Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, 4to, 255pp, index, glossary, colour and b/w illustrations, maps.

Good or better copy with light foxing to the EPs, else bright and clean. In good dustcover with smaller tears and tape repairs.

Contents:

A comprehensive guide to the design, provenance and buying of carpets. Carpet production and design; history of carpets; gazetteer: Turkey, the Caucasus, Persia, Baluch, Turkoman, East Turkestan, Tibet, China, India, Morocco, Europe, North America, decorative carpets; buying carpets, care of carpets. Profusely illustrated throughout.