The Monuments Men [[SIGNED AMERICAN 1ST/4TH]

Robert M. Edsel

ISBN 10: 1599951495 / ISBN 13: 9781599951492

Published by Center Street, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2009

About this Item

A near fine copy in black boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine in an unclipped, very good+ dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT EDSEL ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE "TO JUDIE VERY BEST WISHES ROBERT EDSEL." This is a first edition, fourth printing with a number line down to "4" The dj would be fine but for bump to spine/front panel, same comment for DJ. This is a tight clean copy.

Seller Inventory # 004202

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monuments Men [[SIGNED AMERICAN 1ST/4TH]
• Publisher: Center Street, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599951495
• ISBN 13: 9781599951492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The book that serves as the basis for the acclaimed George Clooney major motion picture, The Monuments Men.

At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe.

The Fuhrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.

In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

About the Author

Robert M. Edsel is the Founder and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, a not-for-profit entity that received the National Humanities Medal, the highest honor given in the United States for work in the humanities field. He also serves as a Trustee at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Dallas.

Bret Witter cowrote the bestseller Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Grand Central). He lives in Louisville, KY.