Foreword herbert read (26 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. xv, 144 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Translation of: Die Kunst in unserer Zeit: Versuch einer Deutung. Good+. Tight, clean copy. A little handling wear to the spine. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. Size: 8vo.

4th printing. Light dust soiling on covers otherwise a clean, unmarked very good paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover 2nd printing (1958) in red cloth with black lettering on the front and spine. Good condition. The covers are lightly water stained and show wear to the corners. The binding is square and tight. Former owner's address label on front pastedown and name written on half-title page. Toning to endpapers. The interior pages are sparsely marked on fewer than five pages. No dust jacket. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. An electronic tracking number issued free of charge.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. CLEAN COPY.

Etat : Good. 1963. First Published. 406 pages. Red, white and green dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front flap.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First US Edition.

Paperback. Etat : Fine. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing in this format. Very slight age related toning otherwise a fine copy. Appears unread.

First Sm. Folio, cloth. 212 pp, 183 illustrations (1 in color). The book is divided into five sections, each with notes on the plates and an accompanying text by a different author: the Eastern Mediterranean (Freya Stark); the Valley of the Nile (Jean Cocteau); the Barbary Coast (Bernard Berenson); the Western Mediterranean (Rose Macaulay) and the Aegean the Ionian and the Adriatic (Stephen Spender). With maps (primarily for orientation). Very good in a dj with edge tears and chips. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. First printing of the Second Edition. This edition features the correction of a few misprints in the 1924 edition and draws attention to the 1925 publication of 'Notes on Language and Style' with the comment that it is not likely that any other material remains to be published. Slight marks to the original black cloth gilt and light spotting to the fore edge otherwise a firm clean copy. Although the date of publication is 1936 the 20 page Routledge and Kegan Paul listings for the International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method bound in at the rear is dated 1939.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. Second Edition, bronze-stamped dark green cloth, in unclipped dust jacket, 4th printing, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, quiet soil & toning to jacket with slight wear & chipping to spine ends, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; (xvi) 271pp indexed.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. A first printing of the true first edition, in the original fragile dustwrapper. The book is a pocket-size small volume. Conway Memorial Lecture - delivered at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, W.C.1 on April 19, 1939. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine and the front board. Blind-stamped borders to the front board. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are also very clean, with none of the usual handling marks expected with a book this age. The book feels unread. No bumps or creases. Page block edges clean without foxing. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions, but with an attractive bookplate on the front pastedown "Ex Libris Robert George Morton - Beacon Tor, West Kirby, Cheshire". The endpapers are slightly foxed and have some off-setting, but the interior pages are clean. No creases or tears. The binding is secure and not shaken. No splitting. Spine tight. ***In a very good cream dustwrapper, priced two shillings net on the front panel. Whilst the dustwrapper is largely complete, there are some small areas of loss at the top and tail of the spine, and the top edge of the front panel - but with no loss to the titles. Some light foxing and handling marks, but no serious creases or tears. ***Contents: A list of titles uniform with this lecture, four-page foreword by Herbert Read, the printed lecture, and atv the end of the book, a statement by South Place Ethical Society (of Conway Hall, Red Lion Place, W.C.1 - The Objects of the Society are the study and dissemination of ethical principles and the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment. ***170mm x110mm. 50 pages. ***'Miss Bowen has chosen an interesting subject, and one which has been conspicuously neglected for many years. The ethical aspect of art was one of gthe preoccupations of nineteenth-century writers, and from Ruskin to Tolstoy they all made a desperate effort to give art an ethical foundation. But, however variously they expressed themselves, they had only one notion of how this could be done. Art itself must be ethical--that is to say, the artist must have an ethical conception of life and must give clear expression to it in his works. ***If you want to express the difference between an organic progressive society and a static totalitarian regime, you can do so in one word: this word art. Only on condition that the artist is allowed to function freely can society embody those ideals of liberty and intellectual development which to most of us seem the only worthy sanctions of life.' (Quote taken from Herbert Read's foreword) ***First printing of the true first edition, in the original fragile dustwrapper. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Second Edition. A first printing of the re-issued edition, published in 1973. The first edition appeared in 1963. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with just some slight rubbing and creasing at the head and tail of the spine. Corners sharp. The binding is straight with no reading lean. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also near fine with some interesting gift inscriptions to the front free endpaper (please see scans). No off-setting or foxing to the interior pages. Paper stock clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has been neatly price-clipped at the bottom corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with just very slight rubbing and surface loss at the top and tail of the spine, and small nicks to the edges. Small closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. No serious creases or tears. There is some fading to the sun-sensitive yellow colour on the spine, and some slight marks to the white ares of the dustwrapper. ***356 pages. 221mm x 145mm. ***Contents: Part One. The Innocent Eye; Part Two. A War Diary 1915-18; Part Three. The Falcon and The Dove; Part Four. A Dearth of Wild Flowers. ***'Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (4 Dec 1893 - 12 Jun 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.' (Wiki) ***'Sir Herbert Read wrote no formal autobiography despite his long and prodigiously varied life as much-decorated soldier, art historian, critic, poet, novelist and key figure for nearly half a century in the cultural life of America and England. "The Contrary Experience", perhaps because it is so unconventional in form, is all the more fascinating as the totally candid self-portrait of a great man. "The Innocent Eye" describes his boyhod on a Yorkshire farm, "A War Diary", written during the First World war, describes his life in action and between periods of action, and the reading and thinking of a young infantry officer striving to keep in touch with the world of art and the intellect. "The Falcon and The Dove" is a marvellous recapitulation of an extraordinarily full life, and the final section, "A Dearth of Wild Flowers" is both an exquisite recollection in tranquility and a personal credo.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A new edition of the autobiography of Herbert Read - re-issued ten years after the first edition with a new personal foreword by Graham Greene. Uncommon in all editions. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. This is a good copy in a worn jacket that is separated along the folds and with a big piece missing. Still it could be non existent and it has helped save the book from some wear. This copy from the collection of Doris Meltzer, gallery owner, painter, educator and author. With her ownership and stamp and with an inscription from Alva to her on the front flyleaf. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).…

