Search Results: Propaganda from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Istanbul: Seyh Yahya Efendi Matbaasi., [AH 1290], 1873. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original very decorative 1/4 leather bdg. Raised bands, ornaments gilded on four compartments of five. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 173 p. Framed text in a style of early 19th century mostly seen in the transition period from manuscripts to the printing. Slightly faded on boards, stains on margins of two pages. Otherwise a very good copy. Harputî Ishak Efendi was a 19th-century statesman and Islamic scholar in the Ottoman Empire. After completing his first education in his hometown, he came to Istanbul and received a license from "Sahn-i Seman Madrasahs" in Fatih, Constantinople. While teaching in Istanbul madrasas, he taught "huzur dersleri" [i.e. the peace lessons] of Sultan Abdulaziz. He continued these lessons for many years as an educator. During the reign of Sultan Abdülhamit II, he was a commission member in the… Read More

[Istanbul]: N. p., N. d. . 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In modern cloth bdg. Large roy. 8vo. (23 x 19 cm). In Ottoman script. 8 p. Anarsizm: Hükümetsizlik meslek-i felsefesi. Celâl Nuri Ileri has represented an important intellectual character from II. Constitutional Period to Republic period. This period which represents the Ottoman Empire's declining point and initial point of modernization has evaluated through the view of Celal Nuri as a westernizer intellectual. This tract or brochure includes Celal Nuri's ideas on anarchy and anarchism. Özege 24007. First Edition. Extremely rare.

Ankara: TTK, 1982. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In German. [2], 21 p. Armenische propaganda Gegen. Die Türkei und die Wahrheit. Armenian propaganda counter. Turkey and the truth.

Istanbul: COLLINS, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 17 cm). In Turkish. First Turkish Edition of 'English farming [1941]'. 48 p. Color and b/w plates and ills. Minor splits at spine. Ingiliz çiftçiligi. [= First and only Turkish Edition of Russell's 'English farming'. Propaganda book series of England published during the WW II]. Sir Edward John Russell OBE FRS was a British soil chemist, agriculture scientist, and director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1912 to 1943. He was responsible for hiring R.A. Fisher for statistical research at Rothamsted. Driven by concerns over a lack of international information exchange about agriculture, he initiated the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux, which later became the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. Russell was born Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, the eldest son of the Reverend Edward T. Russell who had worked earlier as a… Read More

Istanbul: The Kitap, 2019. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 19 cm). Edition in Turkish. 308 p., ills. Bir devrimi sahnelemek: Iran Islam Cumhuriyeti'nde propaganda sanati. [= Staging a revolution: The art of persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran]. Translated by Anil Birer.

New York: Okey Enterprises, Inc., 2006. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In English. 50 p., includes bibliographical references and index.

Istanbul: Pera Museum Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation, 2020. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). Bilingual in English and Turkish. 167 p., color ills. The exhibition focuses on Albanian social realism through painting, poster and drawings, and it offers a selection of artworks produced under the dictatorship that aimed to spread socialism's main principles among the proletarian. The exhibition investigates the impact of the communist ideology on Albanian visual arts during the second half of the 20th century. The selected artworks reflect the ideology that played an important role in the works' dogmatic content. The exhibition offers an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and identity of Albanian people who had been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time, and centers around the daily life, working class, portraits of leadership, representations of the regime and a hopeful approach to upcoming generations. The… Read More

Istanbul: DISK: Türkiye Devrimci Isçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 63, [1] p., 3 unnumbered b/w plates. This is one of the early books on May 1 in Turkey printed by the Turkish Revolutionary Workers' Confederation of Trade Unions. Cover art illustrated by Turkish painter Orhan Taylan, (1941-). In the Ottoman Empire, the first celebration of Labour Day was organized in Skopje in 1909. In Istanbul, Labour Day was first celebrated in 1912. No celebrations could be organized between 1928 and 1975. On 1 May 1976 the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) organized a rally on Taksim Square with mass participation one year ago "Bloody First May" which was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. This booklet was printed for the commemoration of this celebration. Orhan Taylan was born in Samsun, to… Read More

