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Kafamda bir tuhaflik : boza saticisi Mevlut Karatas 'in hayati, maceralari, hayalleri ve arkadas larinin hika^yesi ve 1969 ile 2012 yillari arasinda I?stanbul hayatinin pek c ok kis inin go zu nden anlatilmis bir resmidir /A Strangeness in My Mind

PAMUK, ORHAN · 2014 · Kalamos Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Istanbul, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari. 2014, 1st Turkish Edition. (ISBN: 9789750830884) Soft cover. Book, "It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years" worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut…

[Ottoman Empire] A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa

WAVELL, A. J. B. (Arthur John Byng, 1881-1916) · 1912 · Fine Editions Ltd

$649.00 (€588.82 | £491.16 | ¥103,649)

London John Constable First Edition Scarce First Printing of this clandestine tour of the Near East. Demy 8vo (213 x 138mm): viii,[2],349,[1]pp, with seven plates from photographs (one a map) and large folding map of Arabia in black and blue inserted at rear. Publisher's Prussia…

The Great Houdini: His British Tours

Derek Tait · 2017 · Winkles Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Book New New 1st Edition Pen & Sword History Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Between 1900 and 1920 Harry Houdini toured Great Britain, extensively visiting many of its major towns and cities. Whilst there, he escaped from jails, jumped from bridges into rivers whilst bound up…

Ueber die eigene Bewegung des Sonnensystems hergeleiteit aus den eigenen Bewegungen der Sterne.

Argelander, F. [W. A.] · 1837 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

St. Petersburg, Académie des Sciences de St. Petersburg, 1837. Large 4to (28.0 x 21.5 cm). No wrappers. = Rare work by the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799-1875). "He is known for his determinations of stellar brightnesses, positions, and distances.He …

Francis Towne : Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting

Bury, Adrian · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

London, Charles Skilton Ltd, 1974. Original. Hardcover. Tan linen/boards; gilt lettering. Beige dj with color image and royal purple lettering; Mylar cover. 157 pp. with color frontis and 6 color and 38 bw plates. Francis Towne (1739 or 1740 – 1816) was a British watercolour lan…

Captain Linnaeus Tripe, Photographer of India and Burma, 1852-1860

Taylor, Roger and Crispin Branfoot · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art / DelMonico Books (an imprint of Prestel), 2014. Hardcover. Dark chocolate cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. Sepia photographic dj with black lettering on grey spine. 228 pp. with 102 illus. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the N…

The Story of American Aviation

RAY, JIM & GILL ROBB WILSON · 1946 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company, 1946. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Jim Ray. B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and co…

Hooray for Me!

CHARLIP, REMY & LILIAN MOORE · 1996 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: Tricycle Press, 1996. Reprint; 3rd Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1883672430. Illustrated by Vera B. Williams. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is generally clean and bright. There is some light bumpin…

Rudolph and Amina Or the Black Crook

MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER · 1930 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: John Day Company, 1930. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping a…

Emmett Lawler

TULLY, JIM · 1922 · S. Howlett-West Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1922. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and is lacking the scarce dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bu…

Literature and Dialectical Materialism

STRACHEY, JOHN (EVELYN JOHN ST LOE STRACHEY ) · 1934 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, NY: Covici Friede Inc, 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages a…

Lord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860-1935

JUDD, DENIS · 1982 · Little Lane Books

A$28.00 (€17.21 | $18.97 | £14.36 | ¥3,030)

UK, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, 750g & 316pp. Here's the gist >> Rufus Isaacs was the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family engaged in the London fruit trade, he wen…

Hunter's Run

Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois EDITOR and George R. R. Martin · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

HarperCollins (UK) 2008 Paperback, 394pp. A powerful tale of betrayal, trickery and sheer human grit from a dream-team of authors In a fight outside a bar Ramon Espejo kills a man. Next day, all hell breaks loose. The dead man was a big shot, a diplomat on a mission to the out-w…

Conned

Matthew Klein · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$12.50 (€6.26 | $6.90 | £5.23 | ¥1,103)

Orion 2007 Paperback, 285pp. Kip Largo was once the world's greatest con man. Then he got busted. And spent eight years in jail. And lost his family. And lost everything except his crummy apartment and sense of humor. Now he spends his days working at a third-rate dry cleaner an…

Pictures, Passions and Eye. A Life at Sotheby's

Strauss, Michel: · 2011 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€41.25 ($45.47 | £34.41 | ¥7,261)

2011, (16 x 24 cm), 290 pp. English text, ills.,hardcover. Michel Strauss embarked on an enduring love affair at the age of six when he saw for the first time paintings by Manet, Monet and Degas: the passion aroused by these artists never left him. This passion, this ‘eye’ as he…

Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian.

Lewis, Bernard. · 2013 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

New York : Penguin Books, 2013. Reprint. Paperback. 400 pp. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - After 9/11, people who had never given much thought to the politics of the Middle East found themselves wondering…

Kicking Canvas

BESTIC, CAPTAIN A. A. (ALBERT ARTHUR ) · 1958 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the…

Obligato: Untold Tales from a Life With Music.

Hirschmann, Ira. · 1994 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York : Fromm Intl, 1994. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 133 pp.- Hirschmann, who died in 1989 at the age of 88, was a New York City business executive known for his activities as a diplomat and anti-Nazi activist. In this charming memoir, he tells how he was able to blend his passi…

CORRESPONDENCE, Including La Guardia's Wedding Invitation (8 pcs total)

La Guardia, Fiorello [1882 - 1947] · 1941 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$357.50 (€324.35 | £270.55 | ¥57,095)

: , 1941. SIGNED (5 pcs). Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Overall VG - VG+. LaGuardia, or "Little Flower," is widely regarded as one of the best mayors in New York City history, whose tenure redefined the office. He was the 99th mayor of the "Big Apple", serving his…

Spider, Spin Me a Web: Lawrence Block on Writing Fiction

BLOCK, LAWRENCE · 1988 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0898793262. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright, though with so…