Bier Carol (40 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 62 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small blemish/front cover. Size: 4to.

Stapled Booklet Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Maps (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1975 Square Octavo, , PP.43,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 120 page softcover - 5 articles with illustrations (some in color). Volume 36 and 37 of this annual publication. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 108 page softcover - Volume 31 only - with several contributors, articles with illustrations. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 152 pages. Several articles, all with illustrations - color and b/w. This issue of the journal combines Volumes 38 and 39. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy of a 4-page exhibit catalog, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Several black-and-white illustrations, and a Suggested Readings section. Special focus on the mystery of the origin of the Mamaluk oriental carpets. Undated, but probably early 1990s.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Small tear to spine. From the collection of Tom Verlaine. Verlaine was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the seminal punk rock band Television. He was known for his innovative guitar playing and songwriting, and he is considered to be one of the most important and influential musicians of the past 50 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: new.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. A behind-the-walls look at heiress Doris Duke's home in Honolulu, HI, which she has built in the late 1930s. Focus is on her collection of Islamic art & the influences this style had on the architecture & decorating of her home. In 62 pages, lavishly illustrated in full color throughout, with semi-opaque blue tissue overlays inside back & front covers. Orig. published in 2002, this is the Second Printing from 2005. Softcover with French flaps is in Near Fine condition, with mild fading to some edges. Else, as clean & bright as Brand New, pages white & unmarked. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day. HI.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 62 pages. Softcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light wear with some fading to spine and back cover. Clean, tight copy. Record # 613921.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. [44] pages, maps; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Cover shows light edgewear, shelfwear. Pages slightly discolored from aging. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders received before 3PM PT typically ship same day. All profits support the non-profit community.

Paperback. First Impression. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 109. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . In 1925 George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with a collection of 275 rugs and 60 related textiles drawn from the traditions of non-Western cultures. At the time of his death in 1957, his collection numbered 500 rugs and 3,500 textiles. Since then, the Museum has broadened its holdings to better represent the full spectrum of non-Western textile arts. Today the Museum's collections number more than 19,000 objects and span 5,000 years, dating from 3,000 B.C.E. to the present. In exceptionally good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 44 page booklet, Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. "Notes on Islamic Art in Its Historical Setting" is a publication by the Metropolitan Museum of Art that explores Islamic art within the context of its historical development. Authored by several scholars from the Museum's Islamic Art department, the book offers a concise overview of the subject.

HC. color illustrations (illustrator). 312pp ISBN 1555952380 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author.

Brochure. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked gallery handout. 8-fold pamphlet. Essay by Carol Bier. Accompanied 1989 exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington DC. Black-and-white images. Map.

Softcover. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have general light shelf wear. Contents: Rowe, Inca weaving and costume. Dugga, Matrilineal descent groups and weavings on the Island of Savu. Bunn, Kyrgyz Shyrdak. Gittinger et al., Textiles and textile customs of the Tai Dam, Tai Daeng, and their neighbors in northern Laos. 11.0" tall; 112 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical, softcover 11 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches. Covers have minimal wear and the pages are clean. Articles include: Rabat carpet, Caucasus rug weaving, Coptic hangings, Chinese influence in Islamic carpet design 13th centuryBecause of the weight of this magazine I will not ship it overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Signed by the author with brief personalized inscription. A fine fresh copy in like jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Short closed edge tear, small stain to foredge.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ORANGE SOFTCOVR with Color Decoration on Left Front, 2002 , 1st Edition, NEARFINE, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. This copy shows very minor wear. 62 pg, duotone & color illustrations, with French flaps, ,Tobacco Heiress Duke commissioned this house to house her extensive collection of Islamic art. The chapters are: creating Islamic art; inspiration & construction; design & innovation; transformations; collecting Islamic art; deciphering the layers of Shangri La. House was hidden from view by High Sea Wall & Tropical Vegetation.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Asia Society / John Weatherhill, [1978]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket, photo-illustrated endpapers; 175pp.; photographic illus. throughout, some in full color. Light shelf wear, brief foxing to jacket verso, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Distributor sticker of Charles E. Tuttle Co. to half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xxii, 261 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Contents: Foreword / James R. McCredie Introduction / Carol Manson Bier and Priscilla P. Soucek The Nishapur metalwork : cultural interaction in early Islamic Iran / James W. Allan Observations on the iconography of the mosaics in the Great Mosque at Damascus / Klaus Brisch The draped universe of Islam / Lisa Golombek The iconography of Islamic architecture / Oleg Grabar Sa'd : content and context / Marilyn Jenkins. Technical note / Gary W. Carriveau Two illustrated manuscripts in the Malek Library, Tehran / B.W. Robinson Calligraphy and common script : epitaphs from Aswan and Akhlat / J.M. Rogers The "iconography" of the internal decoration in the mausoleum of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya / Eleanor Sims. Imperial symbolism in Mughal painting / Robert Skelton The life of the prophet : illustrated versions / Priscilla P. Soucek Representations of the Khassikiyah and the origins of Mamluk emblems / Estelle Whelan The scholar, the drinker, and the ceramic pot-painter / Marina D. Whitman.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. [44] pages : maps ; 23 cm. Contents: Introductory Gallery Nishapur Excavations The Early Centuries, ca. 700-1050 Seljuq and Mongol Periods in Iran and Turkey The Art of the Mosque Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods in Egypt and Syria and the Nasrid Period of Spain Timurid Period in Iran, Safavid Period in Iran Timurid Period in Iran, Safavid and Post-Safavid Period in Iran Ottoman Period in Turkey Mughal Period in India The Nur ad-Din Room of 1707 from Damascus.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Some rubbing to edges and corners. Minor marks to covers. Fading to spine.

Linen. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. New York and Manchester: Hudson Hills, 2004. First edition, stated. Folio. Blue linen binding, 312 pp. Textiles from South Asia (India, Pakistan, Kashmir), Iran, China and Japan, each including chronology, map, essay and plates and profusely illustrated in color. Silk ribbon marker. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.