Philip Hook Eds (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover, light signs of age and marks. We have many back issues. Email us for a list. We will discount if you purchase more than one issue --email us. We ship fast.

paperback, large 8vo, 263pp, illustrated, text clean and tight, signed by the editor on title page with a gift inscription, no creasing on spine, Very Good condition. ISBN: 9781527217171.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 23.5 by 16.5cm., 263pp., black and white photo's. Aristocrat, aesthete and wartime Intelligence officer, Peter Wilson was, from 1958 to 1980, the inspirational yet enigmatic chairman of Sotheby's. It was a role that saw him transform the art market into a magnet for film stars, tycoons and prospectors. It also made him, as one observer noted, the 'first jet set auctioneer'. In Sotheby's Maestro, edited by Katherine MacLean and Philip Hook, colleagues, collectors and dealers from the time recall Wilson's unique talent and an extraordinary gold-rush era in the saleroom. Privately published, rare.…