SOFTCOVER. Etat : Almost AS NEW. Etat de la jaquette : Issued without a dustjacket. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp on glossy art paper, numerous b/w illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (overlapping cover edges very slightly creased). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

dj. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and black on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [4],5-406,[2]pp. Modest shelf-wear with trace pencilled notes to front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 12s net), with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Anthology of Read's works with his poetry, and his criticism on literature, art, and society. [86535].…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. DJ has chipping small tears.; 400 pages.

SOFTCOVER. Etat : AS NEW. Etat de la jaquette : Issued without a dustjacket. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp on glossy art paper, numerous b/w illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 273 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has toning to spine, peripheral toning, light edge wear. Price unclipped: "$4.00". Boards in grey cloth. Stains on rear panel, slightly cocked spine. Text block has grey tinted top edge. Light amount of penciled underlining. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1394243. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 2nd impressionth edition. Dust jacket is complete, but shows signs of wear, with rubbing, creasing and a few closed tears at edges. Comes with protective plastic sleeve. All pages free from notes or highlighting. Sound overall. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Signs and symbols -- Dictionaries; Symbolism -- Dictionaries; Genre; Add. Inventory No: 241112NAZANY0355213.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 232pp. Blue cloth w faded gilt title to spine which is worn at head. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DEREK STANFORD TO IRIS BIRTWISTLE on ffep and with typed poem to separate piece of paper. Contents clean and tight with just a hint of tanning, a very nice copy. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Reprint. Yellow boards and spine, the latter lettered in red; a 3 mm x 2 mm spot on front panel. Clipped jacket with 5 mm split on top leading corner, a similar chip to top front edge and frayed around top of soiled spine. Internally circular blind stamp on front free end paper. No other faults.…

dj. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in rose dust jacket; viii,138pp. Jacket spine toned, extremities a bit worn, flap folds rather tender. Fine in About Very Good jacket. Collection of literary criticism, first published in New York in 1941 as Do These Bones Live. BILLINGS, A5b.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Softback. Large 16mo. (16)pp. Publisher's pale blue soft card covers, black lettering + line around edges on front.2 metal staples. Slight rusting to staples else bright attractive copy. F-.

First Edition. Portrait frontispiece by Buckland Wright after B.R. Haydon End-papers and margins somewhat browned, but a nice copy in rather spotted dust-wrapper; ownership inscription and bookseller's stamp on front pastedown; bookplate.

Leather Bound. Etat : New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1924. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 302, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 302 302.…