Published by Gooya House of Culture and Arts, Tehran, 1999
ISBN 10: 9649122737 ISBN 13: 9789649122731
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. Quarto [35 cm] Dark blue cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Very good, with several very minor stains on the front cover. The front free endpaper is adhered to the half title page along the inside margins. With a pictorial dust jacket and matching illustrated paper covered slipcase. Both the slipcase and dust jacket are in very good condition, with light surface wear. The text is in Iranian and English. A book investigating the past and present culture and civilization of Iran and one which shrewdly explores numerous aspects of Iranian life. The photographer skillfully presents the magnificence of Iranian nature and reveals how nature has effected the shaping of Iranian culture and tradition. At the same time, the diversity of the indigenous cultures is illustrated, past and present.