Book by Gans-Ruedin, Erwin
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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First American edition. Large quarto. 546, [20]pp. Text in English and Farsi. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated with 254 striking full-color photographic reproductions, this work is a sumptuous feast of the most important and famous classical Persian carpets and many other finely knotted urban pieces. Each carpet illustrated here is accompanied by the size and number of knots per square inch, the vital statistics of any precious piece, the type of material and dyes used, and finally its date, location and origin. Minor shelf wear and previous owners' name rubber stamped on front free endpaper. Endpaperss with minor soiling. DJ in good+ with a short closed tear and small chip near top of front hinge. Binding and interior in overall very good- condition. Seller Inventory # 52559
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Second Printing. Large hardcover in jacket, very good, many illustrations, Seller Inventory # 019998
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Color Plates (illustrator). New York, NY: Rizzoli International. G/G. (1978). . Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 564 pp., Dj rubbed, edges frayed, , cover edges rubbed . Seller Inventory # BOOKS282235
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: Used-Very Good/G. Color Plates (illustrator). New York, NY: Rizzoli International. Used-Very Good/G. (1978). . Cloth w/DJ. Inscr ibed to William Scranton from Ardeshir Zahedi. Zhedi was an Iranian Diplomat and Foreign Minister from Iran and served as Ambassor to the US and UK. William Scranton was the 38th Governor of Pennsylvania . Sm 4to., 564 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, shelfwear, writing . Seller Inventory # BOOKS308250
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Cloth, dj. Jacket in acetate cover. Minor rubbing to extremeties. Light foxing to head of text block; internals unaffected. Previous bookstore's sticker on front pastedown. Else fine. A sound copy with clean text, pristine plates. Seller Inventory # 1955801
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 99F89_31_0847801799
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0847801799
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Second edition. Square 4to. 546 [20] pp. Bibliography; Index. 254 full-page color reproductions. Text in English and Farsi; 14pp text in Farsi at end. Maroon cloth in color printed dustjacket housed in slipcase. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (short closed tear to spine head); slipcase fine. A sumptuously illustrated account of Iran's most famous examples of carpets. The author describes detailed steps in making the carpets; explains the meaning of the decorative motifs, cryptic signs and symbols of these historical rugs; and highlights the freedom of design and the genius for harmonious color-matching peculiar to Iranian artists. For each carpet, the size and number of knots per square inch are given as well as the type of material and dyes used, and its date, location and origin. - dustjacket flap. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. Seller Inventory # 11667