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Published by Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd, 1996
ISBN 10: 1858250196ISBN 13: 9781858250199
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Henry Holt, 1947
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 268 pages. Ex-university library book; light wear to the green covers; pages yellowed; a good sound binding; no jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 207740.
Published by NY Holt (1947)., 1947
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
VG. Biogrpahy of noted English poet. Owner notations in text. 1st ptg edition.
Published by Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1947
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First printing. 268p, cloth, no DW, slight edgewear, VG.
Published by Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1947
Seller: Bertram Books And Fine Art, West Point, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First U. S. Edition. 268 pages. Autobiography of Herbert Read, born in Yorkshire in 1893 and who went on to become a man of letters. Dust jacket is a bit edgeworn; small closed tear on back. A nice, tight copy in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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 inscription 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.
Published by Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1947
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Light wear to cover corners and spine ends. The text is unmarked and evenly edge toned. Jacket shows a light amount of wear and creasing at edges, mostly over spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages.
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 several small chips and tears to edges and corners, price clipped, sunning to spine and browning to edges.
Published by New York Holt 1947., 1947
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Vg/NrVg lightly worn , soiled, spine faded dj. Autobiography of this distinguished poet and critic. 1st edition. Book.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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 binding, 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
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
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
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 12mo. [xi], 268 pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, no jacket, book-plate, else good copy. (83123).
Published by NY: Henry Holt & Co.,, 1947
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Fine, in price-clipped dust jacket.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1933
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1933. First Edition. 82 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1933
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1933. First Published. 82 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Annotations and marginalia in pen throughout, including front free endpaper; text remains unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 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.
Published by Faber, London, 1933
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition, UK. authors first book, Marc Chagall painting, b/w plates, hard cover marked and worn, 82 pages.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1933
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex-College library with decorative bookplate front paste down. Author's first book. Marx Chagall reproduction plus two wood engraving by Catherine de la Mare. 82pp brown cloth.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first printing of this autobiographical work from the English philosopher and art historian, Herbert Read, who was an early adopter in the country of the Existentialist movement. From the library of Madeleine L'Engle and bearing her married ownership signature and date in 1947 on the front pastedown. L'Engle later explored existentialism in her many fantasy works for young readers, namely A Wrinkle in Time. Very good with some wear to bottom edges of green boards. Jacket toned to spine and showing some wear and rubbing along folds and at corners, else nicely preserved.
Published by New York: Henry Holt And Company, [1947]., 1947
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket. Very Good. Light wear, particularly on verso. Price unclipped. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1933
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
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) with poor dust-wrapper (not price clipped, torn with significant areas of loss on and around the spine, heavily stained).
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1933
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 82pp. Chagall color frontispiece. Small engraved vignette on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
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".
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 Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1947
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover edge wear. Stated first printing.
Published by New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1947). (1947)., 1947
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1947)., (1947). 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 American 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".
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1933
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1933
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First 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 Faber, London, 1953
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: 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 spine (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.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1933
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
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 book 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).