Milano - Italy: Al-Dar al-Arabiyya li'l-Kitab, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. [6], 362 p., many b/w photographic plates and map. Khalifa Mohammed Tillisi was a well-known Libyan historian, translator, and linguist. Tillisi was born in Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania (present-day Libya), on 9 May 1930, where he first became a teacher then entered politics. In 1952 he worked in the Libyan Parliament where he became its Secretary General in 1962. He reached the peak of his political career when he became a minister for information in the cabinets of Mahmud al-Muntasir and Hussein Maziq from 1964 to 1967, Libya's Ambassador to Morocco in 1967 - 1969. After the political change in Libya in 1969, he had been trialed by the Libyan People's Court, and sentenced to four years in prison. The sentence was suspended and was forced into early retirement at the age of 39. In 1974 he founded a Libyan - Tunisian publishing company ( Arabic book house).… Read More

[Istanbul]: Müdâfaa-yi Milliye Cemiyeti, Matbaa-yi Ahmed Ihsan., [c. 1915]., 1915. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original chromolithograph illustrated wrappers. Oblong 8vo. (14,5 x 20,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [16] p., fully illustrated by reproduced lithograph b/w photos. Rare second album of the series including sixteen reproduced lithograph photographs of the Ottoman & German armies in the Suez, Sinai, Palestine, Egypt, The Red Sea, Gallipoli, and Europe during the first year of World War 1, published by the Ottoman National Defense League to celebrate the Alliance of two armies during WW1. The National Defense League (Müdâfaa-i Milliye Cemiyeti) was an organization in the Ottoman Empire that operated as a front for the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) during the Second Constitutional Era. The "General War Panorama", an album for propaganda purposes, was aimed to provide… Read More

Japan: [ca. 1975], 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. Propaganda booklet. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). Edition in Turkish. [12] p., full of color ills. Shin Sakura Maru (IMO: 7129087) is a Passenger Ship that was built in 1972. She was set up as a floating trade fair, but also doubled as a cargo ship. She was used for propaganda and the progress of the Japanese industry worldwide. This propaganda booklet is printed in Japan and was distributed by her. This is an extremely rare Turkish Edition. It includes rich color illustrations showing the social life, industry, educational system, sports, tourism, and social collaboration in Japanese country. The narrator in the text conveys Japan through the mouth of 'I'. Not in OCLC.; Not in Japanese and Turkish National Libraries. Extremely rare.

Japan: [ca. 1975], 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Propaganda booklet. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). Bilingual edition in English and Turkish. 114, [2] p., fully b/w color ills., and one special sticker of National Japan Floating Fair '76. Shin Sakura Maru (IMO: 7129087) is a Passenger Ship that was built in 1972. She was set up as a floating trade fair, but also doubled as a cargo ship. She was used for propaganda and the progress of the Japanese industry worldwide. This propaganda booklet is printed in Japan and was distributed by her. This is an extremely rare Turkish Edition. It includes rich color illustrations showing the social life, industry, educational system, sports, tourism, and social collaboration in Japanese country. The narrator in the text conveys Japan through the mouth of 'I'. Not in OCLC.; Not in Japanese and Turkish National Libraries. Extremely rare.

Komotini (Gümülcine): Privately Published, 1957. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). Text in Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters), with a bilingual title in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish on the cover. 74 p. First and only edition of this rare booklet on "the Islamic jihad" written by Muslim local cleric Müftizâde of Komotini, for the rights of Muslim Turks who were deported and lost their citizenship due to Article 19 of the Greek Citizenship Law in 1955. The ethnic Turkish minority of Thrace has resided in the region since at least the fourteenth century, and they were Greek citizens. In 1923, under the Treaty of Lausanne, the Turkish minority of Thrace was granted a wide array of rights to ensure the protection of their religion, language, culture, and equality before the law. In addition, as Greek citizens, ethnic Turks also enjoyed the protection of Greek law and… Read More

[Istanbul]: TIP: Türkiye Isçi Partisi, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. Original color illustrative label of May 1, 1976 with workers and Turkish Workers' Party emblem. 12,5x10,5 cm. In Turkish.

