Paris and Washington, D.C.: Somogy Art Publishers/Musée du Louvre/Freer-Sackler Museums, 2010 [2012]. First Thus from Freer-Sackler. Quarto (28.5x25.5x4.5cm); 607pp, including maps, index, and bibliography. Richly illustrated throughout with color and B&W photographs. English edition with presentational introductions doubled in Arabic. Issued in photographic boards without dust jacket. Note that..... More
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 117,[1],ixpp. Light shelf wear, cloth rather soiled, brief ink splatters to textblock edges not bleeding into interior; overall Very Good at best. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Political and sociological study..... More
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Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / University of Washington Press, 1988. First Edition. Two quarto volumes. 446 p.; 240 p. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations throughout. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Decorative gray endpapers. Dark blue slipcase. Sturdy and square in boards with just..... 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
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1890. First Trade Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's crimson morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original pictorial wrappers bound in; [4],233pp. Boards a bit scuffed, chiefly at corners (bumped with brief exposure), text block rather brittle and toned due to inferior..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. First Edition. Ex-library with "discarded" stamp on front free endpaper, library stamp on top page edges, and "DC Public Library" barcode sticker on back, but with no pockets, stamps, or other other library additions. Covers are sturdy, clean, and square with only very light edgewear..... More
Washington, D.C. and Boulder: Mage/Westview Press, Inc., 1979. First Edition. Octavo (28x20x3cm); xviii + 391pp, including Persian-Arabic-English concordance of names. Illustrated with 250 images, 13 in color, the remainder in B&W. Illustrated dust jacket; deep forest-green boards with silver stamping on spine and panels. Volume I in a projected "Bibliotheca..... More
Lahore and Islamabad: Niaz Ahmad Sang-e-Meel Publications and Lok Virsa Publishing House, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (24x18x1.5cm); 257pp. Five bordered line-drawings introduce each of the five tales. Entirely in English. Illustrated front board with black lettering against metallic silver ground. Boards show some polite scuffing and a patch of..... More
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New York: Nation Books, 2007. First Edition. Signed "Best Wishes," by Chehab on front free endpaper. Octavo. 244 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Light edgewear to dust jacket with some creasing. Some scuffing to boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More