[FIRST BOOK ON SOCIALISM IN TURKEY / FINE BINDINGS] Sosyalizm: Sosyalizmin esbâbindan, hizmetinden, sosyalistlerin hayât-i içtimâiyelerindeki vezâifinden ve takib olunan maksad ve gâyeden basheder (Millet Kitabhânesi Aded 11). [i.e., Socialism]

TURNER, JORJ [GEORGES TOURNAIRE]. Kitabhâne-i Islâm ve Askerî / Tüccarzâde Ibrahim Hilmi, Dersaadet, Istanbul AH 1327 = [1909]. Original fine red/salmon pink full cloth. Blind tooled lettering of title, series, and publisher details on the front board in white, with black art-deco borders. Lettered in black to spine, with the famous Ottoman publisher’s emblem on the rear board. Original green endpapers. Large foolscap 8vo. (18,5 x 12,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 124, [1] fihrist [index] p. An excellent copy except for slight marginal foxing.  Extremely rare first edition of this first Turkish book on Socialism translated by Haydar Rifat Yorulmaz, who is also the first translator of “Das Kapital” by Marx. The book in very attractive original blind tooled full cloth is rare in the market and auction records. This striking edition in this condition was printed apparently less than the standard paperback edition, however, it’s unclear and not identified how m