular work, 'Erewhon'. He returned to England in 1864, having accumulated a small fortune, and settled in Clifford's Inn, where he stayed until his death. In 1872 he published 'Erewhon' (an anagram for nowhere) anonymously. It attacked contemporary attitudes on morals, religion, education, and science by describing a land where (among other things) illness is considered a crime. Sick people are thrown in jail, as their sickness is their own fault. Sad people are also imprisoned, for grief is a sign of misfortune and people are held responsible for the actions that made them unfortunate. People who rob or murder, on the other hand, are treated generously and taken to the hospital to recover from their affliction. No machines are allowed in Erewhon, as a philosopher once speculated that machines could rapidly evolve and would take over the world. Students study anything that has absolutely no practical purpose at the University of Unreason. The book was scintillatingly popular. It still can be read with great enjoyment and relevance today. During the next decade Butler wrote a series of controversial scientific works. They were distinctly anti-Darwin, and especially opposed to certain aspects of the theory of natural selection. He also began experimenting in musical composition, and collaborated with his friend (and later biographer) Henry Festing Jones on the oratorio 'Narcissus' (1880). In 1896 he published the biography of his grandfather, Bishop Samuel Butler. Today, his best-known work is probably 'The Way of Al l Flesh'. It was the thoughtful result of many years of hard labor, but did not appear in his lifetime. "I am the 'enfant terrible' of literature and science. If I cannot (and I know I cannot) get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling. I can (and I know I can) heave bricks into the middle of them" - Samuel Butler, 'Notebooks' **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140
New Turkish Original bdg. HC. Folio. (31 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 299 p., color and b/w ills. Anadolu'da Türk bakircilik sanatinin gelisimi: Bakir yataklari, üretimi ve atölyeleri. A comprehensive book on Turkish & Islamic coppersmith in Anatolia throughout the history.
Minor Shelfwear; This book purports to take its readers beyond political correctness, beyond the predictable polarization of left and right, beyond the polemical hyperbole that has made rational debate a rarity in the culture wars that still beset us. Indeed, the editors explicitly claim to offer 'insight into the values, ideals, and motives of both sides' and thus to transcend the sterile and static opposition between affirmative action and merit, between human rights and academic freedom. ; 9.75 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 272 pages