Atil, Esin (editor)

Islamic Art & Patronage: Treasuries from Kuwait

New York, Rizzoli, 1990. Softcover. tan pictorial wrappers w/ gilt printing. 313 pgs w/ color illlustrations. Wonderfully illustrated. Details and illustrations 105 pieces from the exhibition of The Al-Sabah Collection. Includes a make-shift plastic cover. VG- (ex-museum library. shelf-wear to covers. scuffs, scratches & shelf-wear to lower & edge textblock; instances of small chips or rubbing to pg edges. small 'property of' plate to interior cover. pgs clean w/ light edge-toning) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 185677

Katalog: General Decorative Arts - Middle Eastern

Sonstige Stichworte: Islamic Art, Art of Kuwait ; Islamic Art ; ;

Colbow, Gudrun

Zur Rundplastik Des Gudea Von Lagaå¡

Munchen, Profile, 1987. Softcover. Red card illustrated wraps. 160 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Text in German. To the round sculpture of the Gudea of Lagaé. An investigation into selected figurative art from the time that Gudea ruled Lagash in southern Mesopotamia (2144-2124 B.C.). Includes illustrations of the pieces. VG/VG-, covers have some edge wear and slight fading. Pages clean and tight. Previous owners notes on flyleaf.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 183062

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts; Round Sculpture of the Gudea of Lagaé ; Round Sculpture of the Gudea of Lagaé ; ; Middle Eastern Art

Edwards, A. Cecil

The Persian Carpet: A Survey of the Carpet-Weaving Industry of Persia

London, Duckworth, 1967. Hardcover. LIght green cloth boards, 384 pp. many BW illus. A detailed history of carpets woven in Persia, now Iran. With many illustrations, mostly in BW. VG- Ex libris copy with libary sticker frm previous owner on inside front cover. Cover has sheld wear and some fading .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 182952

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts ; Persian Rugs ; ;

F. H. Andrews

One Hundred Carpet Designs from Various Parts of India

London, Journal of Indian Art and Industry (special publication), 1906. Hardcover. Red library buckram. 10 pp + 82 bw, 1 foldout color, and 17 color plates. Uncommon book with great information and notable examples of 16th-19th century rugs and carpets from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Persia (including Bangalore, Beluchistan, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lahore, Madras, Mizrapur, Multan, Vellor, Warangal, and Yarkand). VG- (Complete. ex-library with excepted marks. additionally, the title page and all plates have been marked with a perforation stamp) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 133707

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts ; Carpets ; ;

Humphries, Sydney

Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Author's Personal Copy. Hardbound. Fawn cloth with gilt lettering and image of The Shah Mosque (Isfahan) on front cover; blind-stamp image of the Taj Mahal on back; decorative end papers; 428 pp. with 24 color plates, 12 bw illustrations; stitched binding. A bit heavy at 6 pounds and may require extra postage. Beautiful color plates and thorough examination of the subject, with excellent examples. With an analysis of the illustrations. VG- clean, tight text block; light foxing on a very few pages at gutter only; age tonin to spine; author's personal bookplate affixed to blank ffep; textile museum ex-lib. copy with remnant of spine sticker and some additional marks; none within text. Front free decorative end paper is detached and laid in, and cover has been re-glued to spine.

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 162352

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts; Oriental Rugs; Sydney Humphries ; Carpets ; ;

Koseoglu, Cengiz; Rogers, J. M. (trans., ed.)

The Topkapi Saray Museum: The Treasury

Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown and Company, 1987. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, gray dj with color illus. matching cloth slipcase with printed paper face, 213 pp. 124 color illustrations. From the DJ: Third in a series of five volumes on the incomparable collection of the Topkapi Saray Museum. Six centuries of Oriental treasures (and their attendant legends) are housed in the maze that constitutes Istanbul's famed former palace of the Ottoman sultans. The collection has never before been photographed for publication. This volume concentrates on the museum's magnificent array of jewelry, metalwork, and other handcrafted objects in the palace treasury. VG+ / VG+ .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 128933

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts ; Turkish Jewelry, Metalwork, and Other Handcrafted Objects ; ; Ceramics - Middle Eastern

Martin, F.R.

Morgenlandische Stoffe in Der Sammlung F.R. Martin 15 Tafeln Nebst Text

Stockholm, Sweden, Gustaf Chelius in kommission, 1897. Limited to 300 copies. Leather bound. 1/2 red leather with marbled boards, marbled endpapers. 12 pp. followed by 15 pages of plates in bw. An extremely rare copy of this limited printing publication. The focus of the 15 plates is on Islamic Textiles from the author / dealer's collection. Slight age-toning, but still a VG copy of a very elusive book. VG-, moderate wear to outer boards and extremities, bookplate affixed to inside front pastedown .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 173163

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts ; Islamic Textiles ; ; Textiles - Middle Eastern

Riefstahl R. Meyer

The Parish-Watson Collection of Mohammadan Potteries

New York, E. Weyhe, 1922. No. 69 of 500 copies. Hardbound. Teal cloth with gilt title. LXIX pp. (5) + pp. 75 through 259 [1]; color frontis; 95 color and bw plates with letterpress tissue guards. Heavy (7 pounds / 3.17 kilos) and will require extra postage. Includes detailed descriptions of each of the 48 pieces in the collection, describing the shape, technique of manufacture and decoration of the pottery as well as the size, date, provenance, and more. A folio format book, printed in a delightful and impressive way. A very good working copy. Not for the collector but still VG inside. VG, light soiling of covers, very faint few sfoxing pots to ffep, very faint square inside front pastedown where a bookplate came off. A very nice copy, being number 78 of 500 copies printed .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessionelle Verkäufer

Buchzahl: 181343

Katalog: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts

Sonstige Stichworte: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts; Islamic Ceramics; Parish-Watson Collection ; Parish-Watson Collection; Islamic Ceramics ; ; Ceramics - Middle Eastern