Franz Borkenau Herbert Read Angus (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Lucian Freud & John Craxton (illustrator). Soft cover. 21.5x13.5cm. 70 pages, plus 4 pages of black & white reproductions of paintings by Lucian Freud & John Craxton. Spine top has a little damage. Clean. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F9149.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Lucian Freud and John Craxton [Paintings] (illustrator). First Edition. 1947 Vol. XVI, No. 95 - November MCMXLVII. With monochrome reproductions of paintings by Lucian Freud and John Craxton. ***Very good in brown printed cream wrappers. Covers somewhat discoloured with age and handling, with a couple of small stains on the front cover. Fragile spine intact. Contents very good. 215mm x 140mm. 70 pages [pp.227-297], plus four pages of period adverts. ***A post-war issue of this literary journal, published by Cyril Connolly as editor, and Stephen Spender as associate editor. This issue includes the following contributions: 'After the Atom' by Franz Borkenau, 'The Fate of Modern Painting' by Herbert Read, 'Mother's Sense of Fun' by Angus Wilson, 'Studies in Genius - III: Swinburne and 'Le Vice Anglais'' by Humphrey Hare and 'Stravinsky - Latter-day Symphonist' by Eric Walter White. ***'Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art was a literary magazine published every four weeks in London, between December 1939 and January 1950. The magazine was edited by Cyril Connolly, who made it into a platform for a wide range of distinguished and emerging writers. It had a print run of 120 issues. The magazine had a small circulation of around 9,500, but an impressive list of contributors, and it made a significant impact on the arts during and just after the war.' [Wiki] ***A post-war issue of this magazine in nice condition. Includes first publication of 'Mother's Sense of Fun', a short story by Angus Wilson, two years before the publication of his first collection of short stories 'The Wrong Set', which was published by Secker & Warburg in 1949. ***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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. Franz Borkenau "After The Atom" / Herbert Read "The Fate Of Modern Painting" / Angus Wilson "Mother's Sense Of Fun" / Humphrey Hare "Studies In Genius: III - Swinburne And 'Le Vice Anglais'" / Eric Walter White "Stravinsky - Latter-day Symphonist" / Lucian freud - Reproductions of his Paintings 1946-7.