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The Ransom of Russian Art
de McPhee, John
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First Edition. First printing Fine in deep red cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author examines the unlawful "departure" of underground artist's works during the 60's and 70's in Russia. 181 pages of text and illustrated with a number of color plates. A very clean, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
Sinopsis
The Ransom of Russian Art by John McPhee investigates the plight of "unofficial" Soviet artists and the University of Maryland professor, Norton Dodge, who smuggled their work our of the USSR for nearly 30 years. This book contains 40 color plates.
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- Librería
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- TB29281
- Título
- The Ransom of Russian Art
- Autor
- McPhee, John
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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