Helen Philon [ed], Pratapaditya Pal

Silent Splendour: Palaces of the Deccan 14th-19th Centuries

Mumbai, Mang Publications, 2010. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce, beautifully illustrated work on the palaces of the Deccan Plateau in South India. The first edition. A very scare work. Illustrated profusely with vignette colour photographs by Clare Arni. This work was edited by Helen Philon, an archaeologist, and provides a detailed architectural study on the palaces of the Deccan Plateau, written by a host of authors such as Pratapaditya Pal, Philon herself and Pushkar Sohoni. The Deccan is located in Southern India and was home to some of the major dynasties in Indian History, with beautiful and ornate palaces throughout the region. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight bumping to the extremities. The wrap is also excellent with only minor handling marks and bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Gift inscription to the front blank. Fine . Ill.: Clare Arni. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 908Z11

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: First edition Architecture Deccan Plateau Illustrated Architecture Clare Arni

Helen Philon, Photography by Antonio Martinelli, George Michell

Islamic Architecture of Deccan India

ACC Art Books. Hardcover ISBN: 1851498613, Condition: New.

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Book number: mon0000338549

Philon,Helen.

Early Islamic Ceramics: Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries.

Foreword Angelos Delivorias. Preface Ernst J. Grube. An essay on the inscriptions Manijeh Bayani Wolpert. Drawings by T.Towsend Walfo 1980, Sotheby Parke Bernet cm.23x30, pp.320 ill.colori. legatuira editoriale, sopracop

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Book number: 289021

Catalogue: Arti Applicate Ceramica Porcellana Maiolica

Philon, Helen

Early Islamic Ceramics : Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries [ Benaki Museum Athens, Catalogue of Islamic Art, Vol. 1 ]

London, Islamic Art Publications, 1980. orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 32x26cm, (18),323,(32)p, Weighs 2.5 kilos.. 32pp plates.. ISBN: 0856670987. Minor rubbing. VG.
¶ Foreword, Angelos Delivorias ; preface, Ernst J. Grube ; an essay on the inscriptions, Manijeh Bayani-Wolpert ; a technical note, R.E. Jones ; drawings by T. Townsend Walford ; photographs by Vanessa Stamford.

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Book number: BOOKS024757I

Keywords: 0856670987 Medieval Ceramics, Islamic Art History, Pottery, , , , , ,

Philon, Helen.

Early Islamic ceramics. Ninth to late twelfth centuries.

[London], Islamic Art Publications, distrib. by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, [1980]. XVIII, 323 pp. 32 col. plts & num. b./w. text-ills. Orig. hardcover (black cloth with silver lettering), no d./j. Benaki Museum Athens. Catalogue of Islamic art, Vol. I). Includes a technical note by R.E. Jones and an essay on the inscriptions by Manijeh Bayani-Wolpert. - Text in English.

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Book number: 308727

Keywords: Archaeology Asia Orient Islamatic art Porcelain Archeologie Azië Oriënt Islamitische kunst Porselein

Philon, Helen

Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Twelfth Centuries

Islamic Art Pub, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Twelfth Centuries, Helen Philon Islamic Art Publications, 1980, lst, 323 pages, ISBN 0856676987 Hardback in good+ condition, NO dust jacket Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, maps inside front and back covers. Cover embossed with silver front and back front in English, back in Arabic. This is a study of the Islamic Ceramics in the Benaki Museum, Athens. It covers history of Islamic Ceramics, Glazed ware, Painted Wares, Luster Colors, Incised and carved ware, Slip painted wares and inscriptions. Analysis of wares from early Egypt. Full descriptions of all items, loaded with color and B&W photos, line drawings, charts, Bibliography and large index. Very Good/No Jacket.

Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)Professional seller

Book number: 000912

Catalogue: Art and Design

Keywords: ISLAMIC, CERAMIC, BEAKI MUSEUM, LUSTER COLOR, PAINTED WARE, TILE

Helen Philon

Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries

London, slamic Art Publications, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the beautifully illustrated Early Islamic Ceramics: Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries. As written in the synopsis, "This catalogue of early Islamic pottery in the Benaki Museum presents a comprehensive description of a remarkable collection viewed in the context of its historical background. Helen Philon has brought great insight and scholarship to her exhaustive treatment of this hitherto unpublished material, which merits the attention of the wider interest public as well as the specialist." Maps to front and rear pastedowns/free-endpapers. In a black cloth binding with silver lettering to spine and boards and an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally in lovely condition. Dustwrapper with some closed tears. Internally firmly bound with very bright and clean pages throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: GEN26-A-5

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Ceramics Islam Hele Philon Art Islam None