The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.
EDSEL, Robert M. and Bret Witter [George Clooney and Matt Damon.
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History.
First Edition of The Monuments Men; Inscribed by Robert Edsel and signed by Academy Award-Winners George Clooney and Matt Damon
New York: Center Street, 2009.
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First edition of this work, basis for the 2014 war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jane Prosnit- I hope you enjoy this great story about these heroes of civilization! Best wishes. Robert M. Edsel.” Additionally signed by George Clooney and Matt Damon on the half-title page. The consignor notes that these were signed at the LAX airport. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jody Waldrup.
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.
