Gavin Carney E S (11 results)
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 (Journal of Turkish Studies ; vol. 12, 1988)
Sultan Abdul Hamid II (collector); Carney E.S. Gavin and the Harvard Semitic Museum (eds.)
Published by Harvard University, Office of the University Publisher 1988
- Softcover
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.Katsumi-san Co.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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].

Language: English
Published by Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs 1988
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. 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. Carney E.S. Gavin (illustrator).

Language: English
Published by Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs 1984
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Seller: Library of Religious Thought, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Library of Religious Thought
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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.
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Seller: Jennifer Duncan, North Aurora, IL, U.S.A.Jennifer Duncan
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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).

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1982
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- Signed
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Design Books
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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.
Published by The Harvard Semitic Museum 1989
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.BookScene
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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.

Published by University of Chicago Press 1982
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- Signed
Seller: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Out of Print. VG-. Wrappers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. [xx] 116 pp. Scarce publication of archival and inventory information on all known photographs by Bonfils, compiled by the Harvard Semitic Museum. INSCRIBED to "Ted" on fep by the author Carney E.S. Gaven as well as two oth…er colleagues from the HSM, Elizabeth [Carella] and Ingeborg [Endter]. Pages are crisp, clean and free of markings; some foxing to covers. Ships fast with tracking. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London 1982
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Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
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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. Ha…rvard'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.
Published by Cambridge (Harvard University) 1988
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA)
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Published by Harvard University Press, Harvard university press 1989
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- Signed
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, , IsraelThe Book Gallery
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[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.
More imagesPublished by Harvard University, Cambridge [MA] 1989
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Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, , DenmarkExpatriate Bookshop of Denmark
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orig. wrappers. 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 (1…893) 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. Textual photo illustrations. (illustrator).