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First edition. Octavo (ca. 21,5x15,5 cm). 4, 630, [1] pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). Text in Ottoman Turkish, the book includes: table of contents, title page with date of issue in Lunar and Solar hijri, Islamic calendar with sunsets and sunrises. Original publisher’s red full cloth with the gilt stamped seal of Sultan Abdulhamid II (1842-1918) on the front cover, gilt lettered title on the spine, and decorative blind stamped frames on both boards; new endpapers. Binding with minor mild water stains, paper slightly age toned, otherwise a very good copy.Very rare Ottoman imprint with only four paper copies found in Worldcat. First volume of the rare “yearbook” series published by the Ottoman Foreign Ministry (there were only four volumes issued in 1302, 1306, 1318 & 1320 H. – 1884/85, 1888/89, 1901/2, 1902/3 AD). First… Read More

Quarto Bifolium (ca. 20x12,5 cm or 7 ¾ x 5 in). 3 pp. Brown ink on yellowish wove paper. Addressed, stamped, and docketed on the cover. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand. Historically important manuscript letter discussing one of the earliest California State Senate elections (first elections held in 1849). The author, Col. Samuel Youngs, originally from New York, was first a prominent merchant and later a Democratic politician and an employee of an Indian Agent. In the letter to James W. Denver (1817-1892), a Democratic Congressman in Washington D.C., Youngs conveys the latest news from California and discusses the state politics. He talks about the elections to the California State Senate (which took place on 4 November 1856), the unprecedented unity of Democrats, and the prospects of various candidates, including… Read More