Rare 1979 First Edition 'The Arts of the Book in Central Asia' by Basil Gray - Fine Condition with Dust Jacket | Collectible Antiquarian Book for Art Historians & Asian Culture Enthusiasts

Gray, Basil (Editor), Oleg Akimushkin, Mukaddema Ashrafi-Aini, Oktay Aslanapa, Emil Esin, Ernst Grube, 'Abd Al-Hayy Habibi, Anatol Ivanov, Marie Lukens-Swietochowski, Basil Robinson, and Priscilla Soucek. The Arts of the Book in Central Asia (Boulder, CO: Shambala/UNESCO, 1979).

English, First Edition, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 4to, 12" x 10 1/2," 314 pp., including illustrations, Bibliography, and Index.

ISBN: 0394507673

First Edition. Fine dark blue cloth-covered boards with silver foil lettering on spine and silver foil decoration on front. Covers have slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine red paper dust jacket with light beige lettering on front and spine. Dust jacket has light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. Beautiful monograph about the book arts of Central Asia from the fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries. Features the arts of calligraphy, illumination, bookbinding, and miniature painting as well as some of the noted schools of that period. Published by Shambhala/UNESCO and distributed by Random House.