Gallery Rogues, Signed (25 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition 1st Printing. The book and jacket are in fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New gift quality hardcover inclossed in clear mylar,signed by author,1st.edition,100% refund,T1243. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Hardcover. Octavo. 545pp. Incl. index. SIGNED by the author on attached Santa Barbara Literary Society bookplate.

First Edition. First Printing Paperback Good. 12mo, 151, Author signed on half-title page. Trade paperback. General wear. ISBN:0-664-24227-8.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Printing. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($29.95 price intact). Published by Broadway Books, 2009. Octavo. Hardcover. Signed on title page (flat). Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xii, 545 pages; 24 cm. SIGNED by the author on a literary society bookplate pasted onto the verso of the front free endpaper. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "'Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.' With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation's greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back the shades of secrecy that have long shrouded the upper class's cultural and philanthropic ambitions and maneuvers. And he paints a revealing portrait of a previously hidden face of American wealth and power. The Metropolitan, Gross writes, 'is a huge alchemical experiment, turning the worst of man's attributes' extravagance, lust, gluttony, acquisitiveness, envy, avarice, greed, egotism, and pride--into the very best, transmuting deadly sins into priceless treasure.' The book covers the entire 138-year history of the Met, focusing on the museum s most colorful characters. Opening with the lame-duck director Philippe de Montebello, the museum s longest-serving leader who finally stepped down in 2008, Rogues Gallery then goes back to the very beginning, highlighting, among many others: the first director, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, an Italian-born epic phony, whose legacy is a trove of plundered ancient relics, some of which remain on display today; John Pierpont Morgan, the greatest capitalist and art collector of his day, who turned the museum from the plaything of a handful of rich amateurs into a professional operation dedicated, sort of, to the public good; John D. Rockefeller Jr., who never served the Met in any official capacity but who, during the Great Depression, proved the only man willing and rich enough to be its benefactor, which made him its behind-the-scenes puppeteer; the controversial Thomas Hoving, whose tenure as director during the sixties and seventies revolutionized museums around the world but left the Met in chaos; and Jane Engelhard and Annette de la Renta, a mother-daughter trustee tag team whose stories will astonish you (think Casablanca rewritten by Edith Wharton). With a supporting cast that includes artists, forgers, and looters, financial geniuses and scoundrels, museum officers (like its chairman Arthur Amory Houghton, head of Corning Glass, who once ripped apart a priceless and ancient Islamic book in order to sell it off piecemeal), trustees (like Jayne Wrightsman, the Hollywood party girl turned society grand dame), curators (like the aging Dietrich von Bothmer, a refugee from Nazi Germany with a Bronze Star for heroism whose greatest acquisitions turned out to be looted), and donors (like Irwin Untermyer, whose collecting obsession drove his wife and children to suicide), and with cameo appearances by everyone from Vogue editors Anna Wintour and Diana Vreeland to Sex Pistols front man Johnny Rotten, Rogues' Gallery is a rich, satisfying, alternately hilarious and horrifying look at America s upper class, and what is perhaps its greatest creation." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Archaeologist: Luigi Palma di Cesnola, 1870-1904; Capitalist: J. Pierpont Morgan, 1904-1912; Philanthropist: John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1912-1938; Catalyst: Robert Moses, 1938-1960; Exhibitionist: Thomas P. F. Hoving, 1960-1977; Arrivistes: Jane and Annette Engelhard, 1974-2009. Size: 8vo. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy of first printing. Signed by author on Literary Society bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Unmarked, tight and square. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Signed by author on "Desert Literary Society" bookplate attached to dedication page. Navy blue paper boards with gold foil-stamped titling on spine. Only flaw is very slight bumping to spine tail - NO other flaws - NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has light bumping to top spine edge and minimal shelf-scuffing to rear panel only. NO other flaws. Price intact: $29.95. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Signed by author on literary society bookplate on front endpaper. Crisp, unread copy. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Nice, new looking copy. Sighned by author on title page. Horizontal format. Last Supper spoof on cover and end papers. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on special bookplate. "Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.". Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Signed by the author. Mild shelf ware, otherwise as new. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed on Title page (NOT on a bookplate). Navy blue paper boards with gold foil-stamped spine. AS NEW. Flaw: one corner is lightly bumped with NO other flaws. NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is bumped at top spine edge and two corners with NO chipping or tears and mild shelf-scuffing to rear panel only. NO other flaws. Price intact: $29.95. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Powell, Claire (illustrator). Special Edition. Brand new, unread copy of B&N Signed Exclusive Edition, first printing (first thus). Signed by Lincoln on tipped-in page. Mint condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Lawrence (illustrator). Limited Edition. This is number 590 of 1950 copies signed by the illustrator on the colophon. Light wear to the blue leather spine. No wear to the cloth boards. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. no water damage. No soiling. No wear to the slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. London: Allison and Busby, 2005. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). "The Poisoned Pen, Signed by the Author" sticker on the jacket's front panel and new book price sticker ($39.00) on the rear panel. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped (£18.99). The jacket is protected by a removable Gaylord clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom, if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "A busy merchant banker at Whites Bank and a member of an Art Fund, Tim Simpson does not relish the thought of having to give a speech at a small art gallery in the tiny village of Highton under the pretext of helping out the bosss mate. However an ex-rugby player, Tim never runs from trouble and is always happy to help the locals, particularly when they are in a spot of bother. Tim happily sends off a couple of heavies, sent round by one of the bookmakers to Mr Goodston, his local bookseller, but his curiosity is aroused however, when it seems they were not sent chasing money after all. Further oddities occur when the murder of a researcher and the theft of several paintings lead Tim to the conclusion that something big is happening. But what is the connection?". SIGNED by the AUTHOR (his signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 255pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. First Thus. Blue cloth covered boards, red-orange stamped titles at spine, corners straight, shows moderate shelf wear and light sunning to edges and head and tail of spine. Book body clean and tight, pages age-toned, some staining along jacket edges to front and rear flyleaf pages. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author at front flyleaf. Orange illustrated dust jacket shows moderate wear to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine, heaviest wear and some tearing to top edges and outer bottom corners, black titles at front and spine, price clipped, archival Brodart protected.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelfwear. Flat signed on title page in blue ink. Very minor roll to spine. Read twice, very gently. DJ protected in mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160pp Biting satire by award winning cartoonist, with cartoons based on famous paintings. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

One of 1950 copies, designed by Ruari McLean, signed by the artist. Illustrated by John Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half blue calf and decorated boards. Slipcase. Fine Illustrated by John Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo One of 1950 copies, designed by Ruari McLean, signed by the artist. Signed.

One of 1950 copies, designed by Ruari McLean, signed by the artist. Illustrated by John Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half blue calf and decorated boards. Slipcase. Fine Illustrated by John Lawrence. 1 vols. 8vo One of 1950 copies, designed by Ruari McLean, signed by the artist. Signed.

revised edition hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy tall octavo 318pp., text ills., notes, Comprises 7 works inc. A Manifest Detection of Dice Play (1552); The Fraternity of Vagabonds (1561; A Caveat for Common Cursitors (1591); A Notable Discoery of Cozenage (1591); The Black Book's Messenger (1592). Quarter leather over decorated boards in a sturdy decorated slip-case as issued. Limited to 1950 signed copies.