Unit 1 the Modern Movement in English Architecture Painting and Sculpture by Read Herbert (4 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 19 x 26cm 124pp good hardback, yellow and brown cloth boards, no dust jacket, minor signs of wear to the number 1, marks and fading to boards. Has a Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society Library sticker on the inside front board, a stamp from the same institution on reverse of title page, some neatly written numbers, top left, same page. Artists included are: Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, en Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth, Wells Coates and Colin Lucas. Descriptions plus black and white reproductions represent each artist.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. Plain brown d/jkt, unclipped, in clear film; intact, but frail; occasional minor chipping to edges, but no losses otherwise. Lettering on spine faded. Yellow cloth boards; very light wear; generally clean; corners sharp. Large brown "1" decoration on front slightly rubbed, brown titling otherwise unworn (see pics). Binding tight. Chapters by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth, Wells Coats and Colin Lucas. B/w plates. Laid-in flyer for Unit One exhibition May-Jun 1984. ; 4to (7 1/2" x 10"); 124 pages.

First edition, first impression. Contributors include Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra by Douglas Cooper, Tristram Hiller, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth, Wells Coates and Colin Lucas. Unit 1 (or Unit One) were an influential art group active from 1933-5; the present book was published to coincide with a group exhibition at the Mayor Gallery in London. Small quarto. 67 monochrome plates throughout. Original yellow cloth, lettering to front cover and spine in brown. With dust jacket. A very good copy in edge chipped and nicked dust jacket, text to spine faded, but still an acceptable copy in the scarce jacket.

First edition. Small quarto. 124 pages, 67 of which are devoted to the illustrations. This important and scarce anthology focuses on the work of the group collectively known as UNIT ONE, formed early in 1933, and whose members were Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth, Wells Coates and Colin Lucas. The book, in effect, serves as a manifesto for their aims. The separate prose contributions by each of the artists (except Burra who is represented by a note on his work by Douglas Cooper) are artistic credos.Contemporary (1936) ownership inscription of front free endpaper. Free endpapers and edges a little spotted. Very good indeed in the scarce very good, price-clipped dustwrapper a little rubbed at spine and a little nicked at head and tail.