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Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2006. Hardcover. Like New. Like new PAPERBACK. COLLECTABLE ADVANCED READERS' COPY. THIS IS A PAPERBACK. Covers show very minor shelf wear, otherwise and unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! 2006. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1582345937 9781582345932 [US]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2006-10-02. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 2006. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1582345937 9781582345932 [US]

New York: Bloomsbury, Date: 2006. x, 276 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. "Frank Wynne's remarkable book tells the story of Han van Meegeren, a paranoid, drug-addicted, second-rate painter whose Vermeer forgeries made him a secret superstar of the art worldand along the way, it reveals the collusion and ego that, even today, allow art forgery to thrive. During van Meegeren's heyday as a forger of Vermeers, he earned 50 million dollars, the acclamation of the world's press, and the satisfaction of swindling the Nazis. His canvases were so nearly authentic that they would almost certainly be prized among the catalogue of Vermeers if he had not confessed. And, no doubt, he never would have confessed at all if he hadnt been trapped in a catch-22: he had thrived so noticably during the war that when it ended, he was quickly arrested as a Nazi collaborator. His only defense was to admit that he himself had painted the remarkable 'Vermeers' that had passed through his hands--a confession the public refused to believe, until, in a huge media event, the courts staged the public painting of what would be van Meegeren's last 'Vermeer.' I Was Vermeer is an utterly gripping real-life mystery, capturing both the life of the consummate art forger, phenomenally skilled and yet necessarily unrecognized, and the equally fascinating ...

ISBN10: 1582345937, ISBN13: 9781582345932, [publisher: Bloomsbury USA] Hardcover First Edition First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in black cloth, with bright stamped gilt lettering to spine. Small diagonal indentation can be seen near lower outside corner of front board. Book is otherwise well preserved, with dust jacket in paper-backed mylar cover. x/276 pages. Presents the true story of Han van Meegeren, one of the world's greatest art forgers, who was charged with treason for selling a forged "Vermeer" painting to Nazi Commander Hermann Goring in 1945.
[Brooktondale, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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New York, NY: Bloomsbury, Date: 2006. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Previous owner's name on the half title page. There is a chip missing from the top edge at the front of the jacket.. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good -. Mylared. 2006. Bloomsbury ISBN 1582345937 9781582345932 [US]

Bloomsbury USA, Date: 2006-10-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2006. Bloomsbury USA ISBN 1582345937 9781582345932 [US]