Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Oversized blue cloth silver gilt. Fine condition. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to flap. ; 14.0 X 9.0 X 2.0 inches; 314 pages. Seller Inventory # 38099
Seller: Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA, Sykesville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine hardcover, full bound in black cloth with silver design and lettering to front and spine. 314 pages, with Appendix I Literary Sources, Appendix II The Bakhshi in the 14th to 16th Centuries, a Genealogy of the House of Timur, Glossary, Map, Sources of Illustrations, Bibliography, Index of Manuscripts, and General Index. No writing or other markings, inside or out. Binding is solid and square. Very Good dust jacket, with just a touch of fade to the red spine, and some light general edge wear. From the front flap: "Calligraphy, illumination, miniature painting and bookbinding are arts which have ranked high in Islamic society and at no time higher than from the 14th to early 16th century. The whole range of these arts and skills of manuscript production, which played such an important role in the development of Islamic civilization and culture, is presented here for the first time in one book, and [ten] leading experts from East and West survey or present knowledge of these primary arts of Islam during the Timurid period. Much recent research is brought into focus, especially on the history of the different centres of patronage, demonstrating the overriding unity of the arts of the book during this period.". Seller Inventory # 002318
Seller: CRIVELLI-BOOKS, Berlin, Germany
Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. book in fine condition, dust jacket mylar protected with minor sun fading to spine. Seller Inventory # 000890
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA82903945076734
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just minor sun-fading to the spine area of the jacket, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers are slightly faded, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); Red dust jacket with art illustration, and title in white lettering; 1980, Shambhala Publishing; 314 pages; "The Arts of the Book in Central Asia, 14th-16th Centuries," by Basil Gray. Seller Inventory # SKU-902AE08608161