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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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
The Eagle and the Lion; The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Illus. 520pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1988). vg. More
Curzon's Persia.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986. Edited and Introduced by Peter King. Illustrated. 192 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, (1986). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Hard Awakening.
116pp. 8vo, bds., d.w. N.Y., (1981). The First Iranian Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Iran. 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
The Crash of '79.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976. 350 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1976). A very good copy. 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
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
Iran: The Illusion of Power.
228pp. 8vo, bds., d.w. N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1978. vg. More
An Album of Miniatures and Illuminations From The Baysonghori Manuscriipt of The Shahnameh of Ferdowski; Complete in 833 A.H/A.D 1430 and Preserved in the Imperial Library, Tehran
Tehran: Central Council, 1971. Introduction and Commentary by Basil Gray. 34 exquisite tipped in color plates. 116 pages. Slim elephant folio, blue cloth, d.w.; cloth lightly rubbed and with small dampstains to top edge of both covers, dust wrapper edgeworn and foxed inside. Tehran: Central Council of the Celebration of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great, (1971). Internally fine, a very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Published in commemoration..... More
In Search of Future: Persia, Egypt, Iraq and Palestine.
Small 8vo, cloth. Garden City, 1949. More
The Shah and the Ayatollah: Iranian Mythology and Islamic Revolution
Westport: Praeger, 2003. 125 pages, slim 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. Westport: Praeger, (2003). First edition. Near fine. Inscribed to theater critic Howard Kissel on the half-title page: "For Howard whose friendship helped me understand America and overcome some personal difficulties, with my best wishes, Fereydoun April 2003." More
Iran: The Land of Norooz.
Many color illus. 109pp. 4to, bds., d.w.; (front endpapers & copyright page partially detached and slightly torn, else vg). Iran Exports, 1993. More
Bronzes Iraniens: IIe et Ier Millenaires avant J.-C.
Geneva: Barbier, 1970. 210 black & white photos. 143pp., tall 8vo, glossy pictorial boards; covers lightly rubbed. Geneva: Collection Jean Paul Barbier, (1970). A very good copy. More
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. 238 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (2010). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, slightly bumped along top edge. More
The Ayatollah in the Cathedral; Reflections of a Hostage.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Hill and Wang, 1986. vg Memoirs of a diplomat taken hostage by Iran in 1979. Signed by the author. More
The Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam,
London: Routledge, 1904. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Small 8vo (7 13/16 x 5 7/16 inches), 160 pages. Twelve fine hand-colored photogravure plates including frontispiece after drawings by Gilbert James, all with original tissue-guards. Bound by Bayntun in crushed green morocco, beautiful ornate cover with picture of women (based on the frontispiece), bordered by 2 wide elaborate grapevines within a gilt border. Inside covers and flyleaves are beige silk moire. The spine is decoratively inlaid with leaves and bunches of grapes..... More
La Guirlande de L'Iran. Poemes de Firdousi-Nizami, Omar Kyeyyam, Saadi-Hafiz.
Paris: Flammarion, 1948. Illustrated with 25 colored miniatures. 95 pages. Short slim 4to, white boards with ornate decorations on spine aand covers, (small chip at top of spine). (Paris, 1948). First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Don Juan of Persia: A Shi'ah Catholic, 1560-1604.
London: Routledge, 1926. Illustrated with 1 double page map. 355 pages plus ads. 8vo, purple cloth, lower corner slightly bumped. London: George Routledge, (1926). First edition. A very good(+ copy). More
The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal: Its Contribution to the Law of State Responsibility
Irvington-on-Hudson: Transnational Publishers, 1998. xvi, 400pp. 8vo, gray boards, d.w. Irvington-on-Hudson: Transnational Publishers, (1998). First Edition. Fine. More
Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck
Nuremberg: Johann Peter van Ghelen, 1735. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 19" x 23" Impressive hand-colored map of Central Asia showing all regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, extending from the Tigris River to the Pamir-Alay mountains. This map was printed by Johann Peter van Ghelen, a Vienna-based bookseller, after a manuscript map made by Abraham Maas in 1728, and published in the Homann Heirs' atlas in 1735. Historically significant to Central Asian toponymy, this was the first printed map to..... More
Special Trust.
New York: Cadell & Davies. Illustrated, 8vo, blue cloth backed blue boards, d.w. New York: Cadell & Davies, (1994). First Edition. Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. More