Wednesday, September 9, 2009

New Books for September 2009

Here is our list of new titles we've added to our catalog in the past month. We are still going through a treasure trove of books acquired from two important collections.

We are also looking forward to the San Francisco Antique Rug and Textile Show being held next month at the Motel Capri. The buzz has been good and it is looking like it will be the most successful dealer sponsored rug and textile fair to date. There was a small write-up in Hali 160 which can be found here.

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Albertsson, Ingemar and P. Willborg WOVEN MAGIC, A BOOK ABOUT KILIMS J.P. Willborg Stockholm 1992 112 Color Plates 164 pp. 9.5 x 9.5 Hardback in Very Good condition. Tiny repaired nick at head of spine. GWO 1126. A dealer's exhibition and sales catalog of kilims. English-Swedish text. $45.00

Andrews, Peter and Mugal THE TURCOMAN OF IRAN Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kendal 1971 4 Color Plates 18 Black and White 144 pp. 7 x 10 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual marks. GWO 2354. Museum exhibition catalog. Includes textiles, rugs and jewelry. $45.00

Banateanu, Tanared FOLK COSTUMES, WOVEN TEXTILES AND EMBROIDERIES OF RUMANIA State Publishing House for Literature and the Arts (Bucharest) 1958 56 Color Plates, 433 Black and White 423 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in Very Good condition. Cracking to head of back hinge. 1/2-inch stain to spine. Comprehensive and important contribution to the literature. $75.00

Bhattacharyya, A.K. CHAMBA RUMAL Indian Museum Calcutta 1968 16 tipped in color plates 81 pp. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Dustjacket has chips and tears. Indian Museum Monograph #2 Embroidered Textiles. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual marks. $75.00

Bowie, Theodore ISLAMIC ART ACROSS THE WORLD Indiana University Art Museum Bloomington, IN 1970 61 Black and White 76 pp. 8.5 x 10 Paperback in Good condition. Tears to spine. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks. University art museum exhibition catalog. $15.00

Brinckerhoff, Deborah, Curator WEAVING FOR THE GODS: TEXTILES OF THE ANCIENT ANDES Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences Greenwich 1999 67 Color Plates 44 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition Museum exhibition catalog. Covers 5000 years of Peruvian textiles including feathers. Solid introduction with well chosen examples. $30.00

Brommer, Bea ed 3000 JAAR WEVEN IN DE ANDES, TEXTIEL UIT PERU EN BOLIVIA Gemeente Museum Helmond 1988 23 Color Plates 57 Black and White 91 Figures 104 pp. 8 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition. Former owner's inked name on half-title page. Museum exhibition catalog of Precolumbian textiles. Dutch text. $55.00

Brown, Luane and Sidna Rachid EGYPTIAN CARPETS, A PRACTICAL GUIDE The American University in Cairo Press Cairo 1985 8 Color Plates 104 pp. 5 x 8 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual markings. GWO 1870. A guide to contemporary weavings from Egypt and manufactures. $10.00

Buchanan, Glen et al. ANTIQUE RUGS OF THE CAUCASUS The Australian Society for Antique Rugs Melbourne 1974 22 Black and White 32 pp. 7.5 x 10 Paperback in Very Good condition GWO 1378. Early Australian exhibition catalog of Caucasian rugs. $25.00

Burnham, Harold CHINESE VELVETS: A TECHNICAL STUDY University of Toronto Press Toronto 1959 15 Black and White 14 Figures 64 pp. 6.75 x 10 Paperback in Good condition. Textblock separating from covers. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks. Royal Ontario Museum Occasional Paper 2. $90.00

Busse, Heribert, translator HISTORY OF PERSIAN UNDER QAJAR RULE TRANSLATED FROM THE PERSIAN OF HASAN-E FASA'I'S FARSNAMA-YE NASERI Columbia University Press New York 1972 494 pp. 5.5 x 8.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks $20.00

