The plundered past / Karl E. Meyer
by Meyer, Karl Ernest
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 024102448X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241024485
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxvi, 355 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; ""Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker in somewhat different form"" -- t.p. verso. Bibliography: p. 315-337. Subjects; Antiquities Collection and preservation Moral and ethical aspects. Classical antiquities thefts. Archaeological thefts. Art thefts History 20th century. Art industries and trade. Decorative arts. Art objects Collectors and collecting. Antiquities Thefts. Art objects. Cultural property Protection. Illegal trade in art objects, 1900-1972. Thefts. Art trade. Importation and exportation of works of art.
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- Seller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 240662
- Title
- The plundered past / Karl E. Meyer
- Author
- Meyer, Karl Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 024102448X
- ISBN 13
- 9780241024485
- Publisher
- London : Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
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