A HANDBOOK OF MUHAMMADAN ART
by M.S.DIMAND
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
NEW YORK: HARTSDALE HOUSE , 1947 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and illustration to spine and front, 220 x 145 mm approx. Maps to end papers, x + 348 pp. 213 figs in text being b/w photos. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged 1947. Printed on heavy china clay art paper. Dist. in UK and Eire by W.Heffer & Sons.Features :- Calligraphy, Illumination, Bookbinding, Sculpture, Woodcarving, Ivory and Bone Carving, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass and Crystal, Textiles and Rugs. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Good (Book- slight fading to cloth at head and tail of spine, mild general shelf wear and soiling, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - heavy rubbing with colour loss to edges of spine, a little loss around head and some small nicks/ tears - max 13 mm approx. White titles to spine and paper of flap folds and rear panel tanned, non price clipped - cover $5. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130797
- Title
- A HANDBOOK OF MUHAMMADAN ART
- Author
- M.S.DIMAND
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- HARTSDALE HOUSE
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Muhammadan Art, M S Dimand, Islamic Art, Persian Illuminated Books, Calligraphy, Illumination, Bookbinding, Sculpture, Woodcarving, Ivory and Bone Carving, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass and Crystal, Textiles and Rugs
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