de Waal, Edmund.

The Hare With Amber Eyes – A Family’s Century of Art and Loss.

11th edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 354 pages. Several black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Stunning condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print Hardcover – Version.

Includes for example the following essays: A Fox with Inlaid Eyes, in Wood / A ‘Very Brilliant Five O’Clock’ / Die Potemkinsche Stadt / The Sweet Young Thing / ‘All Quite Openly, Publicly and Legally’ / The Real Japan / An Astrolabe, a Menzula, a Globe etc.

A facinating story of a grand banking family, 264 wood and ivory carvings, Nazis, art, a loyal maid and a Century of history and changing fortunes.

• Keywords: 20th Century History · Art · Art – Rare · Biography · Biography – Rare · England · Europe · Japan · Jewish History · Jewish Immigrants · Nazis · Private Collections · Travel · Vienna · World War 2 · World War II · World War Two
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780374105976
• Inventory Number: 60344AB

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