Innocent Eye by Herbert Read (26 results)
Published by Henry Holt, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Blindpig Books, salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.Blindpig Books
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Collectible - Good. First Edition. First printing. priced $3.50 inside jacket. in a Fair jacket. some wear. Good copy.
Published by Henry Holt and Co., 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.Rivertown Fine Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 13.99
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pub by Henry Holt & Co., 1947, stated 1st Printing. NOT exLib. VG+ cond. hardcover w/ VG+ unclipped ($3.50) dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Green cloth over bds w/ bright gilt lettering on spine, top edge publisher's green. P/O's gift inscr…iption on 2nd endpaper, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. 268pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG+/VG+ cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
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£ 30.30
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.55
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, tiny bookstore sticker to rear pastedown, boards slightly bowed, page edges lightly soiled, light bumps to spine ends and corners, a touch of soiling and edgewear, otherwise solid, a VG copy in a Good + dustjacket that has sever…al small chips and tears to edges and corners, price clipped, sunning to spine and browning to edges.
Published by Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1947
- First Edition
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.Juniper Point Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst printing. 268p, cloth, no DW, slight edgewear, VG.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. 8vo. xi (i), 268 pp. First American Edition, 1947. Not Price Clipped. Inked name ffep. Light wear to top and bottom edge spine dj with lightly faded spine, and light partial age-toning to background or rear panel of same, else, Pristine no wear. No markings, tight bi…nding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and green top text block edge. In acetate protector. "Sir Herbert Edward Read (1893 - 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." Size: Octavo. Book.

Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Spine lightly cocked, boards with modest edgewear, spine slightly rubbed, about very good, lacking the dust jacket.
Published by Henry Holt, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Bauer Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. 12mo. [xi], 268 pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, no jacket, book-plate, else good copy. (83123).
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

- Softcover
Seller: PK Books, Holt, NORFO, United KingdomPK Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Soft cover in fine condition, as new. 78 Pages. Herbert Read, art and literary critic. One of the finest evocations of childhood on a Yorkshire farm.
Published by Faber, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition, UK. authors first book, Marc Chagall painting, b/w plates, hard cover marked and worn, 82 pages. Book.
Published by NY: Henry Holt & Co.,, 1947
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Fine, in price-clipped dust jacket.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition, First Printing. A Fine copy in green cloth, in a Very Good sepia dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with fading to spine and tiny loss to crown. 268pp. An autobiography. Q19235.
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Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United KingdomDodman Books
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 50.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Well regarded account of Read's rural Yorkshire childhood, attractively illustrated with two wood engravings by De La Mere and a mono plate from Marc Chagall. Some spotting to edge of block only occasionally intruding onto pages which are otherwise in VG order…. No inscriptions. Small collection of contemporary reviews laid in to rear. Red cloth only lightly worn but bumped to lower corners. Gilt titling to spine. G+ unclipped d/j, worn to edges, lightly marked and faded to spine and upper parts. 8vo. 82pp. Catherine De La Mare (illustrator).

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, United KingdomThe Spoken Word
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Smith Settle in 1996, here is the first hardback edition (in this version) of Herbert Read's THE INNOCENT EYE. Dark blue cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, 78 pages, occasional illustrations the book and dust jacket are both in very go…od condition.
More imagesPublished by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United KingdomProvan Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 82 pages, frontispiece plate from a painting by Marc Chagall (printed on blue paper), two wood engravings by Catherine de la Mare, book in very good condition (top and bottom of spine bumped, ink ownership inscription on front free end-paper dated 1934) w…ith poor dust-wrapper (not price clipped, torn with significant areas of loss on and around the spine, heavily stained).

Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United KingdomThe Books of Eli
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 325.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s) A near fine book which is slightly grubby on edges in a very good DW which is chipped in corners with slight loss to top of spine & the spine is lightly faded. There are 2 neat inscriptions on FEP dating from 1942 and 1944. The bo…ok is nearly 80yrs old otherwise I would describe it as fine. This was, I think, Herbert Reads first book. It tells of him growing up on a farm near Helmsley in North Yorkshire. Where the eye is Eternally Innocent & the farm is still there. ISigned by Author(s).

Published by New York: Henry Holt And Company, [1947]., 1947
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Dust Jacket. Very Good. Light wear, particularly on verso. Price unclipped. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.Artis Books & Antiques
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 82pp. Chagall color frontispiece. Small engraved vignette on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Published by Faber & Faber, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Librairie FAUGUET, Marseille, FranceLibrairie FAUGUET
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. In-8 (225x140 mm) pleine toile rouge, titre doré. 81 pages. Une illustration "from a painting by Marc Chagall reproduce with his kind permission" au frontispice. Envoi Autographe Signé de l'Auteur en page de garde "à madame Poulet 6.IV.1933".
More imagesPublished by Faber And Faber,, London,, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 65.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 81. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Front panel of jacket from a painting by Marc Chagall. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed in slightly used, near very good dust jacket, with…some nicking at head of spine and one closed tear at the rear.

Published by Faber and Faber, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United KingdomWorlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)
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£ 75.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. With the unclipped dust-jacket, slightly nicked along edges and spine faded to brown. Original brick red cloth. One illustration on blue paper, after an illustration by Marc Chagall, and two woodcuts in the text by Catherine de la Mare. A VG+ copy…. Book.
Published by Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover edge wear. Stated first printing.

Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. A bit of foxing, else near fine in lightly spine-toned, near fine dust jacket. Jacket and frontispiece by Marc Chagall.
More imagesPublished by New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1947). (1947)., 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Condition: Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped with some light rubbing down the front edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed, soiled & chipped. The jacket spine is faded with short tears to the head. xi & 268 pages. Very good. First Am…erican edition.Laid in is an autograph letter signed--an aerogram written by Read from York, England to the wife of Princeton economics professor Harley Lutz thanking her for "giving me shelter during my brief stay at Princeton". ".Your gifts were very much appreciated. My children will henceforth believe that all American hens lay double-yoked eggs!" The letter is dated "24.XI.51" and is signed "Yours sincerely / Herbert Read".
More imagesPublished by Faber, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United KingdomJames M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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£ 275.00
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Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. Foxing to both sets of end-papers otherwise a VG+ copy. The D/W is VG indeed and priced 6s. net to the inside flap (as called for). The D/W is slightly darkened to the spine with a couple of tiny chips at the head of the s…pine (not affecting any lettering) and a slither of loss at the base of the spine. Marc Chagall reproduction on both the front cover of the D/W and the second free end-paper. Two further wood-cut illustrations by Catherine De La Mare. First book. Uncommon in D/W.