Harry N. Abrams/The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Date: 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover, otherwise new/unread, as issued. Pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. 336 pp., illus.. 1997. Harry N. Abrams/The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts ISBN 0810944693 9780810944695 [US]

New York Abrams 1997 1st hardcover Well-illustrated Fine copy in fine dust jacket 4to, 336 pp.

ISBN10: 0810944693, ISBN13: 9780810944695, [publisher: Abrams, New York] Hardcover First Edition 4to, 336 pp.
[Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

New York: Harry N. Abrams / Bard Graduate Center, Date: 1997. Hardbound. VG+, ex private art library never used. Black cloth with red glossy bw illustrated dustjacket. 336 pp. with 25 color and 98 bw plates. The 'Spoils of War" explores the vast amount of art and cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Jewelry, art, paintings, religious artifacts, books, musical instruments and scores, and other cultural treasures disappeared when they were seized by the Nazis or redeployed to the USSR. Some of these items reappear at auctions, art markets or in museums and personal collections. 1997. Harry N. Abrams / Bard Graduate Center ISBN 0810944693 US

ISBN10: 0810944693, ISBN13: 9780810944695, [publisher: Harry N. Abrams / Bard Graduate Center, New York] Hardcover Black cloth with red glossy bw illustrated dustjacket. 336 pp. with 25 color and 98 bw plates. The 'Spoils of War" explores the vast amount of art and cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Jewelry, art, paintings, religious artifacts, books, musical instruments and scores, and other cultural treasures disappeared when they were seized by the Nazis or redeployed to the USSR. Some of these items reappear at auctions, art markets or in museums and personal collections. VG+, ex private art library never used
[Marietta, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Date: 1997. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 336 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers in excellent condition. Touch of foxing to top edge. Pages clean and bright. The ever-rapacious Nazis looted staggering quantities of great art and antiques from the nations they occupied. Much of it found its way back to Germany, and following the Allied victory, many thousands of rare (and some priceless) pieces were identified, and returned to the countries from which they had been taken. But not all of the paintings, statues, and archaeological treasures were recovered: Some were taken by Soviet troops and disappeared into Russia. Still others slipped into the black market in western Europe, and were snapped up by wealthy (if unprincipled) collectors. A 1995 symposium at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts brought together European and American investigators and historians to discuss both the the Nazi thefts and the current state of knowledge of the whereabouts of the many still missing treasures. Those papers are reprinted here. While the pieces are detailed, dry, and likely to be of most interest to specialists, there are some extraordinary stories, most prominently the description of the recent rediscovery of ``Priam's treasure,'' excavated by Schliemann at Troy and hidden since WW II in a Russian museum. (123 illustrations, 25 in color). Record # 30963 1997. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0810944693 ...