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HOOK, PHILIP: : ROGUES' GALLERY: A History of Art and its Dealers

LONDON.PROFILE BOOKS LTD.,2017.

ISBN 9781781255704.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustarted,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,grey-lettered name and capitalised,white-lettered part title and grey lettered sub-title to front of dw/dj.A red spine/backstrip with repeated colour thumbnail illustration from front to it's head,with similarly coloured+ lettered author name and part-title as the front's and publisher's grey-lettered initialled colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with 2 critics' white+grey-lettered quotes about the author and 3 other critics' reviews for author's 'Breakfast at Sotheby's: An A- Z of the Art World.' (2013), which was a 'Book of the Year' in the Sunday Times, Spectator, Financial Times, Guardian and Mail on Sunday. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a red+white striped headband and immaculate Jackson Pollack artwork illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,1-282pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,Pts I-IV comprising 2, 2, 9 and 4 chapters respectively,b/w thumbnail autobiographical dealer portrait photographs and other artworks' b/w photographs etc.,16pp of paintings' colour photographs in 1 block,between pp122/23,an 8pp Bibliography,Acknowledgements, Copyright Sources and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table,and individual Pts separator pages. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. Philip Hook lifts the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance,cunning,greed and daring of its practioners.In a richly anecdotal narrative he describes the rise and occasional fall of the extraordinary men and women who over the centuries have made it their business to sell art to kings,merchants,nobles, entrepreneurs and museums. From its beginnings in Antwerp,where paintings were sold by weight,to the rich hauteur of the contemporary gallery in London,Paris and New York,art dealing has been about identifying what is intangible but infinitely desirable,and then finding clients for whom it is irresistable. Those who have purveyed art for a living range from tailors,spies and the occasional anarchist, to scholars,aristocrats,merchants and connoisseurs,each variously motivated by greed, belief in their own vision of art and its history,or simply the will to win.The cast of characters includes Paul Durand-Ruel,the Impressionists' champion; Herwarth Walden,who first brought German Modernism into the limelight; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler,high priest of Cubism; Leo Castelli,dealer-midwife to Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art; and Peter Wilson,the charismatic Sotheby's chairman who made a theatre of the auction room. Philip Hook's history is one of human folly, greed and duplicity,interspersed with ingenuity, inspiration and acts of heroism.'Rogues' Gallery' is learned,witty and irresistably readable. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.
Not SIGNED.

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