- Sl. yellowed as usual. = Hoek 659b3; Purvis/ De Jong p.79.
- Dustwr. w. fold on spine. Otherwise fine. = A sumptuous publication.
= Rare work on this flower and fruit painter, containing a catalogue raisonné.
AND 10 others, i.a. F. LEWIS, Simon Pietersz Verelst 1644-1721 (ibid., 1979, plates, printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and M.L. HAIRS, Les peintres Flamands de fleurs au XVIIe siècle (Paris etc., 1955, (tipped-in col.) plates, orig. giltlettered cl., 4to).
= With autograph signed dedication by the artist on first free endpaper.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "Für Johan Souverein, herzlich und freundlich (...)" on htitle.
AND 1 other: VLADIMÍR SUCHÁNEK. Melancholická ulita (Prague, 2013, col. ills., orig. wr., sq. 8vo. SIGNED on first leaf). - WITH: 1 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER (to "Lieber Johan [Souverein]"), 1 col. lithograph (signed in pencil), 3 picture postcards (1x AUTOGRAPH SIGNED) and an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED New Year's Wish, all by the same.
- Edges sl. rubbed; one corner bumped; dustwr. wrinkled and repaired; contents fine.
= Plates showing 40 carpets/ kilims (13th-19th cent.) from the Turkish-Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul.
- Lacks 8 plates (LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX, CXII, CXIII, CXXIV and CXXV); plates C and CI misbound; several plates w. stamp on verso; two stamps on title-p.; bookblock cut sl. short (a few plates trimmed to image or w. (partial) loss of plate number). Binding sl. stained and chafed; cloth splitting at board edges.
= Siegelaub p.163. The plates are arranged in 6 parts of 25 plates each. "The first four parts of the work are devoted to the Jaipur carpets. The fifth is reserved for the famous Ardebil carpet, which is now one of the glories of the Indian Museum; and the last part contains, in addition to Persian carpets, a few from Turkey, which have been included in order to illustrate some of the main differences in design and workmanship between them and the Persian examples (...)" (introduction). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
- Plates waterstained and w. some dam. spots.
Gantzhorn, V. Oriental Carpets. Their Iconology and Iconography from the Earliest Times to the 18th Century. Cologne etc., Taschen, 1998, 532p., profusely illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Sovereign Carpet. Unknown Masterpieces from European Collections. Ed. E. Concaro and A. Levi. Milan, Skira, 1999, 233p., richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. - ADDED: 2 others.
- Very fine copy.
= Sought after standard work on oriental rugs, with the rarely preserved dustwrappers. Siegelaub p.248: "An encyclopedic historical survey & desc. covering all types and facets of oriental rugs from all period & regions, esp. design & patterns; ca. 1150 motifs & rugs shown, incl. some early Islamic textiles. Basic work."
Grote-Hasenbalg, W. Der Orientteppich. Seine Geschichte und seine Kultur. Berlin, Scarabaeus, 1922, 3 vols., text vol.: XVI,228p., fold. lithogr. map, 31 (col.) plates; plate vols.: 120 mounted col. plates, orig. unif. cl., 4to.
- All vols. owner's entry on title-p. Covers sl. duststained. Otherwise fine.
- Near mint copy.
= Nobuyoshi Araki is primarily known for his erotic and kinbaku (Japanese bondage) photography.
- Mint copy.
= One of 1963 copies signed by the photographer Steve Schapiro. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
- A very fine copy. Two hardly visible, minimally rubbed spots on leather cornerpiece in upper outer corner of frontcover. Clamshell box trifle foxed along extremities of backcover.
= COPY with extensive AUTOGRAPH dedication incorporated in a pen and red, green, black and purple drawing by PETER BEARD on the transparant colophon leaf preceding the printed title-page. The dedication is written partly in a drawing of a hand and a giraffe and reads: "Special Delivery by hand to the inestimable & amazing Vlada & André (in ecology green) Best from Peter [heart] November 27th 2006 ad Driftwood Cove Box 603 Montauk Point L.I. N.Y. 11954".
- Fine copy. Slipcase w. sm. rubbed spot on backcover.
= Limited DELUXE edition, printed in 800 numb. and signed copies.
- Very fine copy.
- Mint copy.
= "This book-more than a film-still book, rather a pure photo book in its own right-features hundreds of unseen images selected from Schapiros archives, painting a chilling portrait of a deranged gunman in the angry climate of the post-Vietnam era." (quote from Taschen's website).
= Very fine copy of one of the first 500 numb. DELUXE copies, containing the print "Royal Greeting". The second 500 numb. copies contain the print titled "Royal Departure" (also by H. BENSON). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.