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Books for Sale

Ararat has a number of special interest books available for purchase, many of which are out of print and hard to find elsewhere. 
Please contact us via e-mail at
books@araratrug.com

 

Author Title Description Price
Azadi, Siawosch Turkoman Carpets and the Ethnographic Significance of their Ornaments. 1975, Wales: The Crosby Press, good condition U.S. $225.00
Bennett, Ian Rugs and Carpets of the World: Complete Illustrated 1977, 352 pages, 34 x 25 cm., New York: A & W Publishers U.S. $55.00
Bennett, Ian Rugs and Carpets of the World 1988, 352 pages. New with a slipcover. Wellfleet: The Wellfleet Press U.S. $50.00
Bolour, Daniel Interior Designers Guide to Antique Carpets: the Daniel Bolour Collection 1996, 223 pages. Hong Kong: Dai Nippon Printing U.S. $145.00
Compilation  Rugs and Carpets from the Caucasus. Compiled by Liatif Kerimov, Nonna Stepanian, Tatyana Grigoliya and David Tsitsishvili 1984, 20 pages +, 30 x 22 cm., New with Dust Jacket. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers U.S. $85.00
Denny, Walter B. The Markarian Album:  The Richard R. Markarian Collection of Oriental Rugs. With Daniel Walker. 1988, 423 pages, New. Cincinnati: The Markarian Foundation U.S. $175.00
Dodds, Dennis R. Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections. With Murray L. Eiland 1996, 277 pages. Philadlephia: Eigth ICOC, Inc. U.S. $80.00
Eiland, Murray L. Oriental Rugs: A New Comprehensive Guide 1981, 294 pages, used, Dust jacket torn. Boston: Little, Brown U.S. $60.00
Eiland, Murray L. Oriental Rugs from Pacific Collections:  Catalogue of an Exhibition for the VI th International Conference on Oriental Carpets, San Francisco, Nov. 17-20, 1990 1990, 244 pages, 29 x 23 cm., San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society U.S. $80.00
Ellis, Charles Grant Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art 1988, 304 pages, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Out of print U.S. $150.00
Erdmann, Kurt Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets 1970, 238 pages, London: Faber and Faber U.S. $240.00
Ford, P.R.J. The Oriental Carpet: A History and Guide to Traditional Motifs, Patterns and Symbols 1981, 352 pages, New. New York: Harry N. Abrams U.S. $39.95
Gans-Ruedin, E. Antique Oriental Carpets 1975, 481 pages. Tokyo: Kodansha International U.S. $75.00
Gans-Ruedin, E. The Connoisseur's Guide to Oriental Carpets 1971, 430 pages. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle U.S. $75.00
Gantzhorn, Volkmar The Christian Oriental Carpet:  A Presentation of its Development,  Iconologically & Iconographically  from its  Beginnings to the 18th Century  1991, 531 pages, very good condition. Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co. U.S. $90.00
Hull, Alastair and Luczyc-Wyhowska, Jose Kilim: The Complete Guide, History, Pattern,  Technique, Identification 1993, 352 pages, New, Mint. London : Thames and Hudson Ltd. U.S. $60.00
Loges, Wemer Turkomen Tribal Rugs. Translated by  Raoul Tschebull 1980, 204 pages. London: George Allen & Unwin.   out of print U.S. $150.00
McMullan, Joseph V. Islamic Carpets 1965, 385 pages, signed by author. New York: Near Eastern Art Research Center U.S. $1250.00
Opie, James Tribal Rugs: Nomadic and Village Weavings from the Near East  and Central Asia 1992, 328 pages, New. Portland, Oregon: The Tolstoy Press U.S. $120.00
Rau, Pip    SOLD Ikats: Woven Silks from Central Asia: The Rau Collection  1988, 96 pages, New. Oxford: Basil Blackwell U.S. $25.00
Schurmann, Ulrich Oriental Carpets. 1979, 247 pages, A newly revised  and expanded edition, signed by the author.  London: Octopus Books U.S. $85.00
Sherrill, Sarah Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America 1995, 462 pages, Mint condition.  New York: Abbeville Press U.S. $90.00
Spuhler, Friedrich Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin.  Translated by Robert Pinner. 1988, 332 pages, Mint condition. London: Fbaer and Faber U.S. $65.00
Summers, Janice Oriental Rugs: The Illustrated World Buyer's Guide 1994, 240 pages.  New York: Crown Publishers U.S. $40.00
Tzareva, Elena Rugs and Carpets from Central Asia:  The Turkomans,  the Karakalpaks, the Kirghiz, the Kazakhs, the Baluch. 1984, 223 pages, 30 x 22 cm., Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, out of print U.S. $45.00
Weeks, Jeanne G. Rugs and Carpets of Europe  and the Western World.  With Donald Treganowan. 1969, 249 pages, 27 x 19 cm., New York: Weathervane, out of print U.S. $10.00

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