Once Upon a Time in Central Asia Bir Zamanlar Orta Asya by Cagatay Ergun (4 results)

Dust jacket. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (34 x 25 cm). In English, Turkish, and Russian. [viii], 215 p., color and b/w photos and ills. Once upon a time in Central Asia.= Bir zamanlar Orta Asya. A beautiful book of archival and modern photos of Central Asia through history. The photos come from the Russian Imperial Collection, archaeological photo archives, military archives of photos taken for military purposes, and private collections for personal or commercial use. Centers on the loss of Britain's hold on Central Asia and its change to rule by Czarist Russia. Amazing images of Khiva, Bukhara, Khokand, Samarkand, Khakassia, Altay, Tuva, Buzkhashi, and a large section on Kazakhstan. With architectural details, photos of families, formal portraits, street scenes, markets, animals, native dress, indigenous instruments, and more. Contemporary photos by Ergun Cagatay and with introductions to each section in trilingual text, as are photo annotations. A fascinating book about a fascinating part of the world.

Hardcover. Condition: New. CAGATAY, ERGUN Once upon a time in Central Asia = Bir zamanlar Orta Asya. Istanbul: Tetragon, 1996. 4to., viii, 214 p., color and b/w photos. In Turkish, English and Russian. Illustrated by 86 color photos, 18 black&white. Original binding. Dust wrapper. New ISBN: 9789759478902 CATALOG: Caucasus & Central Asia KEYWORDS: Central Asia Caucasus photography Russia Turkish countries Turkish history Vintage photographs of the areas of Khiva, Bukhara, Khokand, Samarkand, Kazakhstan, Altay, and Tuva from the Russia Imperial. Collection and private and military photographic archives. Mostly 1860-1900.

Hardcover. Adobe cloth/boards with color illustration tipped on and blind-stamp lettering. Map end papers of Central Asia. No dj. Text in Turkish, English, Russian. A beautiful book of archival and modern photos of Central Asia through history. The photos come from the Russian Imperial Collection, archaeological photo archives, military archives of photos taken for military purposes, and private collections for personal or commercial use. Centers on the loss of Britain's hold on Central Asia and its change to rule by Czarist Russia. Amazing images of Khiva, Bukhara, Khokand, Samarkand, Khakassia, Altay, Tuva, Buzkhashi, and a large section on Kazakhstan. With architectural details, photos of families, formal portraits, street scenes, markets, animals, native dress, indigenous instruments, and more. Contemporary photos by Ergun Cagatay and with introductions to each section in trilingual text, as are photo annotations. A fascinating book about a fascinating part of the world. Good+ to VG. Clean and bright but for small oily fingerprint on upper RH corner of front cover and binding beginning to split at rear hinge. With a few art museum ex-lib. marks.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Folio. VIII, 214pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over orange paper covered boards, with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front cover, and color photographic illustration pasted on front board. Pictorial endpapers. Color frontispiece. Photo-illustrated title page in gold and black lettering. This striking collection of vintage nineteenth century photographs of the areas of Khiva, Bukhara, Khokand, Samarkand, Kazakhstan, Altay, and Tuva, was published as an extension of the exhibition 'Once Upon A Time in Central Asia' that was held in Turkey and Central Asia. The splendid photographs featured in this album come from the Russian Imperial Collection; archaeological photographic archives; military archives of photographs taken for military purposes, and private archives collected out of personal interest or for commercial gain. Some of the vintage photographs are juxtaposed with a modern color photograph of the same place. Minor shelf-wear. Text in Turkish, English, and Russian. Dust-jacket in overall good+ to very good, binding and interior in very good condition.