["REVENGE!": EARLY ILLUSTRATED OTTOMAN PROPAGANDA BOOKS] Intikâm: Evlâd ve ahfâda yadigâr. Anadolu evlâdlarina okundurulmak üzere tertîb edilmistir. [i.e., Revenge! An heirloom to our children and grandchildren. Prepared for the children of Anatolia]

DR. CEMIL [TOPUZLU] (1866-1958), Kader Matbaasi, Istanbul, [AH 1330] = 1915. Newly rebound to quarter brown handsome calf. Gilt lettering and raised bands on the spine. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 229 p., b/w ills. Original covers saved inside, two diagonal transparent papers added on the front and rear covers, and two tears on the rear cover; overall, a very good copy. First and only edition of this extremely rare early Ottoman illustrated propaganda book prepared against the enemy states such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, etc. by the Society for the Muslim Immigrants from Roumelia. This early book was published to influence public opinion to require support from the Ottoman public and to call on Ottomans to contribute to its activities such as donating money on the eve of World War 1. The same illustrations also were used in this book with the famous propaganda book titled "Kirmizi Siyah Kitap" [i.e., The Red and Black Book]. The ma