Pattern In Islamic Art

London: Studio Vista, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 144 Pp. Blue Boards, Gilt. First Edition (London Precedes The American). Would Be Near Fine, But Slight Fading To Upper And Lower Edges Of Boards, And Ink Ownership Signature Of American Professor And Author Martha Banta, And With Her Underlinings And Two Marginalia On 6 Pp. Of The Introductory Text. Dj Priced 7.50, Slight Rubbing Right On Upper And Lower Edges. Ucla Professor Martha Banta Was "An Iconoclastic And Prolific Scholar Of American Literature And Culture, Professor Banta Published Eight Books On A Wide Range Of Subjects, Four Of Them Since Her Retirement From Teaching In 1998. At The Time Of Her Death, She Had Completed A Ninth Manuscript About Plato'S Influence In Literary History And Had Been Working On A Tenth, About The American Love Of "Little Wars." Banta Was Throughout Her Career A Scholar Of Henry James, The Subject Of Her First Book, Henry James And The Occult, And Wrote The Introduction To One Volume Of His Complete Letters, A Continuing Project At The University Of Nebraska Press. For Penguin And Oxford World Classics, Banta Edited And Introduced Works By James, Edith Wharton, And Thorstein Veblen. She Was Also Associate Editor Of The Columbia Literary History Of The United States And Editor And Contributor To The Harper American Literature Anthology.