Carney E S Gavin (11 results)

Bound in light-blue printed wrappers; text is in English and Turkish. Spine area seems to be sunned; tight, interior clean. xi, [1], 302 p., well illustrated [m r].

Full title - IMPERIAL SELF-PORTRAIT: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AS REVEALED IN THE SULTAN ABDUL-HAMID II'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS PRESENTED AS GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (1893) AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM (1894). A PICTORIAL SELECTION WITH CATALOGUE, CONCORDANCE, INDICES, AND BRIEF ESSAYS. [2], i-xi, [1], 1-302 pages. Paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.5cm. Blue paper covers lightly soiled with a few small stains. Light foxing to text block's top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. B/w plates on pages 54-207 plus a few others. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: g. Carney E.S. Gavin (illustrator). First edition. 3 vol. 4to. vii. 87pp. Plates I-CVII (107 plates). v. 60pp. Plates I - LIV (54 plates). 99pp. plates 1-CXVI (116 plates). Red cloth with silver lettering to cover and boards. Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine. Minor bumps to edges of boards. All pages clean, no tears. A catalogue and index of Neo-Sumerian account texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum. Seal Impressions by Carney E.S. Gavin. Illustrated with black and white full pages of tablets and inscriptions, as well as a few black and white photographs. In good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Andrews University Cuneiform Texts, Vols. 1,2,3. 87pp,CVIII Plates, 60pp,LIV Plates, 99pp,CXV Plates. Out of print in hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1982, University of Chicago Press, HB (no dj, red boards with gilt titles) 115pp, compiled and edited by Ingeborg Endter O'Reilly, 6 of 6 microfiches of the Gimilsin Temple, 10 of 10 microfiches with 815 b&w reproductions of the Bonfils photos best viewed on a reader with a 20-24x lens in glassine envelope in pocket at back of book, Near Fine (covers and their gilt titles bright, interior clean and unmarked, binding tight, a very nice copy of a scarce work).

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. SIGNED by the author, Carney Gavin, and briefly inscribed to a collector and dated 2003, on the front cover. Otherwise completely clean. Primarily about the French nineteenth century photographers the Bonfils family, including Felix Bonfils and his wife Lydie, the founders of the Bonfils photography company. Working for fifty years or so several members of the Bonfils family documented life in the Near East. The Harvard Semitic Museum has a particularly rich collection of Bonfils photographs. Bibliography. 9" high X 6" wide, 115 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1989. Signed by Editor Gavin on Title page with Presentation notation to Turkish Ambassador. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 302 pages. 6233L.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Discussion of the importance & scope of the work of the Bonfils family, Huguenots who moved to Beirut in 1876, where they founded an important photographic studio, traveling & photographing notable sites and scenes, but also ordinary people, throughout the near east. Harvard's Semitic Museum appears to hold the largest organized group of the studio's work, which is frequently the only record of long-vanished lifeways. The book, one of the publisher's Visual Library Text-Fiche Series, includes commentary on family, their work, a family tree, chronologies, list of photos, ten micro-fiche sheets, most with 84 b/w images, 815 images in all, suitable for enlargement with a 20-24x lens, or some modern scanning devices. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear; text clean, no names or marks; xix, [3], 115 pages; appendixes, bibliography, notes, index, 10 michrofiche sheets in rear pocket, complete. Size: Octavo.

xi, (1), 302pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps.

[SIGNED BY THE EDITOR]. 21x28.5 cm. 302 pages. Softcover. Color is a bit faded on part of the front cover. Several page edges slightly wrinkled and slightly stained - no damage to text. Else is good condition. The book is in : English.

orig. wrappers. Textual photo illustrations. (illustrator). 28x22cm, xi,302 pp., Weighs 1100 grams. Series: Journal of Turkish Studies, Volume 12, 1988. Pages 54-207 consist entirely of photo-plates. Full title reads: "Imperial Self-portrait : The Ottoman Empire as Revealed in the Sultan Abdul-Hamid II's Photographic Albums Presented as Gifts to the Library of Congress (1893) and the British Museum (1894) : A Pictorial Selection with Catalogue, Concordance, Indices, and Brief Essays / Edited by Carney E.S. Gavin and the Harvard Semitic Museum". Name on title-page. Minor wear. VG.