The Yerkes Collection of Oriental Carpets by MUMFORD, JOHN KIMBERLY - 1910

New York: The Knapp Company, 1910. Hardcover. Fair (heavy wear and tears to covers, worn taped repair to spine, title half page and title page have soiling along bottom edge, pages have overall age toning and shelfwear, missing plates numbered 22-27). Oversized portfolio, green cloth over boards, color illustrated title half page and title page; 1 pp introduction, 1 pp list of plates, color plates numbered 1-21, each with a descriptive text page. American Edition, This edition is limited to 750 copies, of which this is number 76. -title page verso. "A Limited Deluxe portfolio containing twenty-seven facsimile reproductions in color"- printed on title page. With critical text by John Kimberly Mumford.

Knapp, 1910. Loose Folders in a Box. Fair. Loose plates in a box. Deluxe edition. Numbered. The plate folders are in good condition and are generally clean. One of the plates: number XVII: Silk from Ardabil is missing and has been replaced by a copy in more or less equivalent color on high quality paper. Several of the plates have bumped corners; the Damascus prayer rug folder has a 1 inch tear along the side; the Bagdad rug has a 4 inch tear in the middle of the top. The hardcover case binding which holds the plates is in poor condition: the spine is missing so the front and back covers are loose, the cloth ties holding the case closed are missing, the front silk cloth is detached along one edge, the covers are heavily worn at the edges and there are large water stains on the inside, although not affecting the plate folders. This is the deluxe edition, bound in green silk and is numbered: number 7 of 750 opies. Mumford, J. K. THE YERKES COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL CARPETS WITH CRITICAL TEXT BY… Read More

New York : Knapp Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Elephant folio, 36 x 55 cm. Unnumbered copy of 750. Contemporary 3/4 red leather. Rubbing, minor chipping. Splitting to joints. Plates clean. Comprises 8 pages of introductory text followed by 27 bifolia with commentary on second page and color relief half-tone of carpet on facing third page.<br> Charles Tyson Yerkes, the infamous banker who was responsible for building a large part of Chicago's transit system, had visions of an elaborate catalogue of hand-painted reproductions illustrating the finer examples of oriental carpets in his collection. His death in 1905 prevented the project from being finished, and in 1910, when the bulk of his estate was to be sold, this catalogue was published. BMC XXVII, 697.196

New York : Knapp Company, 1910-01-01. Hardcover. Good. American Edition. No 50 of 750. 27 plates Loose as issued in green silk portfolio, gilt-decorated on front cover, silk ties. Minor tears to head and tail of spine. Plates clean and unmarked. Comes with original case, case well worn and broken. Comprises 8 pages of introductory text followed by 27 bifolia with commentary on second page and color relief half-tone of carpet on facing third page. <br> Charles Tyson Yerkes, the infamous banker who was responsible for building a large part of Chicago's transit system, had visions of an elaborate catalogue of hand-painted reproductions illustrating the finer examples of oriental carpets in his collection. His death in 1905 prevented the project from being finished, and in 1910, when the bulk of his estate was to be sold, this catalogue was published. BMC XXVII, 697.196