De Moor, Antoine 3500 YEARS OF TEXTILE ART Lannoo Publishers Tielt 2008 240 Color Plates 260 pp. 11.5 x 10 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition A stunning and important title. For the first time ever the highlights of a world renowned private collection are brought together in this book: over 300 tapestries and textile related objects such as hairpins and jewelry are showcased in this beautifully illustrated book. Much of the focus is on Coptic textiles. Coptic art is a term used either for the art of Egypt produced in the early Christian era or for the art produced by the Coptic Christians themselves. -Publisher $110.00

Denny, Walter B. et al. THE GARDEN IN THE ARTS OF ISLAM Mount Holyoke College Art Museum South Hadley, MA 1980 9 Black and White 64 pp. 8.25 x 9.25 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks Museum exhibition catalog of the garden theme in Islamic art. Two carpets are illustrated. $15.00

Focsa, Marcela SCOARTE ROMANESTI DIN COLECTIA MUZEULUI DE ARTA POPULARA AL R.S. ROMANIA(ROMANIAN KILIMS) MAP Bucharest 1970 8 Color Plates 333 Black and White 372 pp. 9.5 x 11.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Good condition. Dustjacket has significant holes and tears. GWO 1790. A museum catalog of flatweaves from different regions of Romania. Romanian text. English, French and Russian summaries. $70.00

Forman, W. and B. TAPESTRIES FROM EGYPT, WOVEN BY THE CHILDREN OF HARRANIA Paul Hamlyn London 1961 66 Color Plates 120 pp. 9 x 10.5 Hardback in dustjacket Good condition. Dustjacket has tears and chips. Spine loose. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual marks. GWO 2608. Clever modern kelims. A definitive work on these weavings. $20.00

Gombos, Karoly ALTE ZENTRALASIATISCHE TEPPICH / REGI KOZEPAZSIAI SZONYEGEK (CENTRAL ASIAN RUGS) Sarvar Nadasdy Ferenc Muzeum Budapest 1979 7 Black and White 49 pp. 7 x 9.5 Paperback in Very Good condition GWO 1557. Museum exhibition catalog of its Turkoman rugs. German/Hungarian text. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual marks. $30.00

Grigorian, Marcos THE CONTEMPORARY ARMENIAN CARPET Near East Museum Yerevan 1999 22 Color Plates 64 pp. 8.75 x 13.25 Paperback in Very Good condition Modern carpets designed and woven by Marcos Grigorian. Signed presentation copy. English-Armenian text. $50.00

Heiss, Max and Melek Lampe VOLKSKUNST DER TURKEI: SAMMLUNG MELEK LAMPE IM MUNCHNER STADTMUSEUM Munchner Stadtmuseum Munich (1970s?) 4 Color Plates 25 Black and White 40 pp. 8 x 8 Paperback in Good condition. Small tears to spine. Museum exhibition catalog of Turkish textiles in the Lampe collection. $20.00

Holmgren, Robert and A. Spertus EARLY INDONESIAN TEXTILES FROM THREE ISLAND CULTURES: SUMBA, TORAJA, LAMPUNG The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1989 45 Color Plates 15 Black and White 111 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual markings. Museum exhibition catalog. $20.00

Lommel, Dr. Andreas ALTAMERIKANISCHE KUNST MEXICO-PERU Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Munich 1968 20 Color Plates 80 Black and White 240 pp. 6.75 x 8.25 Paperback in Good condition. Small chips and tears to cover. Museum exhibition catalog of Precolumbian art of Mexico and Peru. Includes 18 color and 15 black and white plates of textiles. $30.00

Macfarlane, Fiona and Elizabeth F. Arthur GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART EMBROIDERY 1894-1920 Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries Glasgow 1980 Black and White Figures 48 pp. 8.5 x 8.25 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks. $45.00