Istanbul: Türkiye Gida-Is Sendikasi, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original periodical. Folio. (42 x 28 cm). In Turkish. 4 p. [MAY 1 COVER] Gida-Is: Türkiye Gida Sanayii Isçileri Sendikasi Yayin Organidir. Year: 2 - No: 8. 21.5.1980. With one of the rare May 1 illustration on cover. Some tears on extremities and folded places. Faded on paper. A fair copy. Extremely rare.

Istanbul: Maden-Is Sendikasi., [ca. 1980], 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Original b/w May 1 poster. Hand-colored. 39x27 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. The poster shows male and female laborers together who hold in their hands May 1 flag, a hammer, and a white dove. It's prepared by Maden-Is Syndicate of Turkey. "Confederation of Progressive Trade UNIONs founded in Istanbul on February 13, 1967. DISK was founded by Kemal Türkler, Riza Kuas, Ibrahim Güzelce, Kemal Nebioglu and Mehmet Alpdündar representing Türkiye Maden-Is, Lastik-Is, Basin-Is, Türkiye Gida-Is, and Türk Maden-Is, respectively. All of these UNIONs were until that time affiliated to Türk-Is, except Gida-Is which was independent.". (Source: DISK: Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey).

Istanbul: Birlesik Isçi Emekçi Partisi - Çalisanlarin Günlügü, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. Original b/w May 1 poster and declaration. 28x21 cm. In Turkish. 2 p. [MAY 1 POSTER] "Our power is May 1; our solution is United Labor and Worker Party!". On verso, mentioned IMF, World Bank, TÜSIAD, TISK, TOBB and other elements of imperialism and solutions against them. On behalf the Çalisanlarin Günlügü periodical and United Labor and Worker Party, owner is Ali Firat.

Paris: 27 Mars [[18]75], 1875. Soft cover. Very Good. Original chromo-lithograph caricature from the album of 'Chargeons les Russes' which collaborated with French engraver Daumier. Print size: Folio, 34x25 cm. glued on a paper sized: 43x33 cm. Signed on the bottom corner by pencil as 'Cham'. Text is in French: 'Le Cosaque: Mon honoeur est engage, je ne retirerai ma main qu'avec votre foulardet tout ce que vous avez dans votre poche!'. Ottoman and Russian soldiers in front of the 'Provinces Danubiennes' signboard. [With] Autograph letter signed 'Cham' in 1875, March 27 to an unknown friend. 1 p. Size: 14,10,5 cm. In French. Cham was raised by a family who wished for him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops hosted by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist. He eventually took up the pseudonym of "Cham". In 1839, he published his first book, Monsieur Lajaunisse, which began a career that… Read More

Berlin: Volk und Reich Verlag, 1942. Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. n modern aesthetic full leather bdg. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). Bilingual in German and Turkish. 103, [1] p., b/w plates. Includes exhibition booklet (15 pp., b/w ills.), and text of the speech of German ambassador (Franz von Papen) for this exhibition (4 pp.). "The New German Architectural Exhibition opened in Ankara Exhibition House between 31st January and 15th February 1943 was one of the exhibitions opened during World War II. This exhibition occupied a distinctive place on the public agenda due to its size and effect in media on that date. A great number of Turkish authorities, foreign diplomatic representatives, and journalists attended the exhibition, which was opened with great efforts, and the leading role of the German Ambassador in Ankara, Franz von Papen, and such a situation caused the exhibition to attract attention. Even though the civil architectural and engineering works stopped completely in… Read More

N.p.: N.p., [c. 1919-1920], 1919. No Binding. Very Good. Original very attractive chromo-lithograph print of Soviet Tatarstan emblem. 24x17 cm. Bilingual in Tatar and Ottoman script. Eight paper-tapes on the extremities of paper. "Sekil 20" [i.e. Figure 20] written. It shows a peasant holding a sickle and a worker holding a pickaxe have joined their hands. The sun rises out of a wreath knitted with spikes and an arrow is drawn with a bow. Inside the wreath, "Tatar Sûrâlar Cumhuriyeti" is written in Arabic letters. In the lower part, hammer and sickle symbols stand out. Info about this emblem and its artist, and from which source it's taken couldn't be found. Litho.