Silk Road Books & Photos

Islamic Art and Architecture (Page 2 of 8)

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Canby, Sheila R

Princes, Poets and Paladins Islamic and Indian paintings from the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan

British Museum Publiation 1998. Hardback in dust wrapper like new condition large coffee table book.

£95

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Cheneviere Alain

Syria Cradle of Civilisation

Stacey International publishers 191 pages published in UK 1996. Hardback coffee table book.

£30

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Damluji, S Samar

Yemen a reality: Architecture sculptured in mud & stone

Hardback in very good dust wrapper, heavy coffee table book 1999 355 pages.

£40

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Dani Ahmad Hasan

Thatta: Islamic Architecture

1982 hardback in dust wrapper, excellent photos in colour and black and white of this wonderful UNESCO world heritage site. 

£55

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Dajani, Adel A and Wong, How Man

Islamic Frontiers of China Silk Road Images

144 pages 1990 first edition. Scorpion press. Illustrated throughout with colour Photos of Xinjiang.

£35

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Degeorge Gerard

Ornament and Decoration in Islamic Architecture

Large Coffee table book richly illustrated with black and white and colour photos. 2000 Thames and Hudson in Dust wrapper. Like New

£55

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Degeorge, Gerard and Porter Yves

Art of the Islamic Tile

French text hardback in dust wrapper illustrated throughout large coffee table book very good condition.

 

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Denny, Walter B

Iznik the Art of Ottoman Ceramics

2004 Hardback in dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour.

£50

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Edelberg, Lennart

Nuristan

1979 pages 186 large coffee table book in dust wrapper Graz publishers Austria. Nuristan formerly Kafirstan was conquered by Amir Abdur Rahman and the people Islamicised. Previosuly the people of Kafiristan used to launch raids on their Muslim neighbours and collect Muslim heads as war souvenirs. There is a belief that the people of Nuristan are descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great. This book examines the origins of the Nuristani people.  VG condition.

£100

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Emel Esin

Mecca the Blessed Madinah the Radiant

Book contains photographs by Haluk Doganbey published by Crown Publishers in 1963.  The condition of the book and dust jacket (protected by a plastic cover) is very good with very slight shelfwear of any kind.  This is a tour of the two cities central to the Islamic faith, including architecture, art and historical text.  There are 113 illustrations, 57 in colour. 

£30