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 about Divrigi Ulu Camii ve Darussifasi = Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital
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 about Moonlight Monastery: New Life on Cunda Island/Ayisigi Manastiri: Cunda'da Yeni Bir Yasam
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 about Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East
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 about The Hellenic Age
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. Paperback. Black wraps with white lettering, color illustrations. 117 leaves. Over 70 pages of BW charts and illustrations. Thesis Document: Master of Science in Architecture Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, class 2005. More about Development of Construction Techniques in the Mamluk Domes of Cairo
New York: Abbevile Press Publishers, 2007. English Edition. Hardcover. Persian blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Glossy, color-photographic dj with white decoration and red lettering. 263 pp. with color photographs throughout. A bit heavy at 5 pounds and may require extra postage. A beautiful survey of the art and architecture of one... More about The Art and Architecture of Persia
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 about Salo Hershman's Projects
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 and Morocco." (dj). More about Islamic Architecture in North Africa: A photographic survey
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 about Islamic Architecture and its Decoration, A.D. 800-1500: A Photographic Survey
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 about Islamic Architecture
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 about Western Islamic Architecture
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 about Arab Architecture: Past and Present - An Exhibition Presented by the Arab-British Chamber of...
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 about The Church of Sancta Sophia Constantinople: A Study of Byzantine Building
New York, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988. Hardcover. Gray cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, gray & illus. dust jacket, 288 pp., 305 BW illus., 56 plans and drawings. The author "presents here the first authoritative account of the genesis and development of the design... More about Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church
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 about L'Architecture Musulmane d'Occident: Tunisie, Algerie, Maroc, Espagne, Sicile
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 about Umm al-Rasas: la Chiesa di Santo Stefano ed il Problema Iconofobico
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 about Early Persian Tilework: The Medieval Flowering of Kashi
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. First. Hardbound. Light blue cloth boards with color pictorial DJ, 312pp, 138 color and BW. From the jacket--The architecture of Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey varies widely due to the differing climate, available builing materials, and artistic tradition of each region. Yet the common architectural... More about Design and Color in Islamic Architecture: Afghanistan Iran Turkey
Istanbul: Kuveyt Turk, 2014. Slipcased. Lush, evergreen cloth/boards. Gilt lettering; bw image laid onto front cover. Decorative end papers. Bw photographic dj with yellow lettering. Matching board slipcase. 401 + [15] pp. with color and bw images throughout, including bw architectural drawings. With matching green satin place-holder ribbon. Letter from... More about Buyuk Mecidiye Camii Ve Ortakoy
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2009. Softcover. Gold and duotone illus. wraps, 114 pp., color & duotone illus., one fold-out at back. Tells the story of this structural model of buildings in the city of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. "Providing important insights into ancient Jerusalem on the eye of... More about Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Tan stamped cloth, cream & illus. dust jacket, 316 pp., many BW and duotone illus. and figures. "Traces the methods of Egyptian stone construction from its beginnings at Saqqara, through the pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, to the great... More about Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. Hardcover. Tan cloth, black and illus. dust jacket, 548 pp., many BW figures and illus. "The definitive study of architecture in Ancient Egypt during the period of the Empire, or the New Kingdom, when her suzerainty spread over the Levant, and Nubia and the... More about A History of Egyptian Architecture: The Empire (the New Kingdom), From the Eighteenth Dynasty to...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1929. Hardbound. Brown publisher's cloth ruled edges, title on spine only. xx, 274 pp., 1 pp Errata 288 bw illustrations. Completed several years after Butler's death, this book represents and edification of a manuscript he had been working on (and utilizing in his graduate level classes... More about Early Churches in Syria, Fourth to Seventh Centuries (Princeton Monographs in Art and...
Athens: Ephesus Publishing, 2004. Hardcover. Maroon cloth-covered boards; glossy dj with color photograph and gold lettering in Greek and English. Hundreds of glossy color photos. Parallel text in Greek/English. Stunning book about the architectural and religious gem, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Photography by Ersal Yavi and translations by Elizabeth Fowden... More about Hagia Sophia: the Church of the Holy Wisdom of God
London: Iraqi Cultural Centre Gallery, 1979. Softcover. Crimson illus. wraps with no lettering. 64 pp. with illus. throughout. Images of ancient and contemporary architecture and architectural decoration of religious, royal and domestic Baghdad. With a title essay, descriptions of the illustrations and a map of the city. More about The Architectural Heritage of Baghdad
