Battle of the Louvre: Struggle to Save French Art in World War II. de Simon, Matila - 1971

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Hawthorn Books, New York, 1971, Near Fine Hardcover / Good Dustjacket, 214 pages, 6.25" x 9.25", edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise a clean and tight copy.

New York.: Hawthorn Book Inc., 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Battle of the Louvre. Subtitle: The Struggle to save French Art in World War II. By Matila Simon. Hard covers with dust jacket and both are in very good condition.

New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1971. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. x, 214 pages. There are some tears and chips to dust jacket edges. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Includes Foreword by Joseph Anthony Horne, Footnotes, Acknowledgments, Bibliography, and Index. Also includes 26 black and white photographs. Eight days after France fell to the Germans on June 22, 1940, Hitler sent out an order demanding "the placing in security of all objects of art, whether they belong to France, to private owners, or to Jews." For the next four years, Nazi leaders schemed, squabbled, and defied each other in a stubborn struggle for the possession of French art. The curators of the Louvre had been prepared for the edict, and had made elaborately detailed plans in advance to save France's artistic heritage from falling into German hands. The author was a noted French artistic authority. She has been the Director of the International Print Exchanges and was part of the… Leer más

New York: Hawthorn Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE, UNMARKED - 214 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- .