Berkeley. University of California Press. (c. 1991). Numerous black and white photographic and line illustrations, xv +153pp, index, notes, dustjacket, large octavo. Samir al-Khalil uses artefacts such as 'The Victory Arch' in Baghdad "to illuminate the nature of dictatorship, the relation between developed and developing countries, and the uses and..... More
London. Faber and Faber, 1930. 46pp, bibliography, endpapers little browned, light foxing on edges, name prior owner front free endpaper, small bookseller's label upper cover, a good copy in little worn paperback with soiled and worn wrappers. A summary of the history of Persian painting from the time of the..... More
Paris. Bordas. 1978. Maps, colour and black and white plates, text illustrations, 523pp, indices, little worn dustjacket repaired with tape, now protected, internally very sound and clean, square quarto, a good copy. Text in French. When referring to this item please quote stockid 91052. More
New York. Thames and Hudson. 1996. Revised and expanded edition. 232 plates in colour and black & white, 239pp, index, Original cloth covered boards, lettered in white and in a very good dustwrapper. 30.5 x 23.5cm. A near fine copy. There are new chapters on the use of Islamic calligraphy..... More
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle. 1958. Nine tipped in colour plates and two tipped in black and white plates, 32pp, small bookseller's label upper pastedown, very good copy in stiff card with dustjacket, little browned on reverse. The Story of Rustam is one of the epic story lines from The..... More
Washington & London. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1995. Profusely illustrationed in colour, xxvii +164pp. cloth covered boards lettered in silver, and very good in the original dust wrapper with just a tiny nick to the lower corner. 28x 28cm. Egyptian Hajjis or Hajjas traditionally celebrate their sacred journey to Mecca by..... More
New York. New York University Press. 1991. Black and white and colour plates, 92pp, bibliography, indices of painters, manuscripts and titles, scribes and calligraphers together with a general index, very good copy in protected dustjacket. In this study the author traces the development of the different styles of Persian painting..... More
Stuttgart. Gustav Kilpper Verlag. 1955. Folding map, black and white photographic plates, 304pp + 118 plates, small tear lower dustjacket, very good in glassine covered dustjacket and card slipcase, small quarto. Text in German. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152404. More
London. Saqi Books. 2007, Colour, black & white and monochrome illustrations throughout. Paperback, 142pp. Fine copy. In English & Farsi. 22 x 22cm. His works often deal with issues that are considered sensitive in Iranian society and therefore he is frequently referred to as a 'political' artist or 'pop' artist..... More
Iran. General Office of Museums. 1984. Profusely illustrated with colour photographic plates, 12pp text in English + 60 plates + 12pp text in Farsi, a good copy in worn and creased paperback, square octavo. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152359. More