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THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF TURKEY
Written by Ekrem Akurgal.
Stock no. 1827153
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Eight eminent Turkish specialists have worked together to present this book, in all its variety, from prehistoric times to the end of the Ottoman Empire. A thorough introduction to a nation with a manifold tradition in the fine arts. Edited by Ekrem Akurgal. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w plans. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0192114514. Top edge of text block browned with some foxing and also some foxing to top of vertical edge. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and very lightly scuffed.

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RIDING TO THE TIGRIS
Written by Freya Stark.
Stock no. 2140645
Published by John Murray. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning; some chips and nicks.

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THE LONG MARCH - XENOPHON AND THE TEN THOUSAND
Written by Robin Lane Fox.
Stock no. 1322608
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Twelve leading scholars explore the Anabasis. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 351 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300104030. Slight bumping to spine. A few light marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges, barcode label to rear panel of wrapper.

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NO STARS TO GUIDE
Written by Adrian Seligman. Illustrated by Konstance Pares.
Stock no. 1822832
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth. Folding maps. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. The story of a naval action in World War II around Turkey. Some foxing to spine and front board, top edge of front board a little grubby. Text block browned, some foxing. Browning to endpapers. A few foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is chipped at edges, browned and grubby. Musty odour present.

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ARMIES OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS 1300-1774 (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by David Nicolle. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 2134742
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850455111. Spine is browned with bump to top.

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TURKEY: FROM THE SELCUKS TO THE OTTOMANS
Written by Henri Stierlin.
Stock no. 1819176
Published by Taschen. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Taschen's World Architecture. This volume, covering South-East Europe and the Near East from the 13th to the 19th centuries, features all the most important mosques, Koran schools, palaces and caravanserais of the Selcuks and Ottomans. Large format. Pink boards, white titles. Colour photos & illustrations. ISBN: 3822877670. Light scuffing to rear panel of dustwrapper.

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SADDLETRAMP
Written by Jeremy James.
Stock no. 2125821
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st thus 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Ottoman Hills to Offa's Dyke on horseback. B/w photos. Originally published in 1989. ISBN: 9781910723005. Light bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of nicks to corners.

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ICKALPAKCI CIKMAZI
Written by Kemal Cengizkan; Dora Gunel.
Stock no. 563278
Published by Fotografik Vizyon. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Monograph of a dead-end street. B/w photographs of Turkey. Text in Turkish and English. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 9759269902. SIGNED by Cengizkan with an inscription to photographer David Hurn.

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