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  • Oriental Rugs a Complete Guide

    This authoritative reference contains a vast amount of information about Oriental rugs.Oriental Rugs: A Complete Guide is the first large volume on the subject to be printed in the past forty-five years is meant for the individual who is interested in purchasing his first Oriental Rug, as well as the collector, museum, and rug importer.The volume is divided into three main parts. Part I, entitled ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs

    This classic oriental rug guide is still the most comprehensive and authoritative book for buying or selling rugs—essential reading for any collector.Author, Charles W. Jacobsen was a world renowened authority on Oriental rugs. Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs represent the essence of his five decades of experience in buying and selling new and antique Oriental rugs. Experienced dealers ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Re-envisioning Sovereignty

    The End of Westphalia?

    Sovereignty, as a concept, is in a state of flux. In the course of the last century, traditional meanings have been worn away while the limitations of sovereignty have been altered as transnational issues compete with domestic concerns for precedence. This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of conceptions of sovereignty. Divided into six overarching elements, it explores a wide range of ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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    A compendium of absorbing history, stories and facts from the world of antiques

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    From the mythical artefacts of the ancient world to saucy seaside postcards, The Antiques Magpie explores the wonderful world of antiques and collectables.With Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum as your guide, go in search of stolen masterpieces, explore the first museums, learn the secrets of the forgers and brush up on your auction technique.Meet the garden gnome insured for £1 million, track ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oriental Rugs

    An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins

    This monumental reference work—long awaited by collectors and scholars—fills an important gap in the available literature on oriental rugs.Lavishly illustrated with over 1000 photographs and drawings, it offers clear and precise definitions for the rug and textile terms in use across a broad swath of the globe—from Morocco to Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Oriental Rug Aesthetics

    by John Schwaner ...
    The hand-knotted Oriental rug is an unsigned artwork that reflects the tumult conquests, religious upheavals, and great social and technological changes of the past 2000 years; evolving into a commercial product of mixed heritage and quality. It has honored the floors of rough nomad tents and glorious Persian courts, to the modern household. Across centuries, across cultures, and across religions ... Read more

    $8.92 CAD

  • Chinese Carpets and Rugs

    This guide to chinese rugs is a classic work of art history and of enormous importance to collectors, artists and casual readers alike.First published in the famous rug-making city of Tientsin more than fifty years ago in a limited edition, Chinese Carpets and Rugs has unjustly been out of print for far too long. It has been the object of eager and futile search by many collectors, and its ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Edited by Jason Colavito ...
    This edition combines the 1901 translation by William Muss Arnolt and the 1920 An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic on the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts by Jastrow and Clay. According to Wikipedia: "The Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from Mesopotamia, is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent Sumerian ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury

    Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law

    The closing arguments from ten noteworthy cases—“lawyers and nonlawyers will enjoy the passion and eloquence of these counselors; practitioners of law will find much to learn from them” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were able to appreciate these virtuoso performances, where weeks of testimony were boiled down and presented with flair, wit, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law

    Series series Philosophical Foundations of Law
    How do we understand and justify the particular partialities that discrimination law tries to protect against? Are different discrimination laws from around the world grounded in a single set of norms? And does discrimination law fail to treat people as individuals? The philosophical study around discrimination law in the private and public sector is a relatively young field of inquiry. This is ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Balinese Art

    Paintings and Drawings of Bali 1800 - 2010

    Balinese Art is the first comprehensive survey of Balinese painting from its origins in the traditional Balinese village to its present position at the forefront of the high-priced Asian art scene.Balinese art has been popular and widely collected around the world for many decades. In fact, the contemporary painter who commands the highest prices in Southeast Asia's hot art market is Bali-born ... Read more

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  • Mistress of Modernism

    The Life of Peggy Guggenheim

    The life story of the bohemian socialite who rebelled against her famous family and became a renowned art collector.Peggy Guggenheim was the ultimate self-invented woman, a cultural mover and shaker who broke away from her poor-little-rich-girl origins to shape a life for herself as the enfant terrible of the art world. Her visionary Art of This Century gallery in New York, which brought together ... Read more

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