Islamic bindings bookmaking (9 résultats)

Etat : Good. Good; Softcover; Covers are moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with heavier shelfwear to the back cover; Top and right textblock edges are unblemished with moderate foxing to the bottom textblock edge; Light foxing to the endpapers; Text pages are clean and unmarked; There is a weak spot in the binding in the middle of the book, but this book is bound with sewn-signatures, so the binding is holding together and is tight in the rest of the book; There is a noticable lean to the spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); Brown cloth covers with title in gold lettering along spine; 1981, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; 235 pages; "Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking," by Gulnar K Bosch.…

Etat : very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.

Paperback. Etat : Near Fine condition. First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1981. Near Fine condition. Only very lightly rubbed at the extremities. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1981. First Edition. This is the SOFTCOVER edition, issued simultaneously with the clothbound version and with the same ISBN. Catalogue of an Exhibition held May 18 - August 18, 1981. Illustrated with hundreds of photos and prints, some in color. Includes chapters on the historical setting for Islamic bindings; materials, techniques, and structures; a descriptive catalogue; and a bibliography with 192 sources for further study. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. 8.75" wide by 11.75" tall. Overseas shipping is available at the standard rate (no extra charge). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. xii, 235pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1981. HARDCOVER First Edition. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Catalogue of an Exhibition held May 18 - August 18, 1981. Illustrated with hundreds of photos and prints, some in color. Includes chapters on the historical setting for Islamic bindings; materials, techniques, and structures; a descriptive catalogue; and a bibliography with 192 sources for further study. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with dust jacket. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 12" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. xii, 235pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

sewn, stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. xii, 235 pages. The German orientalist and Arabic scholar Bernard Moritz acquired a large number of Islamic manuscripts, books and other items, many of which he sold to the Univ. of Chicago Oriental Institute in the late 1920's. This exhibition catalogue of Moritz Islamic bindings, mostly resident in the Oriental Inst. collection, lists 95 bindings and 5 manuscript items. Each binding is illustrated, often with additional illustrations of details, and extensively described, often with references. A few illustrations are in color, most are black-and-white. Extensive introductory matter discusses history, materials, techniques and structures of Islamic bindings, with notes, references. Minor shelf-wear, else fine. Bookbinding (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 30.5 by 23cm., 235pp., 91 black and white and 14 colour illustrations. The Oriental Institute's collection of Islamic bookbindings- mostly from the 14th and 15th centuries- was acquired in 1929 from the German Orientalist and Arabic scholar, Dr. Bernhard Mortiz. This study examines the collection in detail, and includes comparative material once owned by Moritz now in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, and the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin. RARE HARDBACK. Dj corners rubbed.…

First edition, 4to, 235pp., 100 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. The Oriental Institute's collection of Islamic bookbindings was acquired in 1929 from the German Orientalist and Arabic scholar Dr. Bernard Moritz. This study examines the Moritz collection in detail, and includes comparative material also once owned by Moritz and now in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, and the Islamic Museums of East and West Berlin.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. 4to. 235 pp. Brown cloth. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket mildly rubbed and worn.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 91 black and white and 14 colour illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt spine titling, upper board stamped in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy inscribed to Christopher Clarkson upon the title-page by each of the three contributors. The Oriental Institute's collection of Islamic bookbindings- mostly from the 14th and 15th centuries- was acquired in 1929 from the German Orientalist and Arabic scholar, Dr. Bernhard Mortiz. This study examines the collection in detail, and includes comparative material once owned by Moritz now in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, and the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin. Inscribed by Author(s).…