New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Clarke loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 303 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black and brown-orange boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is creased along edges with some toning. Boards show light wear and toning to..... More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 224 pp. Photographs from the film throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price intact; book in plum cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with light creasing to inner flaps, but with no chips or tears. Boards are..... More

Harrisburg, PA: [n.p.], 1941. Limited Edition, this being copy number 41 with name of "Benj. G. Lichty" to title page. Octavo. 226 pages. Black and white plates. Black leather with front lettered in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Short autographed signed note from W. Haines Kent to John..... More

Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 90 pages. Yellow printed wraps. Wraps are toned with some light wear along edges. Secure in binding. Heavy toning to inside back cover and final blank page opposite from previously laid in sheet, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked... More

Chicago: The Oriental Institute / The University of Chicago, 1981. First Edition, wrapper issue. Quarto. 235 pages. Numerous plates, some color. Illustrated wraps. Catalog of an exhibition from the summer of 1981. Also includes the essays, "Islamic Bookbinding: The Historical Setting," and "The Materials, Techniques, Structures of Islamic..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 315 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$5.00" price present. Red and beige boards stamped in green and gilt. Dust jacket is worn along edges and joints with some general smudging. Neat tape repair to..... More

Lausanne: Roth et Sauter / Au Verseau, 1966. First Edition. Quarto; unpaginated [32pp]. Thirty-two full-layout illustrated pages with incorporated "hand cursive" text. Bound in stiff card with deep reverse flaps. Binding and pages printed throughout in wedgewood blue on off-white, with text in red. Entirely in French. Binding edge-folds..... More

New York: Random House, 2004. First Edition, stated with full numberline. Signed by Straub on title page without inscription. Octavo. 330 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray and black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with one small abrasion to fore edge of front..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Octavo; 220pp +8pp ads. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards lightly worn at spine ends, with a few scattered specks to surface. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Ownership signature "Josephine & Gilmer" dated 1917 on front free endpaper. As..... More

Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition (published simultaneously with First Edition in cloth). Quarto (31x29x3.5cm); 480pp, including bibliography and index. Approximately 400 color images, including the 281 catalogued items. Pictorial card wraps with generous French flaps. Catalog of the 1998-99 exhibit at the National Gallery of..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 225 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Red boards stamped in dark blue. Illustrated endpapers. Charcoal topstain. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and toned along edges with one small chip to top edge of front panel. Boards..... More

First Edition. Hardcover. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. Stated First Edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.75"); [x], 294p. Publisher's brick cloth-covered boards with black lettering and ornamentation. Missing dustjacket. Covers lightly bumped at corners and spine ends with some fading/toning to spine and a few light scuffs to face..... More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1958. First Edition. Large Octavo. 647 pages. Portrait frontis. Illustrated dust jacket over light blue boards with brown lettering and illustration. Jacket toned and lightly soiled along edges with wear at extremities. Boards heavily faded and spotted along edges and spine, with soiling to spine..... More