Iranian Town & Village Carpets and Rugs.
Tehran: Farhanh-Sara, 1995. Many photographic color illustrations. Slim 4to, mottled purple boards, edgeworn d.w. (Teheran: Farhanh-Sara, 1995). First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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Kalila wa Dimna: Fables from a Fourtheenth-Century Arabic Manuscript
Washington: Smithsonian, 1981. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 95 pages. Thin, square 4to; red pictorial wrappers (sunned at spine, minor edgewear). Washington, DC: Smithsonian, (1981). A very good(+) copy. More
Bihzad: Master of Persian Painting
London: Tauris, 1997. Foreword by Annemarie Schimmel. Well illustrated. 272 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed, lightly scuffed, small publisher's stamp crossed out with marker on blank portion of last page of index, else clean. London: I.B. Tauris, (1997). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution
London: Basic Books, 1985. 282 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth (top edge lightly stained), pictorial d.w. London: Basic Books, (1985). A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
La Perse millenaire.
With many b/w photos by Georges Bourdelon. 8vo, pict. cloth, d.w., (with ink notations throughout). (France, 1958). More
Signed Photograph
Val de Marne: 1981. 3.5 x 5.25-inch black-and-white snapshot of Bani-Sadr in Western attire with horn-rimmed glasses, holding his chin in a pensive expression. Signed in English and Farsi. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope. Val de Marne, France, September 9, 1981. Fine. More
Turquie D'Asie; Al'Exception des Enclaves Situees en Arabie
Paris: Rigobert Bonne, 1788. Map. Image measures 9 1/4" x 13 1/2" This map of Turkey and the Middle East extends from Aegean Sea to Caspian Sea, and from Cairo to Crimea. Includes the present-day regions of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, Dagestan, Kurdistan, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Crete, and some Greek islands. Major cities, rivers, regions, and topograhical features are labeled. Elevations rendered pictorially. The map is in very good condition with full margins. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was..... More
The Cambridge History of Iran. VOLUME 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods
Cambridge: University Press, 1968. xiii + 763 pages, thick 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, spine lightly sunned. Cambridge: At the University Press 1968. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Iran. More
An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia in the years 1807-11...; To which is Appended, a Brief History of the Wahauby.
London: James Bohn, 1834. Illustrated with 11 lithographed plates and folding map at rear. 2 volumes in one. viii, 472, xxxiv, (2), (2), 238 pages. Thick 8vo, handsomely bound in full contemporary brown calf with ornately gilt borders on covers and spine; marbled endpapers and pages edges. London: James Bohn, 1834. First edition. Ex-library copy with small blue stamps from"Relations Department" on halftitle, title and back of map; removed pocket at rear and inked numerals on spine. Light scattered toning..... More
Mirror of the Invisible World, Tales From the Khamseh of Nizami
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Illustrated throughout with beautiful mounted color plates and metallic gold ink. 117 pages. 4to, maroon cloth with inset pictorial label on the cover. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. A very good(+) copy-- scuffed at rear board, sunned at spine. More
Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian Periods: Rejection and Revival c. 238 BC - AD 642
London: British Museum Press, 2000. 19 color plates, 68 black-and-white illustrations. 96 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w. London: British Museum Press, (2000). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Iran Modern
New York: Asia Society, 2013. Numerous illustrations in color and in black & whte. Square 4to, decorative glossy boards, all edges silver. New York & New Haven: Asia Society & Yale University Press, (2013). A touch worn at extremities, still a near fine copy. Scarce. More
Iran Darroudi: Oeuvres/Works 1959-1973
Tehran: 1973. 48 tipped in plates. 117 pages (introductory essays reproduced in Persian at rear of book). 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; inner front hinge cracked, but sound, dust wrapper chipped along some edges. Tehran, (1973). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper of this scarce title. More
Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925
New York: Tauris, 1999. Numerous color plates. 296 pages. 4to, black boards, d.w. (a bit faded at edges). New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art/Tauris, (1999). First edition. Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper, inscribed by the Layla Diba on the half title. More
Money Rush.
8vo, torn d.w. Garden City, 1979. "The crisis of progress and big money in Iran and the Arab oil countries." More
Iran Awakening; A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
New York: Random House, 2006. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. with front inner flap creased, corners of boards lightly bumped. New York: Random House, (2006). Presentation copy from Shirin Ebadi. More
Iran Awakening; A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2006. Illustrated. 8vo, full burgundy leather, ornately gilt covers, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (2006). Limited Edition Fine. Limited Edition, one of 1350 copies signed by Shirin Ebadi, with certificate of authenticity. More
Persian Miniatures In The Bernard Berenson Collection
Milan: Officine Grafice Ricordi, 1961. Introduction + 12 color plates, each matted and with an accompanying text. Folio, beautiful printed pictorial cloth covers, original printed plastic wrapper. Milan: Officine Grafice Ricordi, (1961). A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. More
Persian Art: Calouste Gulbenkian Collection
Lisbon: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, 1972. Illustrations in color and in black and white. Small thin folio, blue cloth, d.w. Lisbon: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, 1972. A near fine copy -- page edges toned -- in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Stable Fixtures
New York: Fiske, 1924. 113pp., folio, cloth backed pictorial wrappers. New York: J.W. Fiske Iron Works, 1924. Illustrated catalogue of iron, brass and bronze stable fixtures, with price list inserted. Fine copy. More
Persian Art: From its Origins to the Time of Alexander the Great
New York: Golden Press, 1962. Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. Nearly 600 illustrations, in both color and black-and-white. xxi + 440 pages, 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. New York: Golden Press, (1964). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. The Arts of Mankind series, volume 3, edited by Andre Malraux & George Salles. More
Ars Asiatica XVII: Les Bronzes du Luristan
Paris: Editions G. Van Oest, 1931. 68 fine collotype plates by Leon Marotte and 42 text figures. 114 pages. 4to, staple-bound with printed paper wrappers (spine worn). Paris: Editions G. Van Oest, 1931. Text in French. Uncut and unopened. A very good(+) copy. More
Iran: The Illusion of Power.
228pp. 8vo, bds., d.w. N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1978. vg. More
Persian Painting
Geneva: Skira, 1961. Mounted color plate on title, 80 tipped in color plates, 191 pages. Square 4to, yellow cloth, dust wrapper, cloth slipcase. (Geneva): Skira, (1961). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Treasures of Asia series. More
Shiraz Painting in the Sixteenth Century
Washington: Smithsonian, 1949. 49 full-page black-and-white plates. v + 70 pages, Slim folio, brown cloth. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1949. A near fine copy. Smithsonian Instituation Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies, No. 4. More