[Rarebooks] fs: Rugs Oriental and Occidental

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings All,

For your consideration:
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(No. 6081 )  Holt, Rosa Belle. RUGS ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL, ANTIQUE AND
MODERN: A HANDBOOK FOR READY REFERENCE.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1908. Enlarged edition, Full cloth, Quarto,
202 pages, color & b&w plates, map, drawings. Very Good, No dust jacket.
      Beautiful volume on the history, design, weaving, and symbology of
woven rugs from Egypt, Persia, Afghanistan, Europe, and the United States.
Contains 33 full page, tissue-guarded illustrations, 12 in full color. Bound
in brown cloth over boards with dark blue spine lettering and multi-colored
rug pattern on upper board, top edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges.
Light rubs to exterior edges, prior owner name label on front free endpaper,
some light foxing to first and last few leaves. Endpapers slightly cracked
along inner margins but hinges still solid. Nice copy of this attractive and
useful reference.    $75.00
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