The great book of Oriental Carpets.
by GANS-RUEDIN, E
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- First
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- ISBN 10
- 0060151943
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151942
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, [1983]. Folio. 180 pp. 80 colour plates, numerous text illusts., maps. Red cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j., NF/NF, w/ frmr ownrshp inscrptn on ffep. First American edition of this comprehensive survey of carpets from Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, Turkestan, Afghanistan, India, and China.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 40822
- Title
- The great book of Oriental Carpets.
- Author
- GANS-RUEDIN, E
- Book condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060151943
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151942
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date published
- [1983].
- Keywords
- Textiles, Machinery, Industrial arts, Jacquard, Punch Cards, computing, Technology, Cloth, Weaving, Rugs, Oriental Carpets, Runners, Persia, Central Asia, Middle East, India, France, Ornament, Design, Art History, Illustrated Books, Central Asia, Afghanis
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We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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