[FIRST TURKISH EDITION OF "NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS"] Intihar Kulübü ve Sraçenin elmasi. Translated by Salime Servet Seyfi, (1868-1944). [i.e. The Suicide Club and the Rajah's diamond].

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, (1850-1894). Necm-i Istikbâl Matbaasi., Istanbul (Constantinople), [AR 1329] = 1913. Contemporary 1/4 black leather bdg. raised four bands to spine. Occasionally minor stains and foxing on pages extremities, restored spine, and re-backed boards. Otherwise a good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 246 p. Exceedingly rare first edition of this first translation of Stevenson in any Turkish / Turkic language, of 'New Arabian Nights' including the short stories Stevenson's 'The Suicide Club' and 'The Rajah's Diamond'. Translated by Salime Servet Seyfi (1868-1944), who was a female author and translator who wrote books during the period of the Constitutional Monarchy (after 1908) and National Struggle for Independence (1919-1922). Having published two books, poetry and a novel, her place among the women author is notable. She among the rare women authors to contribute to war literature. She mainly wrote didactic prose and poe