Art Crime from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Atheneum, 1973. Cloth, xxv, 353 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Topstained yellow. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket clipped on the front flap, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Subtitle on DJ: The Story of the Illegal International Traffic in Works of Art. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. Cloth, xxiii, 289 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. The tale of how art looted from German museums or hiding places during the war was transferred to Soviet museums. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1973. Cloth, [272] pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 11 to September 29, 1973. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "'Fakes, Forgeries, and Other Deceptions,'… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. viii, 317 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "History of Napoleon's art looting of Italy and the subsequent formation of the Louvre." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. viii, 317 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Another copy available. "History of Napoleon's art looting of Italy and the subsequent formation of the Louvre." - Publisher.. 1st.… Read more about this item

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xvii, 241 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Small stain/last 2 leaves and back flap of the dust jacket. "Art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion dollars in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. In Stealing Rembrandts, authors Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg… Read more about this item

New York: PublicAffairs, 2019. ix, 321 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The story of art is integral to the story of the rise of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler, an artist himself, was obsessed with art--in particular, the aesthetic of a… Read more about this item

Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1981. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Cincinnati and London: Cincinnati Art Museum in association with D Giles Limited, 2020. Cloth, 224 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm. This catalog accompanies the exhibition Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America on display at Cincinnati Art Museum, June 26, 2020 to September 6, 2020. With contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. xii, 349 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Erasure mark-rubbing/front free endpaper. Browning. Fine DJ. "As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermeer centuries later.… Read more about this item

Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 1992. viii, 417 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with a small corner crease/back flap, protected in a mylar cover. "The Great Dali Art Fraud and Other Deceptions deals with the world of… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Cloth, xii, 216 pages, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Foreedge/text block lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "On April 10, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in the heart of Baghdad, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. 316 pages; 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. First printing. Price-clipped dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. "Almost as long as there has been art to sell and collectors to buy, there have been dealers to bring the two profitably together. It is, at least, a… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. ix, 406 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket, with a small corner crease/back flap, protected in a mylar book cover. "The Art of the Steal tells the story of several larger-than-life figures - the billionaire tycoon Alfred Taubman; the most powerful woman… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2013. xxii, 454 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. "When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done… Read more about this item

New York: Berkley Books, 2005. ix, 406 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "The Art of the Steal tells the story of several larger-than-life figures - the billionaire tycoon Alfred Taubman; the most powerful woman in the art world, Dede Brooks; and the wily British executive Christopher Davidge - who conspired to cheat their clients out of millions… Read more about this item

New York: Pegasus Books, 2017. xviii, 360 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Pegasus Books Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In this powerful memoir, Tasoula Hadjitofi reveals her perilous journey orchestrating 'The Munich Case'--one of the largest European art trafficking stings since World… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2009. 241 pages, illustrations, map; 25 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Cocked spine/lean. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Basic Books, 1998. ix, 278 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. First published, 1995. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First edition thus. "Between 1939 and 1944, as the Nazis overran Europe, they were also quietly conducting another type of pillage. The Lost Museum tells the story of the Jewish art collectors and gallery owners in France who were… Read more about this item

New York: Washington Square Press, 2008. 290, [19] pages; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.