The strange life of objects; 35 centuries of art collecting & collectors. / Maurice Rheims. Translated from the French by David Pryce-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rheims, Maurice.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Art--Collectors and collecting.

Art.

Art objects--Collectors and collecting.

Art objects.

Art dealers.

Art--Prices.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Polsky, Ned (stamp) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, ix-xiv, 274 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

[First American edition].

Manufacture:

Kingsport, Tennessee : Bound by Kingsport Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum Publishers, 1961.

Notes:

"First published in France in 1959 by Librairie Plon, under the title 'La vie étrange des objets'; copyright 1959 ... First published in English translation in 1961, in England, as 'Art on the Market', and in the United States of America as 'The Strange Life of Objects' ..."

"The illustrations in this edition differ from those in the original French edition. They have been specially collected in London to illustrate the English translation by the publishers, who are solely responsible for their selection and for the information contained in the captions. The author wishes to emphasize that he is not responsible for the illustrative material."--Publisher's Note.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has embossed stamp "Ex Libris Ned Polsky".

OCLC:

684793