King of the Confessors is Thomas Hoving's gripping account of the extraordinary events surrounding the Metropolitan Museum of Art's purchase, in 1963, of the magnificent medieval carved walrus ivory cross that the Museum calls 'The Cloisters Cross', but Hoving calls 'The Bury St Edmund Cross'.
1st edition; inscribed by author; dust jacket has very minor shelf wear to spine; maroon cloth over beige boards; gilt lettering on cover and spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. G+/G+
King of the Confessors is Thomas Hoving's gripping account of the extraordinary events surrounding the Metropolitan Museum of Art's purchase, in 1963, of the magnificent medieval carved walrus ivory cross that the Museum calls 'The Cloisters Cross', but Hoving calls 'The Bury St Edmund Cross'.
1st edition; inscribed by author; dust jacket has very minor shelf wear to spine; maroon cloth over beige boards; gilt lettering on cover and spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. G+/G+
