Pears iain m (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Deliciously literate (Kirkus Reviews) and filled with articulate characters and erudite art commentary (The New York Times Book Review), this acclaimed series of novels by Iain Pears combines art and history, literature and mystery fiction, with the same passion for detail he displayed in his New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. In The Raphael Affair, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Jonathan Argyll, an enthusiastic young art scholar from England who has followed his suspicions about a long-lost Raphael painting to a small church in Rome. Not only is the painting in question gone from the site, it has been swiftly purchased, restored, auctioned, and installed in Rome's National Museum. But when the recovered Raphael is just as swiftly destroyed in a fire, Argyll begins to suspect its authenticity.and the innocence of every person in its path.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Deliciously literate (Kirkus Reviews) and filled with articulate characters and erudite art commentary (The New York Times Book Review), this acclaimed series of novels by Iain Pears combines art and history, literature and mystery fiction, with the same passion for detail he displayed in his New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. In The Raphael Affair, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Jonathan Argyll, an enthusiastic young art scholar from England who has followed his suspicions about a long-lost Raphael painting to a small church in Rome. Not only is the painting in question gone from the site, it has been swiftly purchased, restored, auctioned, and installed in Rome's National Museum. But when the recovered Raphael is just as swiftly destroyed in a fire, Argyll begins to suspect its authenticity.and the innocence of every person in its path.…

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: 'Near Fine' Condition: 'Near Fine'.

Paperback. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.…

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

156 pp.; 27.5 x 23 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; July 1988 issue of Art in America, edited by Elizabeth C. Baker. Contents include: "The Marriage of Art and Money," by Carter Ratcliff; "Interviews: 13 Dealers Talk," Leo Castelli, Ivan Karp, Paula Cooper, Lawrence Rubin, Phyllis Kind, Irving Blum, Bess Cutler, Larry Gagosian, Diane Brown, Joe Helman, Douglas Baxter, Holly Solomon, Richard Flood; "Pricing New York Galleries," by Dwight V. Gast; "What Becomes a Legend Most," by Carol Zemel; "Showcase in Arcadia," by Ken Johnson; "An Interview with Thomas Krens;" "Critics and the Marketplace: 10 Statements;" "Beuys and Warhol: Aftershocks," by David Galloway; "Cash Art; "Woman's Place," by Anne Higonnet; "The Sculpture of Camille Claudel," by Brooks Adams; "Issues & Commentary," by Douglas Davis; "On Art and Economic Reasoning," by J.M. Montias; "Artists vs. the Market," by Eleanor Heartney; "Review of Books," by Yve-Alain Bois and Peter Plagens; "Profit and Loss," by Walter Robinson; "Cinema," by Carrie Rickey; "Fashion," by Amy Fine Collins; "The Bottom Line," by Iain Pears; "Exhibition Reviews" and "Artworld." Cover: Joseph Beuys. Good / Very Good. Red soiling to bottom right corner of recto through to pages and back cover and ranging in size from 4 mm. to 1.5 cm. 2.1 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corners of page 43-50. Light rubbing and bumping of cover edges and yellowing of covers. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…