From Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2000
About this Item
Early Reprint. 1916. (Originally published in 1910). ***Illustrated with sixteen colour plates including colour inlay to front board showing 'Antique Pergamos Rug' and frontispiece showing 'Antique Kulah Rug' and twenty-three black and white illustrations. All illustrations present, as called for. ***Very good in duck-egg blue cloth-covered boards with blue titles to spine and front board and pasted down colour illustrated picture of an oriental rug to front board. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block untrimmed (rough-cut, as called for) as is common with US published books. Small chip to top left corner of pasted down colour plated to front board. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Top corners of boards slightly bumped. No inscriptions. Very occasional unobtrusive light foxing to prelims and endpapers and fore-edge. No foxing to interior pages. Pages clean. No dustwrapper, as issued. ***236mm x 160mm. 155 pages including index to rear. ***Chapters: Introduction; The Story of the Rug and How it is Made; The Wool and its Preparation; Dyeing; Doctored rug; Design; Buying rugs in the Orient; Carpet Rugs: Carpets; Prayer, Burial , and Silk Rugs, The Sacred Carpet; Turkish Rugs; Persian Rugs; Caucasian Rugs; Turkoman Rugs; Saddle-bags and Pillows; Kelims; A Final Word. Index. ***'A residence of many years in Turkey, part of the time in the far interior, offered ample opportunity to continue the study of Oriental rugs began in America. ***'It is my purpose in this book to tell what I learned there about rug weaving, rug dyeing, and rug collecting. It is necessarily a narrative of personal experience, and the indulgence of the reader is craved for the use of the personal pronoun. ***I have endeavored to avoid generalities, and to give the history and characteristic designs of each variety of rug, with illustrations of specimen pieces under separated headings. ***The object in thus deviating from the plan of any other work on rugs is to enable the reader who wishes to identify any particular rug to find everything that pertains to that variety in one place and not scattered through several chapters. ***This arrangement, it is hoped, will meet a long-felt need, as expressed to me by collectors and students of rugs.' (Quote from the introduction by the author). ***Early, antiquarian edition, profusely illustrated with all colour and black and white plates present, as called for, printed on thick quality paper in very nice, bright collectable condition; of interest to collectors of oriental rugs. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 3170
Bibliographic Details
Title: RUGS IN THEIR NATIVE LAND
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
Publication Date: 1916
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
Edition: 2nd Edition
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More InformationFor all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging materials; any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only; for the UK, our standard rate is for first class, and the priority rate includes tracked (signed for) delivery; for International sales, our standard rate is for Airmail delivery, and the priority rate is for tracked (International signed for) delivery. We would prefer that you choose the priority rate (tracked option) for higher value books of say £50 or more. Please note that we will always reduce shipping fees where appropriate e.g. for smaller (lighter) books when we accept your order. For heavier books and sets etc. we will often 'soak up' the extra cost, but on occasion, we may need to charge more than the quoted shipping fee. However, customers will always have the option to either accept or decline the revised order amount. We will also reduce the overall shipping fee for multiple orders. We will endeavour to ship all books within two business days of receiving your order.
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