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Quiero Ver Sangre� Historia Ilustrada Del Cine De Luchadores
by Raul; Navar, Jose Xavier; Avina, Rafael Criollo
El Taller De Grafica Popular
by Deborah; Mitchell, Elizabeth Kathleen; Mendez, Pablo; Prignitz-Poda, Helga; Bustos, Arturo Garcia; Ricker, Michael T Caplow
LA FLOR EN LA CULTURA MEXICANA
by ALEJANDRO DE AVILA BLOMBERG / EVA AYALA CANSECO / MIGUEL LEON-PORTILLA ET AL
Caribbean & Latin American Art Books & Ephemera
Arts of the Islamic World, Doha 19 March 2009
by Gibbs, Edward
Doha, Qatar: Sotheyby's, 2009. Paperback. Fine. Color-illustrated/gold wraps with gilt/white lettering. 99 pp. full of color images. Text in English with some Arabic. Introduction, by Edward Gibbs, is in parallel text, Arabic/English. Sale of Lot Nos. 301-318, each thoroughly annotated and pictured with multiple views. A beautiful catalogue.
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NZ$59.58
Blowing on a Hairy Shoulder: Grief Hunters
by Rabina, Doron
Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2011. Softcover. VG. Gold stapled wraps with black lettering. Photographic end papers. 55 pp. with bw and color images throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition of September to December 2011. Works by 19 artists, the majority from Israel with a few from Europe and the US. With a title essay by Doron Rabina, curator.
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NZ$51.07
Heaven & Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections
by Drandaki, Anstasia, Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtze, Eugenia Chalkia, et al
Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2013. Hardcover. New, in plastic. Color-illustrated wraps wtih white and tan lettering. 363 pp. Mainly color illustrations, maps, plans. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 6, 2013-March 2, 2014, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, April 9-August 25, 2014.
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NZ$212.78
Tesouros Do Museu De Bagdade
by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 1965. Paperback. G+ moderate foxing and corner/edge wear to wraps.. White and illustrated wraps with black lettering. Unpaginated. BW illustrations. Exhibition presented at the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, June-July, 1965.
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NZ$68.09
Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
by Kawami, Trudy S
New York: Harry Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. VG/VG (light wear to cloth edges & corners. dustjacket has light scuffs & scratches). Blue cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 240 pp. 86 color, 129 bw plates. Wonderful, large color plates, copious annotations.
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NZ$93.62
Oriental Rugs: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fisher in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
by Dodds, Dennis R
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, 1985. Signed. Softcover. Good+ art museum ex-lib. copy with usual marks. Name of former owner (Philadelphia Musuem of Art Asian art specialist/lecturer) inside front cover, with a few of her notes on 3 or 4 pages, in pencil. Signed in ink on the title page by the author.. Black/color-illus. wraps with white lettering. 198 pp. with 1 map, 2 line drawings, and color plates throughout. Includes rugs from Iran, The Caucasus, Anatolia, Central Asia, and...
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NZ$59.58
Museums of India: National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi
by Jain, Jyotindra and Aarti Aggarwala
Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd, 1989. Softcover. Good. light edgewear to covers; scuffs to covers; rubbing to corners. spine split; textblock appears firm, pgs attached. previous owners name to inside cover.. glossyv blue & grey illustrated wraps w/ white printing. 221 pgs w/ color illustrations. Other than the split-spine, this a nice, clean & bright copy. Wonderfully illustrated. Would be a nice copy for the researcher.
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NZ$51.01
Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum
by Stanley, Tim
London: V&A Publications, 2004. Hardbound. VG/VG. Blue boards with color illustrated dustjacket. 144 pp. 164 color plates, some bw. "This book traces the main currents of Islamic art, focusing in detail on some of its great masterpieces and techniques, illustrated from the superb collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. In doing so, it distils a rich and vibrant culture, and will be of lasting value to all those interested in the glories of the Islamic world."--Jacket.
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NZ$34.04
Zwischen Zonen: Kunstlerinnen aus dem arabisch-persischen Raum = Suspended Territories: Artists from the Middle East and North Africa
by Nachtigaller, Roland, Arwa Abouon, et al
Dortmund, Germany: Verlag Kettler, 2017. Softcover. VG. Minimal cover wear. Stamp on first page, otherwise clean and tight.. Color-illustrated wraps, black lettering. Approx [180] pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. Catalogue of the exhibition held June 24-September 24, 2017. Parallel text in German and English.
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NZ$51.01
Zarabi, Carpets: Reflections of an Ideal World
by Denny, Walter B. et al
Kuwait: Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah, 1999. Softcover. VG- (a hint of shelf wear to covers). Oversize white card wraps with grey lettering and motif in red matching end papers. 35 pp. with 21 color images. Errata sheet laid in. (11x16 inches; will require extra postage). Text in English. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Islamic Arts Museum in Malaysia from April to July, 1999, of carpets from the Collection of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, the State of Kuwait. Pictured are both exquisite carpets...
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NZ$85.11
Selected Works of Art from the Islamic World & Orientalist Paintings
by Keskiner, Mehmet
London: Kent Antiques Islamic & Indian Art, 2018. Softcover. VG+. Color pictorial wraps; black spine with peach lettering. Over 110 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Prist list inserted. A beautiful, vibrant catalogue of jewelry, ceramics, manuscripts and books, and other pieces of Islamic and Oriental art.
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NZ$68.09
Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria
by Jenkins, Marilyn
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Aqua cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with blue and black lettering. xi, 247 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "What follows in these pages is the chronicle of ceramic objects unearthed in Raqqa in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Curator Emerita of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum, describes the dramatic journey of these ceramics from their discovery...
