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Helsinki: Studia Orientalia Edidit Societas Orientalis Fennica , 1957. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in black cloth ruled and titled in gilt on the spine. Completely clean outside, very clean inside, previous scholar owner small name stamp to two preliminaries, otherwise clean throughout. Text in German. 10" high X 6" wide, 123 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

American University in Cairo Press, , 2008. This is a fine hardcover copy bound in gray black illustrated boards. Completely clean. Text in English and Arabic. Edited by Sherif Boraie. With contributions by Rafik El-Sabban, Mustafa Darwish, and Yasser Alwan. Illustrated in black & white with photographs from the archives of Studio Bakr. 10" high X 13" wide, 236 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

London: Sotheby's, 2008. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Slight, short soft crease to upper corner of pages. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on November 13, 2008. Sale number: L08413 "TEMPLE". The sale consisted of a single owner collection of British and European books on Greece and the Levant. 234 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 182 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Librairie d'Amerique et d'Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1949. This is a very good copy, bound simply in the period, in black buckram, ruled and titled in gilt on the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Original softcovers not bound in. Previously owned by Louis Robert, the prominent historian and specialist in Asia studies, at the College de France, and signed & dated by him in the year of publication, on the half-title. Text in French. 10" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: The Bahrain Monetary Agency, 1996. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Arabic and English. A history of the currency, coins and paper, of Bahrain. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color. Begins with the first coinage from before the birth of the Prophet. 230 coins and notes illustrated. List of types of coins in use in the Kingdom throughout its' history. 12" high X 10" wide, 174 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Milan, Italy: Skira, 2003. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Asia Society in New York from October 2003 to January 2004. Catalog edited by Sheila Canby and Jon Thompson. Illustrated throughout in color. Maps. Stated first edition. Essays by Sheila Canby, Susan Babaie, Priscilla Soucek, Zeren Tanindi, Tim Stanley, James Allan, Emilie Savage-Smith, Yolande Crow,Regina Krahl, Jon Thompson, Jennifer M. Scarce and Sergei Tourkin. 12" high X 10" wide, 340 pages. Large heavy book, foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Istanbul: Armaggan, 2012. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket. Completely clean. Illustrated thoughout in color. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 441 pages. Large very heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York,: Weatherhill/Tankosha, , 1972. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket, unclipped price in yen 1500, with just light wear. Completely clean. Illustrated in color. 8" high X 6" wide, 161 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Limited , 1958. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Very clean inside and out, but a small handstamped private owner name on inside covers and front endpaper, otherwise completely clean throughout. Not illustrated. A catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. 10" high X 6" wide, 897 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Azimuth Editions, , 2001. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This book is the result of an international research project undertaken over a number of years. It is the first major study of Ottoman textiles to attempt a classification of the key technical and decorative categories. And is also the first study to offer a catalog of dateable textiles. There are examples from the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and other European museums as well as ecclesiastical treasuries in Russia and Central Europe. Illustrated lavishly in color and black & white. Glossary. Bibliography. 14" high X 11" wide, 360 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Near Eastern Art Research Center , 1965. This is a very good hardcovder copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Signed and inscribed, by the author, Joseph McMullan, on the half title-page, and dated 1970, at the Metropolitan Museum. The Joseph McMullan Collection of Islamic Carpets was considered one of the finest private collections ever assembled. This book is a suitable tribute to that spectacular collection. The color plates are stunning. Many gate-fold plates. Foreword by Ernst J. Grube, Curator, Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum. Brief bibliography. 152 textiles catalogued in this book. 12" high X 9" wide, 385 pages. All illustrated, many in color. A few small flaws: two short closed tears to edges of the jacket, the inside blank front jacket flap is creased vertically. A beautiful signed copy of this important book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Leer más

New York,: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, , 1972. This is a near fine hardcover copy without dust jacket, as issued, with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Stated first printing, one of 1000 copies. Edited by Richard Ettinghausen, with contributions by twenty scholars. Illustrated mainly in black & white, some color. 11" high X 9" wide, 334 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

London: Christie's, 1999. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on April 19-20, 1999. Sale code: INSPIRE-6098. The sale consisted of Islamic art and manuscripts and included a collection sold to benefit the Persian Heritage Foundation. 567 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 286 pages. Prices realized sheets included. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Ankara, Turkey, 1937. This is a very good hardcover copy in printed, blue cloth with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in Turkish. Turkish Historical Society Publications. Illustrated in black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 76 text pages + 22 black & white plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Fribourg, Switzerland: Office Du Livre, 1985. This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a bit of wear to the corner tips of the dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Massive survey of the history of Islamic ceramics. 394 illustrations in black & white, including many color plates. Bibliography. 13" high X 11" wide, 427 pages. A beautiful copy. Large oversize, heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Paris/Bruxelles: Les Editions G. van Oest, 1928. This is an about very good softcover copy with some wear and loss to the paper covered spine. Covers clean and inside clean as well, but a name to the front endpaper. Text in French. 32 black & white plates. Text and plates illustrate wall and ceiling treatments in Byzantine churches. Also pavements, and mural decorations. 8" high X 6" wide, 43 text pages + plates. Churches illustrated include Ravenna, Santa Sophia in Constantinople, Saint Demetrios in Salonika, several in Rome, Saint Mark's in Venice, several in Palermo and Mistra. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1981. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in French. This is Tome 3 only of the three volume set. Illustrated in black & white with tables, floor plans, etc. 12" high X 9" wide, 63 pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Istanbul : Milli Egitim Basimenti, 1950. This is a very good hardcover copy in tan printed paper-covered boards and blue cloth spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Massive survey of Islamic decorative arts in Turkey over the centuries. 35 color plates (some are chromolithographs) + 717 black & white illustrations. 13" high X 10" wide, 360 pages. No date ca. 1950. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Gros & Delettrez, 2012. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Drouot in Paris on June 19, 2012. The sale consisted of many Orientalist books and manuscripts and original photographs and albums. 242 lots in the sale. All photographs and many of the books and manuscripts illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 132 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut, 1968. This is a very good softcover copy in the publisher's original cream printed wrappers with some wear. This copy was released by the Arthur Sackler Fouindation and so bears their handstamp on the inside of the front cover (slightly visible from the front). Also a strip or possible label torn off the bottom of the spine, with some loss of the surface finish of the paper covers. No other marks. Text in German. Scarce catalogue of an important collection: Professor Sarre in Berlin. Illustrated in black & white with 289 photographs. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 100 text pages + 48 plates with 289 images. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.