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Avanyu Publishing, 1986. ISBN: 0936755024. Softcover / paperback. New book. 37 p., 26 color illus., 25.5 x 23 cm. Catalogue from Rutgers University; blankets from Chief to Germantown; not much text. New.. ... more information

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Avanyu Publishing, 3rd printing, 1987. ISBN 0 936755 02 4. Paperback. New book.. ... more information

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Tudor reprint, 1935, No ISBN. Hard. Used, ex-library, good. There are call numbers on the spine and front end paper (along with an owner's signature: Myrtie Johnson Gray) and a library card and pocket have been removed from the inside back cover. No foxing, text block reasonab. ly tight for its age, so it has not been read much; covers in good shape. 275 p., 103 illus., 4 in color, 24 x 16 cm. Emphasis is on the 15th-18th centuries, especially French; the text is now overly romantic.. ... more information

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Berkley, 1999. ISBN: 042516733X. Paperback. Used, very good condition. Spine creases.. ... more information

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Hallwyl Collection, 2003.. Hardcover. New book. 114 illus., 56 in color, 234 p., 28.5 x 22cm. Carpets are arranged by region: Anatolia, Persia, Caucasia and Turkmenistan. Sections on the history of the collection, the function of the carpets within the Hallwyl residence . and the techniques of production of the rugs. Except for a 17th century Polonaise carpet, most were bought between 1890 and 1910, and thus predate this time; many are early 19th century. They include kilims and saddle bags as well as... more information

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Basha's Oriental Rugs and Textiles, n.d. (1998), no ISBN. Softcover. New book. 87 p., 40 bl & wh illus., 28 x 21.5 cm. A dealer's exhibition catalogue of 40 Baluch rugs; brief text describing each rug, with technical analyses and references to similar ones. The reproduction is by xerox and the contr. ast is poor.. ... more information

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Rodale Press, 1955. No ISBN. Hardcover. Used, very good condition, but wear at top and bottom of spine.. ... more information

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Mohtashem Tappeti Antichi, Milano, 2000. Softcover. New book. 39 p., 16 color illus., 29.5 x 21.5 cm. An exhibition catalogue from Mohtashem, Milano, of 16 attractive Northwest Persian rugs, from the 19th century. The text describes, in two pages, the area; brief descriptions of each of. the rugs. In Italian, with a separate English translation of the introduction.. ... more information

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967. Hardcover. Used, good, but ex-library, volume 1 of 2 volumes. Vol I: 251 p., 27 x 19 cm. Vol II: 115 pl., 15 in color, 27 x 27 cm. Volume I contains a scholarly discussion of 65 German, Flemish, French, Italian, English and Peruvian tapestries; v. olume II contains the plates illustrating the examples.. ... more information

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Behrouz Gallery, 1991. Softcover. New book. 77 p., 30 color illus., 28 x 21. Exhibition catalogue, Behrouz Gallery, of 30 rugs woven for Behrouz with maze designs; a strange concept for an Oriental rug dealer.. ... more information

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Bosporus Press, 1993 ISBN 1-882443-00-4. Softcover. New book. 300 p. The author lived in Turkey in the mid 1970's, is a rug dealer, tour guide, ethnographer; these are entertaining, intelligent, and sympathetic short vignettes on her travels, friends, food, architecture, Turkish mores,. scenery; the author is aware that there are 3 levels of reality: the ways things are said to be, the way the observer sees them, and the way things are.. ... more information

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All Indian Handicrafts Board, n.d. (1996?). Hardcover. Used, good condition; dust jacket good but with wear along the edges. 38 p., 30 illus., 15 in color, 24 x 24 cm. By the former chairperson of the All India Handicrafts Board; the illustrations are in mediocre color; the text describes . 20th century production on a district-by-district level and the examples are of modern production of piled rugs and flat-weaves, and reflects the author's interest in encouraging handicrafts.. ... more information

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Interscience, 2nd edition, 1957, 4th printing, 1961. Hardcover. Used, good condition: foxing on top; dust jacket fair: about 1/6 of the dust jacket covering the spine is missing and chipped and worn along edges.. ... more information

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Daw, 1984. ISBN 0-87997-920-8. Softcover / paperback. Used, very good condition.. ... more information

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Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1972. NO ISBN. Hardcover. Fine condition: no dust jacket (as so issued?); decorated cover and spine. Articles in this issue: Ives: Court and County Palatine in the Reign of Henry VIII: the Career of WIlliam Brereton of Malpas; Rogers: Education in Lancashire a. nd Cheshire, 1640-1660; Charlton: James Cropper and Liverpool's Contribution to the Anti-Slavery Movement; Ditchfield: Early History of Manchester College; Ashmore: Diary of James Garnett of Low M... more information

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Sovietskii Khudozhnik, Moscow / Moskva, 1971. Hardcover. Used, very good condition, with good dust jacket; dust jacket is torn along bottom and top, although not chipped. 280 p., 160 illus., 46 in color, 34 x 22 cm. Ceramics, metalwork, woodwork & textiles; the textiles are embroideries, felt. s & 22 carpets. The rugs are about half 19th century, half modern; the modern ones tend to be Avar. Little text. In Russian/French/English. Good Russian color.. ... more information

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Weatherhill, 2000 ISBN 0-8348-0432-8. Hardcover. New book, in dust jacket. 160 p., 155 color illus., 28.5 x 22.5 cm. A survey of Tibetan carpets, by two ethnic Tibetans; sections on the history of tibetan carpets, their use, and development of commercial weaving in Tibet during this . century. The illustrations are of 19th and 20th century carpets.. ... more information

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Penguin, 1967. No ISBN. Softcover / paperback. Used, good condition: text block fairly tight, back cover with folds at two corners, spine creases, no internal marks. ... more information

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Gorlich Ed., 1968. No ISBN. Hardcover. New. 301 p., 274 illus., 168 in color. A well-illustrated survey - the text is only 27 pages long - of Persian, Caucasian and Turkish carpets, ranging from the Ardebil carpet to choice 19th century examples. In Italian.. ... more information

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Allemandi, 1984. ISBN 88-422-0013-1. Hardcover. New. 1984, 105 p., 47 pl., 32 in color, 31 x 22 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Galleria Campana; rugs are late 19th century - some attractive and some with ugly asymmetry and colors. The book is nicely printed, with good paper and color. In. Italian. Hard.. ... more information

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