Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Rug Book Shop

Antique Collectors Club, 1997. ISBN 10: 1851492682 ISBN 13: 9781851492688. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardcover. As new, in as new dust jacket. 302 p., more than 200 color plates, 28 x 22 cm. A survey of tribal rugs: Turkish, Turkmen, Caucasian, and Persian, although the focus is on Persian, reflecting the authors extensive fieldwork in Iran. The comments on the rugs are interesting.

F. Lewis, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, used, very good condition: no internal marks, clean, hinges good, dust jacket very good. 154 p., 65 black and white plates, 28.5 x 20.5 cm. One of a series of books put out by this published on Oriental and European textiles. 24 pages of text: a very bried introduction on prayer rugs and paragraph descriptions of the rugs that are illustrated. Most are described as antique; owners are listed; 28 Turkish, 12 Caucasian (several labeled as "Cabistan), 20 Persian and 5 Central Asian (including 2 "Bohkara"). Pictures are from the photographic collection of the House of Perez.

MacGibbon and Kee, 1957 copyright, 1969 printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. Used, good condition, no internal marks, inside back and front covers darkened from exposure to the dust jacket; dust jacket worn slightly along edges, with three small tears, some foxing, and rubbed.

Avon, 1982. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition. Text block fairly tight, no internal marks, not ex-library, no spine creases, slight wear along edges, pages beginning to tan. We have 5 other Peter Shandy mysteries

Avon, 1998. 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback. Used, very good condition, no internal marks, text block fairly tight, but spine creases, slight wear at top and bottom of spine, corners slightly bumped. Avon 1979 printing.

Harvard University, 1961. 1st Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition. No internal marks, looks unread. Reddish staining on edges, foxing on edges.

Hurst and Blakett, 1933. No ISBN, 1933. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. Used, good condition: scattered foxing, no internal marks, covers slightly warped, in good dust jacket: smudged, wear and tears along the edges.

Iwan Maktabi, Lebanon, n.d. (2000). Soft cover. New. Softcover. New. 80 p., 65 color illus., 33 x 23.5 cm. A dealer's exhibition catalogue of Turkish, Persian, Caucasian and Central Asian rugs and textiles. The Turkish rugs include a 16th century Lotto and 3 18th century village rugs; the Persian included both 19th century complex tribal rugs, and modern Persian floral design rugs; the Caucasian are mostly 19th century; the Central Asian include 1 Khotan and 3 Turkmen rugs, plus 2 ikats and 4 suzani. There is almost no text; the colors are good.

Mysterious Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition. No spine creases, text block fairly tight, front and back covers creased at one corner, only internal marks are "Merry Christmas 89 the 3 McKees" on the front endpaper. NOT ex-library.

Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 2017. No ISBN. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition. A 12 page (plus covers) brochure from the Nedra Matteucci Galleries on this painter, with color illustrations of 14 of his paintings.

Indonesian Arts Society, 1979, ISBN 07241 0043 6. Soft cover. Very Good. Maxwell, J. R. and Maxwell, R. J. TEXTILES OF INDONESIA. AN INTRODUCTORY HANDBOOK> Softcover. Used, very good condition: tight but bent corner and rubbed covers. 51 p., 38 illus., 9 in color, 21 x 23 cm. An exhibition catalogue, the National Gallery of Victoria, of 94 19 th and 20th century Indonesian textiles, with a 14 page introduction on Indonesian textiles.

Mysterious Press, 1987. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition, no internal marks, slight wear along edges of spine and cover, front cover creased at one corner. Front cover shiny, back cover with wear along top

International Studio, Inc., 1927. Paperback. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition, corners bumped, slight edgewear on front cover and four small tears, one of which continues through the first 4 pages, spine slightly worn at top and bottom, no internal marks, text block is good condition, no foxing.

Oxford, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Used, fine condition in fine dust jacket. One corner bumped and the dust jacket at that corner is wrinkled. Cover shiny, clean, no internal marks, definitely not from a library, binding fairly tight.

Tufenkian Tibetan Carpets, 1999.. Soft cover. New. Softcover. New book. 207 p., 170 illus., 164 in color, 30 x 23 cm. A dealer's catalogue, mostly of illustrations of rugs designed by this company; designs range from traditional Tibetan & Chinese to copies of Persian to arts and crafts to modern; the text describes the company & its origins and the process of weaving in Tibet.

ROC, 2015, 1st printing. ISBN 10: 0451419898 ISBN 13: 9780451419897. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition, no internal marks, book is cocked, spine creases, slight cover wear.

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, n.d. (1970), 1970. Hardcover. New. Hard, the original paper rebound in red cloth with blue spine. New. 169 p., 75 illus., 12 in color, 25 x 18 cm. Most of these were purchased in l893 and l897-l898; the rest were purchased by 1905, so most are documented as being l9th century; most are village or nomadic rugs from Turkey, the Caucasus & Turkmenistan, with a few Persian. There are an interesting selection of what was available at the turn of the century.

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1970. No ISBN, 1970. Soft cover. New. Softcover / paperback. New book. 169 p., 75 illus., 12 in color, 25 x 18 cm. Most of these were purchased in l893 and l897-l898; the rest were purchased by 1905, so most are documented as being l9th century; most are village or nomadic rugs from T urkey, the Caucasus and Turkmenistan, with a few Persian. There are an interesting selection of what was available at the turn of the century.

Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. 1971. No ISBN, 1971. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. There was also a paperback version. New book. 247 p., 113 illus., 5 in color, 23.5 x 19 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Museums of Kunst and Gewerbe (Hamburg) and Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt); most of the examples are from the 17th to 19th century. In German.

Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1962 No ISBN. Hardcover. Fine. Originally paperback. Hardcover; rebound in blue cloth. Used, fine condition. 260 p., 123 illus., 1 in color., 21 x 15 cm. A major exhibition of Caucasian Rugs. One page forward by Meister, 4 page introduction by Erdmann and 5 pages on characteristics of the various Caucasian rug groups by Spuhler.