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The Art Stealers
by Esterow, Milton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1966. This Stated First Printing (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a close to Fine dust jacket that has slight creasing on the flap edges. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book is bound in a salmon colored cloth with black spine letters. The author details many of the 19th and 20th Centuries' most famous heists of famous paintings, including a 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, a $2M theft of 20 Cezannes in 1961, Nazi art thefts, etc. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and white throughout, with no marks, tears, etc. Photo inserts of some stolen paintings and crime scenes are included. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 246 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001644
- Title
- The Art Stealers
- Author
- Esterow, Milton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction, Art Thefts or Heists
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Non-Fiction; Mystery and True Crime; Art, Painting, Drawing, Photography. Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Brodart
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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