Istanbul: Vakiflar Genel Mudurlugu Yayinlari. Softcover. Brown, color-photographic wraps with yellow lettering. 448 pp. with 49 color plates plus bw images of all sorts throughout. The Great Mosque and Hospital in the town of Divrigi in Eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Main text in Turkish with some in Arabic, French, and/or English..... More
London / New York: I. B. Tauris, 2007. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book xix, 359 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy, pictorial dustjacket. A very nice, bright copy. "The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun described Cairo under the Mamluks as ""a city beyond imagination"". The Mamluk sultans originated..... More
Istanbul: Cafe City Yayinlari, 2012. Hardcover. Forest green cloth with gold lettering in matching slipcase; 160 pp. with stunning color photos and a few maps. Parallel text in Turkish/English. The story of the restoration of Agios Dimitrios ta Salina, known as the Moonlight Monastery, located off the Aegean coast of..... More
Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2012. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. Color-photographic dj.; viii, 286 pp. with color photos throughout. Text in English. "A well-written survey of contemporary architectural projects in the Arab world. The book represents a valuable, sincere, and much-needed effort to address a gap..... More
Wien: Phoibos Verlag, 1997. Hardcover. White and BW-illustrated boards with black lettering. 112 pp. 71 pages of plates. Illustrations, maps. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references. More
Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press, 2001. Paperback. Color-photographic wraps with white lettering. 143 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Plans. Photographs by Pino Musi. Includes bibliographical references. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Hardcover. Butterscotch cloth/boards with gilt decoration and lettering. White, illus. dj with grey lettering. 242 pp. with no illus. Inscribed by the translator, Joseph Thomas. Translated from the French by Joseph Thomas. Part of the History of Philosophy series. The Hellenic Age is the..... More
[not identified]: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by World of Islam Festival Trust, 1987. Hardcover. Blue imitation leather boards with gilt design and lettering; white dust jacket, color illustrated with blue and black lettering; color illustrated flyleaves, bw illustrated frontispiece, xii, 623 pp, illustrated throughout in bw and several..... More
Bruxelles; Paris: Vromant & Co. Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1922. Softcover. Tan wraps with bw illustration on front cover, black and red lettering, VI, 50 pp followed by 200 bw plates. Text in French. Choice of documents accompanied by bibliographical indications by Jean Capart, Curator of the royal museums of the fiftieth anniversary..... More
Bombay, India: Marg Publications, 1982. Hardcover. tan cloth boards w/ black designs & printing. illustrated pastedowns. 156 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. pictorial, brown dustjacket w/ white printing. Ex-libris w/ plate to cover flyeaf. Pages have instances of tanning and toning, otherwise clean. Dustjacket scuffed, scratched & chipped; upper..... More
Stuttgart / Zurich: Karl Kramer Verlag, 2013. Hardcover. Red & illus. boards, 291 pp., BW and color illus. Presents architectural planning and building done by the Salo Hershman firm of Israel. Highly illustrated. More
London: Faber and Faber Unlimited, 1976. Hardcover. Light blue cloth, red title block with gilt letters on spine, burnished gold & color illus. dust jacket, 167 pp. plus 560 BW plates, 11 color plates. "The first part of this book is devoted to Egypt and the second to Tunisia, Algeria..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. Hardcover. Light orange cloth, dark green title block with gilt letters on spine, brown & color illus. dust jacket; 88 text pp.; color frontis plus plates of 527 BW plates; with sundry maps and BW illus. A classic which includes social, historical, and cultural..... More
New York: Harry Abrams, 1977. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards; gilt lettering. Silver decorative dj with black lettering. 424 pp. with 513 bw illus., including 192 diagrams. An expansive book about the expanse of Islamic architecture in the West, Middle East and India. Beautiful bw photographs, many in detail, and..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1963. Softcover. Black illustrated wraps with magenta lettering; 128 pp. with 137 bw photographs plus additional images;. Showing the photographs and plans of North Africa, Spain, Egypt, and Turkey; includes lengthy introductory essays on each area. More
Durham: The Centre for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, University of Durham, 1983. Softcover. White stapled wraps with green lettering and decoration. 100 pp. with bw illus. throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition held in London, January - February 1984. Essays/sections include: The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the..... More
New Delhi, India: Sagar Publications, 1971. Hardcover. dark purple boards w/ white printed spine. book xvi, 172 pgs w/ 78 plates; one fold-out. red paper dustjacket w/ illustration & orange printing. Closing plate edge has orange, speckled discolorization from back cover flyleaf. More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Red clay cloth/boards. Added yellow cloth spine with original title block overlaid. viii + 307 pp. with 75 bw illus. An amazing architectural, decorative, historical description of Sancta Sophia, including her situation in Byzantium and Constantinople and as the first church there. Certainly, anyone..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. Pictorial dj; black covers, gilt lettering. (xv), 153 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-146) and index. Contents as follows: The art of the monument -- The symbolism of the monument -- The monument and the city -- Politics as art --..... More
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1954. 1287/2000. Softcover. Blue, stiff paper wraps with red lettering. 541 pp. with 108 bw plates and 286 bw figures. Text in French. Number 1287 of the 2000 volumes (out of 3000 total printed) that were designated for the Algerian government. Written in 9 chapters..... More
Karachi, Pakistan: Sani Communications, 1960. Hardcover. emerald green boards w/ gilt spine printing. 196 pgs w/ 22 bw plates & 4 fold-out maps to back cover pastedown. glossy brown dustjacket w/ illustration. Cover flyleaf has ex-libris plate, price sticker and store stamp obscured by Wite-Out. More
Roma: L'Erma Di Bretschneider, 2002. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 519 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Text in Italian. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. More
London: Academy Editions, 1993. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. 132 pp. 245 illustrations, 99 in full color. Basil Al-Bayati's individual and distinctive architectural style is admired throughout the Middle East and Europe for its fusion of function and symbolism. His skilful weaving together of eastern and western..... More
Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 211 pp. BW and color illustrations. "Tilework is the most spectacular architectural manifestation of Islamic Iran. In Early Persian Tilework, Douglas Pickett examines the growth to maturity of Persian tilework and..... More
Suffolk, England: Penguin Books, 1959. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt emblem & gilt spine printing & black printed title plate. 289 pgs w/ bw plates. Light pencil underlining and marginalia to text, otherwise, it appears clean. More
