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Jeanette Greenfield.
Intro. Magnus Magnusson.
The Return of Cultural Treasures.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 1989.
ISBN 0521333199.
ISBN-13: 9780521333199.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Bath Press, Avon.
Size: 178×252×32mm.
Page count: xviii,361pp; 3 microfiche slides.
Main language: English. 
Overall condition good: the dustjacket on this copy is rather grubby with some wear on its edges and corners, including a rip at the top of the spine; the book itself has some wear at its edges and corners, but overall looks in good order, the main text appears to be free of marking.

Signed by author on the title page, “For John Best wishes from Jeanette”.

This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 3rd edn. £90.00]
Weight without packaging: 1216g.

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A hot issue in museum studies, the return of museum holdings to their country of origin. As well as a more general discussion, the book includes a case study on the medieval manuscripts (including the Codex Regius and Flateyjarbók) that were returned by Denmark to Iceland in 1971.

Contents: Icelandic manuscripts; Elgin Marbles debate; British & other European approaches; Some British cases; American & Canadian approaches; International & regional regulation; Art theft & the art market; Return of cultural treasures — some conclusions.
Appendices (all on microfiche): 18 documents from Denmark, the UK, USA & Latin America, Europe, international recommendations & reports, international conventions; Bibliography of items on restitution available at the UNESCO archives, Paris.

Illustrations: 88, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 9

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 23pp
Index: yes

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