Meister, Peter W. and Kurt Erdmann KAUKASISCHE TEPPICHE Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt 1962 1 Color Plates (Frontis) 122 Black and White 258 pp. 6 x 8 Hardback in Very Good condition GWO 1450. Museum fur Kunsthandwerk exhibition catalog of Caucasian rugs. German text. Rebound in hardback. Crease in the laminate on cover. $75.00

Melzhitova, El'mira TURKMEN FOLK ART Turkmen State Folk Arts Museum Ashkabad 1990 145 Color Plates 304 pp. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual markings. GWO 1603. Ashkabad Museum collection catalog of rugs, felts, embroideries and jewelry. Russian text. English summary. Ex-library with minimal markings. $60.00

Olson, Eleanor TIBETAN ART: TIBETAN LIFE AND CULTURE Museum of International Folk Art Santa Fe 1960 15 Black and White Plates 29 pp. of text 8.25 x 7 Paperback in Very Good condition. Blind stamp on title page. Museum exhibition catalog. Three of the illustrations are of textiles. $20.00

Petrescu, Paul and Paul H. Stahl ROMANIAN TEXTILES F. Lewis Leigh-On-Sea/Bucharest 1966 80 Color Plates, 29 Black and White 126 pp. 9.5 x 7.5 Hardback in chipped and torn dustjacket otherwise in Very Good condition GWO 1805. Mostly flatweaves. Includes Moldavian rugs. $50.00

Pottinger, Henry; Vaughan, Rosie TRAVELS IN BELOOCHISTAN AND SINDE Oxford University Press Karachi 2002 413 pp. 5.5 x 8.5 Hardback in Very Good condition $50.00

Reiss, W. and A. Stubel THE NECROPOLIS OF ANCON IN PERU: A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURE AND INDUSTRIES OF THE EMPIRE OF THE INCAS, BEING THE RESULTS OF THE EXCAVATIONS MADE ON THE SPOT U. Carlson Hannover 1997 139 Color Plates 2 Black and White 372 pp. 8 x 11.5 Hardback in Very Good condition Replica Edition in a single volume of the scarce 3 volume translation by Keane (1880-7). Burial artifacts, mainly textiles. Limited to 40 copies. $795.00

Revault, Jacques ARTS TRADITIONNELS EN TUNISIE Office National De L'Artisanat De Tunisie Paris 1967 143 pp. 8.5 x 11 Hardback in chipped, mylar protected dustjacket otherwise in Very Good condition. Former owner's name inked on front free end-paper. Shows examples and production of textiles, mats, furniture, ceramics, metalwork and jewelry. Well illustrated. 16 color and 16 black and white examples of rugs and textiles are shown. French text. $35.00

Scarce, Jennifer ed. ISLAM IN THE BALKANS - PERSIAN ART AND CULTURE OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES Royal Scottish Museum Edinburgh 1979 41 Black and White 103 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks Papers Arising from a Symposium Held to Celebrate the World of Islam Festival at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 28th-30th July 1976. Includes the article "Oriental Carpets from Eastern Europe" by Veronika Gervers (14 pp., 6 black and white figures). $50.00

Silverman, Helaine CAHUACHI IN THE ANCIENT NASCA WORLD University of Iowa Press Iowa City 1993 Black and White Illus and Figures 371 pp. 8.5 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks Scholarly text of Peruvian archaeological excavation. University of Iowa Press. $35.00

Southgate, Rev. Horatio NARRATIVE OF A TOUR THROUGH ARMENIA, KURDISTAN, PERSIA AND MESOPOTAMIA. WITH OCCASIONAL OBSERVATIONS UPON THE CONDITION OF MOHAMMEDANISM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THOSE COUNTRIES Tilt and Bogue London 1840 662 pp. 5 x 8 Hardback in Two Volumes in Good condition. Cracks and rubbing to spine and edges. Two volume set bound in original red embossed cloth with gilt lettering on spines. This London edition does not call for a map. $500.00

