London gingko library (13 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 2nd Edition. Gingko Library, London, UK. 2015. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition/Revised and Updated from 2011 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Ribbon page markers in place. 390 pp 8vo. In 1914 the Middle East was dominated by the Ottoman Empire but with WWI and the Balfour Declaration in favor of Zionism, by 1923 its political shape had changed beyond recognition with claims by Arabs, Turks, and Zionism. These events set the pattern for what was to follow in much of the Middle East up to today. This book is a clea account of how the region as we know it emerged from the First War and its aftermath, with legacies which ought not to be ignored. A clean pristine copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original green cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xxiv prelims] 306 pages. Several b&w photographs within the text. Translated and edited from the Persian by Michael Noel-Clarke. Good in Very Good jacket. Spine has a creased bump at its foot.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. A nice, bright copy. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 350 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. [ix prelims] 148 pages. Illustrated with colour and b&w photographs throughout the text. Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. A collection of scholarly essays on Egyptian art, culture and history honouring publisher Werner Mark Linz (1935-2013), founder of Continuum and director of the American University in Cairo Press. Fine in Very Good jacket which has a little wear along its edges.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover and jacket. Binding loose at title page, otherwise very good throughout. TS. Used.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 154 pages ; 24 cm.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Original blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. 350 pages. Several b&w maps and tables within the text. Very Good in Good jacket which has some creasing to its front top corner and along the top of its front flap.…

Condición: Near Fine. Softcover edition. Square 4to (24cm by 24cm), 143pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 9781909942301.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo. blue papered boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 655 pp.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. translated by Peter Lewis, 1st UK edition, 1st impression, unread, mint condition, not price clipped (£30/ $44.95), no owner's name or other inscription, D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. Summary:"The ten essays in this volume introduce a fascinating array of subjects, each one exploring an aspect of the far-reaching 'mercantile effect' and it's impact across western Asia in the early modern era. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the increased movement of merchants and merchandise from China to Europe brought desirable exotic commodities to new markets but also spread ideas, tastes and technologies across western Asia as never before."--Jacket.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original colour illustrated wraps 25 x 25cm. 231pp. Fine and unread.

Soft cover. Condición: New. CARSWELL, JOHN - MINA MORAITOU - MELANIE GIBSON Iznik ceramics at the Benaki Museum. London: Gingko Library / Benaki Museum, 2023. 4to., 320 p., color ills. Paperback. New ISBN: 9781914983047 CATALOG: Turkish & Islamic arts KEYWORDS: Nicaea Tile Ceramics History of art Iznik tile Ottoman art Traditional arts The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in Athens has a substantial collection of Iznik ceramics (tableware, tiles and sherds). Although well-known to those who visit the museum, this collection has never been fully published. John Carswell first studied the objects in the 1980s and started cataloguing them with a view to publication. The project was revived and guided to fruition by the curator of the museum, Mina Moraitou. She has contributed a chapter on Antonis Benakis and the formation of the Iznik collection as well as working on the catalogue which includes 111 objects, 83 tiles and 143 sherds. All the objects are illustrated in colour, some with line drawings.…