Frankfurt: Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, 1923. Second edition. Hardcover. Folio. 18pp. 43 of 46 plates. Original gray half cloth over decorative paper-covered string-tied portfolio, with blue lettering on spine. Portfolio of 18th century Schleswig-Holstein weaving with striking samples reproduced in color lithography and mounted to heavy paper plates. Includes descriptive text leaflet..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 271, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over red cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Textiles were the Incas' most prized possessions. Their first gift to European strangers was made not of gold and silver, but of..... More
London: Published by the author, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 96pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated title page. Sales and exhibition catalog by noted dealer in tribal rugs and carpets. Includes a poem on the topic of Caucasian rugs..... More
Mexico City: 1988. First edition. Paperback. 1/1000. Quarto. 55, [1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume looks at the Navajo culture and the sources, techniques, and history of Navajo blanket weaving and the blankets' links with Navajo beliefs, traditions, and experience. One..... More
Pt. Reyes, CA: Magna Mater Verlag, 1988. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 127, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with silver lettering on spine and front cover. The origins of the Turkmen, the nomads of south-west Central Asia responsible for the weavings illustrated in this book have never been..... More
Mulhouse, France: Editions Th. de Dillmont, ca. 1928. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Octavo. 20pp., 24 plates, 14 (4)pp. Original color illustrated wraps with silver lettering on cover. Vignette on title page. Contains twenty-four plates with eighty-seven embroidery patterns containing temporary Turkish works, including the Balkan peninsula and various provinces of..... More
Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. 238pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over red cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. "Kurt Edelmann's aim was not so much to produce a manual or complete history of the Oriental carpet as to survey the entire field..... More
London: Laurence King Publishing, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 208pp. Original illustrated wrappers with black lettering on cover, red and white on spine. "The ikat silks of 19th-century Central Asia are unrivalled in their inventive designs, resplendent colours and technical mastery. Ikat is an ancient technique, in which colours are..... More
Tientsin: La Librairie Française, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, [2], 48, [2]pp. (text), 26 leaves of plates, 1 leaf (map), 21, [1]pp. (publisher's advertisement). Original grey cloth with blue lettering on spine and front cover. Chromolithographic frontispiece protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Publisher's logo on title page. A pioneering..... More
London; Salem: Serindia Publications; Peabody Essex Museum, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 247, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. This exquisite work, published in conjunction with a special exhibition organized by the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, covers all aspects of Bhutan's textiles and weaving heritage, from the central role of..... More
New York: Doric Publishing Co., n/d. Softcover. Folio. Original wraps illustrated with photographic color reproduction of Gustav Klimt's "Expectation," a working drawing for his Palais Stoclet frieze in Brussels (1905-09). Contents: Directions: Fall '80. Apparel. AFF Special Report. Fashions for the Home. Fiber. Special Features. Cultural. Includes many tipped-in original..... More
Athens: Georgia Museum of Art, 1998. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 113 (1)pp. Original illustrated wraps with white lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated inside cover. Illustrated title page. Exhibition catalog for an exhibition of carpets, textiles, and jewelry from Central Asia. Detailed descriptions of the products of the various regions..... More
Istanbul: Milli Egitim Basimevi, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. VI, 125, [1]pp. Original decorative cloth, with black lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers, head-, and tailpieces. Illustrated with 36 b/w and chromolithographic plates, this is the first volume of a striking pictorial survey of Turkish fabrics and velvets from the 14th..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. Hardcover. Quarto. 394pp. Original orange cloth with gilt-stamped emblem on cover, gilt lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Map in b/w on endpapers. "Their vivid colours and attractive designs, often combined with supreme workmanship, make these Oriental tapestry-woven rugs a...... More
Washington DC: Merrell, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 160pp. Original color illustrated wraps with white, brown and black lettering on cover and spine. Four color frontispieces. "The community of Q'ero is more isolated geographically and culturally than most indigenous Andean communities... best know for its textiles and ritual specialists (paqo)..... More
Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Dedicated and signed by author on half-title. Quarto. 95 (1)pp. Original illustrated wraps with pink and white lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated half-title and title page. Exhibition catalog with many fine examples of Tibetan rugs from the Rutherford collection. Profusely illustrated..... More
Tashkent: Gafur Gulyam, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 110 (2)pp. Original color photo-illustrated dustjacket over red buckram with gilt lettering on cover. Color illustrated title page. First publication on ancient decorative art of Uzbek gold embroiderers, enriching old techniques with modern designs combining national traditions with contemporary trends. Profusely illustrated..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 251pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on cover, part of it on red label, in original illustrated dustjacket. Blue endpapers. "Islamic Carpets and Textiles is the last of four volumes devoted to the famous Keir Collection of Islamic objects and..... More
Paris: Flammarion, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 311pp. Illustrated dustjacket in brodart over black cloth with white lettering on spine. Beautifully illustrated with drawings, paintings and photographs, mostly in color, this is "the last book of Tatiana Strizhenova, a well known Soviet art historian ... her text is an invaluable..... More
Seattle: University of Washington, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Helen Urban and signed on half-title by author. Small Folio. 272pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with silver-stamped symbol on cover, lettering on spine. Red endpapers. Color frontispiece. "The parfleche - a container of folded or sewn rawhide elaborated..... More
Mexico City: Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, 1988. Limited Edition. Softcover. 1/1000, unnumbered. Quarto. 55 (1)pp. Original illustrated French wrappers with white lettering on cover. Exhibition catalog of Navajo textiles and pottery at the Centro Cultural in Mexico City. Profusely illustrated with photographic full page color reproductions of vibrant Navajo textiles..... More
London: David Black Oriental Carpets, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 24, [2]pp (text), 55pp (plates). Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This is the first book entirely devoted to the art of the kilim. It illustrates in color 55 major examples from..... More
Alexandria, VA: Published by the author, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 152pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. This is a guide to the wide variety of weaves produced by the Baluchi tribes of the Middle East. Scattered across Turkmenistan..... More
London: Lefevre & Partners, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 80, [4]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with numerous b/w illustrations, color photographic reproductions and 2 maps outlined in color, this striking volume is the catalogue of a sale held on..... More
San Francisco: Birdshake's Antique Oriental Rug Gallery, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated, 20pp. Original red wraps with black lettering on cover. Exhibition catalog October 28 - December 7, 1974. All rugs shown are woven with a Turkish (Giordes) knot and have "S" twisted warps. Illustrated with 37 b/w photographs..... More