The Mosque in Early Ottoman Architecture.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1968]. Hardcover. Preface by William R. Polk. Small 4to. Blue decorative paper over boards. xvi, 233pp. Numerous illustrations, floor plans, line drawings, map. Very good. Faintest of binding wear only. Item #47524
Attractive first edition of this intensive study -- Number 2 in the "Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies" series. William R. Polk, general editor of this series and founding director of this Center, nicely inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue ballpoint: "Adlai and Nancy Stevenson / Fall 1969 -- / present from Bill Polk." Polk (1929-2020) was professor of history at Harvard and the University of Chicago as well as president of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs. From the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). A superb association copy.
Price: $125.00