Stack, Lotus PATTERNED THREADS: IKAT TRADITIONS AND INSPIRATIONS Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis 1987 8 Color Plates 10 Black and White 37 pp. 11.5 x 9 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual markings. GWO 2468. Guide to the ikats in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection. $15.00

Textile Art THE TEXTILES OF THE ANDES TEXTILE ART 20 AUTUMN 1982 SENSHOKU NO BI Kyoto Shoin Kyoto 1982 129 Color Plates 176 pp. 8.5 x 12 Paperback in Good condition. Some pages loose from spine. Focus on Precolumbian textiles. Japanese text. Includes an authorized bound photocopied English translation by Nobuko Kajitani. $90.00

Troost, Klaus DIE YOMUT, IN DER REIHE: DIE STAMME DER TURKMENEN (TURKMEN TRIBES-THE YOMUD) Galerie Schreiber Dusseldorf 1983 70 Color Plates 166 pp. 8 x 11 Hardback in Very Good condition GWO 1662. Uses and types of rugs and trappings of the Yomud Turkomans of Central Asia. German text. $125.00

Turner, Geoffrey HAIR EMBROIDERY IN SIBERIA AND NORTH AMERICA Oxford University Press Oxford 1955 17 Black and White Plates 26 Black and White Figures 83 pp. of text 7.5 x 9.75 Paperback in Very Good condition. Small tear at head of spine. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks Occasional Papers on Technology, 7. Includes maps of Siberia and North American showing tribe locations with moose, reindeer and caribou migration routes. $40.00

Ulloa, Liliana T. ARICA, DIEZ MIL ANOS, VESTIMENTAS Y ADORNOS PREHISPANICOS EN ARICA MUSEO CHILENO DE ARTE PRECOLOMBINO / PREHISTORIC GARMENTS AND ORNAMENTS IN ARICA Banco O'Higgins Santiago 1985 (1991) 23 Color Plates 298 Small Black and White 86 pp. 9.5 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Second edition. Spanish-English text. $60.00

Victoria and Albert Museum BRIEF GUIDE TO THE CHINESE EMBROIDERIES Board of Education London 1921 (1931) 9 Black and White 26 pp. 5 x 7 Paperback in Good condition Extensive penciled notes. $15.00

Wells, Oliver N. SALISH WEAVING, PRIMITIVE AND MODERN: AS PRACTISED BY THE SALISH INDIANS OF SOUTH WEST BRITISH COLUMBIA Oliver N. Wells Vancouver 1969 2 Color Plates 15 Black and White 12 Figures 38 pp. 6.5 x 10 Paperback in Very Good condition. Includes 191 sketches of Salish designs. Revised edition. $15.00

Williams, Gerald TEXTILES OF OAXACA Dartmouth College Manchester, NH 1964 17 Black and White 63 pp. 7.5 x 9 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's library with usual markings. Currier Gallery of Art and Dartmouth College exhibition catalog. $15.00

Wood, Annie (Angela) FROM BABA'S HOPE CHEST: MACEDONIAN TREASURES IN CANADA The Museum for Textiles Toronto 1995 24 pp. 8.5 x 8.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum library with usual marks Museum exhibition catalog of Macedonian costumes and textiles illustrated in color. $20.00

Young-Sanchez, Margaret ed. TIWANAKU, ANCESTORS OF THE INCA University of Nebraska Press Lincoln/London 2004 100 Color Plates 30 Black and White 257 pp. 10 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition Lavish exhibition catalog of the Denver Art Museum. $40.00

FOLK ART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: FROM THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM OF THE PEOPLES OF THE USSR Khudizhnik RSFSR Leningrad 1981 137 Color Plates 34 black and white illustrations 203 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in torn dustjacket in Very Good condition Folk art of Russia, North-West of Russia, Volga Basin, Northern Caucasus, and Soviet Far East. Twenty plates are historical black and whites and 69 are color illustrations of costumes and textiles. Russian text. $25.00