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Berlin: Scarabaeus, 1922. Hardcover. Poor. Volume 3 of the set, containing Plates 61-120. Cloth is soiled and edge worn. Water stains to the bottom half of the pages throughout, affecting mostly the paper on which the plates are mounted. Plates themselves are soiled at the bottom margins, several are scuffed where they have stuck together, otherwise in good condition. Several pages are torn and the spine is splitting; again plates are not affected.

Berlin: Scarabaeus-Verlag, 1922. Hardcover. Volume I: xvi, 228p., [viii] frontis, 21 plates, 3 aquarells, 140 illustrations in-text, folding map at rear; Volume II: 60 plates, Volume III: 60 plates, three volumes complete, text in German, color plates, b&w illustrations, all plates and illustrations intact, bound in worn gray cloth, some foxing to cloth, volume one and three show evidence of rodent gnawing on the top edges of the boards. On volume I it is only a bit of the top edge of the back board. Volume III the gnawing is on both top board edges and into the margins of the text-block but not affecting the plates or text.

Berlin: Scarabacusverlag, 1922. Hardcover. Collectible - Good. All three volumes bumped, frayed and worn at head and heel of spine and corners of boards, with corners bumped heavily; numerous marks, smudges and stains on covers; page edges tanned, endpapers discolored. Vol. I front hinge cracked with front free endpaper and first several leaves loose; Vol. II scuffed and frayed at edges of boards; Vol. III bumped at edges of boards, scuffed at upper edge of front board. Vol. I illustrated throughout, including a few color plates, folding map; Vols. II and II consist entirely of tipped-in color plates. In German.

Berlin: Scarabäus, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Quarto. XVI, [2], 228pp (text volume), 120 leaves (plates in vols. II and III). Original grey cloth, with green lettering on spines and front covers. Top edges of vols. 2 and 3 in gilt. Color frontispiece (volume 1) protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Decorative title page. Striking three volume set of this early and important work on the history and culture of Oriental carpets. The text volume (Volume I) is complete with its 21 full-page plates (including 12 in color), 140 in-text figs, 3 aquarelle reproductions and a partly colored folded map at rear. Each plate is protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Volumes II contains 60 postcard-sized color plates of splendid antique carpets mounted onto card (numbered 1 to 60); Volume III contains another 60 mounted color plates of antique carpets (numbered 61 to 120). Some age-toning and rubbing along edges of bindings. Heads and tails of spines partly chipped. Text in German. Binding in… Read More

Scarabaeus-Verlag, Berlin, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 4to, hardcover, no dj's. 3 volumes. Good- condition; lacks plates 28-31 & 104 -107. All vols. exteriors soiled, boards moderately bowed, prev. owner's bookplate (removed in Vol. 1). Vol. 1, interior hinge split at copyright pg., leaving front board somewhat loose but still well-attached; smudging/staining to front flyleaves & faint water-stain along lower margin of approx. first 25 pgs., light moisture-rippling to final 50 pgs. or so; sm nicks or crinkling to some pg. edges, light foxing to tissue protecting some plates, not affecting plates themselves. Vols. 2 & 3, occasional interior foxing, quite mild, bindings tight; Vol. 2, 1/2-inch chip to edge of first 2 pgs., not affecting plate. Vol. 1, 228 pp. + 7 pp. of motifs & ornaments + fold-out map in rear; incls. 21 color plates, 3 water-colors & numerous b&w illus. w/in the text; Vols. 2 & 3 consist of 120 total pasted-down color plates in album… Read More