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NZ$85.11
The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre
by Harper, Prudence Oliver, Joan Aruz, and Francois Tallon
New York: Metropolian Museum of Art, 1992. Softcover. VG. Green and illustrated wraps, 316 pp. BW and some color illustrations. The ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century,...
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NZ$51.01
Persian and Indian Miniatures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd
by Binney, Edwin
Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum, 1962. Softcover. VG. Minor shelf wear. Small line and number in red pencil on cover or owner's writing inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight.. Green and orange stapled wraps. 48 pp. Illustrated mostly in BW, some color. Includes historical text and captioned illustrations.
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NZ$51.01
Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World
by Welch, Anthony
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. Paperback. VG- light overall wear, mild bowing.. White and color-photographic wraps with black lettering. 216 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition shown in Asia House Gallery in the winter of 1979.
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NZ$51.01
The Tel Aviv Mosaic
by Cucchi, Enzo and Mordechai Omer
Milan: Charta, 1999. Paperback. VG- light corner and edge wear.. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. Unpaginated. Color and BW illustrations. Text in English, Italian, and Hebrew.
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NZ$34.04
L'oeil & l'Eternite: Portraits Romains d'Egypte
by Berger, Jacques-Edouard and Rene Creux
Paudex: Fontainemore-Flammarion, 1977. Hardcover. VG- (Plastic cover has scuffs and a few small tears at spine; binding has slight aging around edges; former owner name and year on first page; pages are tanning at edges; text and illus. are clear.). Black cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover; color illus. laid on front cover; clear plastic cover; 224 pp., many BW illus., one color illus. near front. Text is in French. In the first three centuries of life in Roman Egypt, people buried their dead...
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NZ$127.66
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National Museum, Kabul
by Hiebert, Frederick T. and Pierre Cambon
Washington DC: National Geographic, 2008. Paperback. VG. Glossy black wraps with color-illustration and text in aqua and white. 303 pp. Mainly color illustrations. As war raged across the jagged Afghan countryside, the staff of the Afghan National Museum spirited away, piece by piece, to hiding places all over the Kabul region, each time risking their lives, sworn to silence, it was a secret they kept until the fall of the Taliban--almost thirty years of deadly danger, courage, and fierce honor. -First...
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NZ$68.09
Arts of the Islamic World
by Sotheby's
London: Sotheby's, 2018. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 228 pp. Many color illustrations. Date of Sale: October 24, 2018. Sale Code: L18233.
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NZ$59.58
Byzanz: Weltreich der Kunst
by Asutay-Effenberger, Neslihan and Arne Effenberger
Munchen: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2017. Hardcover. VG/VG. Mustard cloth boards with maroon and navy stamped spine lettering, illustrated end papers. Color-photographic dust jacket with white lettering. 427 pp. Mainly color illustrations, maps, plans. "The Byzantine Empire at times covered almost the entire Mediterranean, and its culture shone throughout Europe, but nowhere did Byzantium show greater splendor than in art." This generously illustrated volume offers the first German-language overview of...
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NZ$102.13
Turkish Flat Weaves: An Introduction to the Weaving and Culture of Anatolia
by Ziemba, William T. with Abdulkadir Akatay and Sandra L. Schwartz
Vancouver: Yoruk Carpets and Kilims, 1979. Hardcover. VG-/Good; Art museum ex-lib. copy with front sticker, blind stamp on title page, bar code inside back cover, and pencil notation on publication page. Clean, tight contents but with light age toning and edge wear to dj.). Brown boards with gilt lettering. Butter yellow dj with color illus. and black lettering. 144 pp. with 96 color and bw plates. Written by 3 experts in Turkish carpets and flat weaves, this is an excellent introduction to the...
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NZ$51.01
Siuzhetnie Kovry Azerbaidzhana XIX- Nachalo XX veka = Azerbaijani Plot Carpets from the 19th to the 20th Centuries
by Tagieva, Roiya
Baku, Azerbaijan: Izd. IMIG, 1988. Hardcover. Good, clean, tight interior but with wear to covers and art museum ex-lib. marks.. Black cloth with color image and white lettering. 143 pp. with color and bw plates. Errata sheet attached preceding title page. No DJ. Text in Russian, Azerbaijani, and English. The history of "plot" carpets - those depicting a series of interrelated or varied themes, like a story plot, normally three or more, woven into the warp and weft of the yarns. Beautiful color plates....
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NZ$76.60
Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia
by Aramco, Saudi, et al
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 2018. Paperback. VG. White softcover with color-illustration and gilt lettering, french flaps, color-photographic end papers. 302 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Maps. Catalogue of an exhibition at Hyokeikan, Tokyo National Museum, January 23 - March 18, 2018. Text in Japanese and English, with introductory texts in Japanese, English, and Arabic.
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NZ$102.13
An Introduction to Persian Art Since the Seventh Century A.D.
by Pope, Arthur Upham
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Good. Mostly clean and tight but with very occasional marginalia in pencil. Covers tight but soiled. Art museum bar code and spine number.. Butterscotch cloth/boards with black lettering. No dj. xvi + 258 + v pp. with sections of 103 bw images between last two sections. Bw frontis. Folding bw map of Persia bound into back of book. Includes a preface, list of plates, introduction, list of principal monuments, historical table, and summary bibliography....
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NZ$34.04
Bezalel 1906-1929
by Shilo-Cohen, Nurit
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Hardcover. VG/VG but art school ex-lib. with usual marks.. Cinnamon cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Beige, illustrated dj with black lettering; Mylar cover. Photographic/pictorial end papers. 392 pp. with numerous bw and a few color images; folding chronology. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition held at The Israel Museum; curated by the author. Text in English. A very thorough study of the establishment, history, and culture of Bezalel; of the works produced there;...
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NZ$102.13
