The Destructive Element: A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Stephen Spender
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
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Hardcover
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1st ed. 2nd imp. (August 1935). 284pp. Original brown cloth with pale green titles to cover and spine. VG copy but for rubbed and faded spine and slightly rubbed cover titles, decorative art nouveau bookplate to ffep, no jacket. Seller Inventory # 021241
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Title: The Destructive Element: A Study of Modern ...
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Destructive Element. A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs.
Published by
Philadelphia: Albert Saifer, 1953
Used
Paperback
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. 284p fragile period paperback with black lettering to cover, paper yellowing, binding yielding, spine still intact, a fragile production in tolerable condition, early printing, delicate condition Language: English. Seller Inventory # 231517
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The Destructive Element: A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition ( 'First Published 1935', NAP). Stephen Spender takes on Henry James, Yeats, T.S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Edward Upward, Franz Kafka, and Laurens van der Post. You can see the covers in the photos. They have held up quite nicely. There is partial rubbing of the color on a few of the letters on the front cover. On the spine the coloring of the letters is very faded but you can read the letters all the same. The covers are pretty clean, just a few small spots on the rear. The cover edges look very good, no rubbing. That's also the case with the cover corners. The spine ends look very good, the top one has a couple of tiny nicks. The top page edge is brown. It looks very good. The middle and bottom page edges have some very light tan spotting. The bottom page edge appears to be deckled or rough-cut, but the bottom edges are all smooth, a small number of them are a little shorter than most of the others. The book is square and the spine is straight. The binding is quite solid, no spaces between any of the facing pages, nicely tight covers, good junctures. An extremely thin bit of an outward crease on the front inside cover created what has the appearance of a scratch on the first few pages, nothing very significant. Scrolling through the pages I'm not finding any creasing. There is some very light tan spotting on the blank front end paper and half-title page. You will find an occasional small tan spot of foxing in the text, having migrated from the middle page edge. But the pages are very clean. There are no markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. Stephen Spender on Henry James, Yeats, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Franz Kafka, Laurens van der Post and Edward Upward, among others. Seller Inventory # 005414
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Destructive Element; A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
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First edition. 12mo. 284 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, minor edgewear, else very good copy. (75492). Seller Inventory # 6696
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The Destructive Element A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. VG- Tan cloth covers with toning discoloration, soil, edge wear and general wear. Darkened spine. Light edge wear to head; bumping and edge wear to tail and joints. Previous owner's inscription dated 1941, to upper left corner of front pastedown. Toning to pastedowns and endpapers. Tanning throughout. Foxing, mostly to top edges of first and last pages. Unclipped DJ tanning, fading to spine, chipping, 3 holes (insect?) to back panel and one at lower edge of front panel, edge wear, general wear, rub from ink on back panel, discoloration to edges. Mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 1628
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THE DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT. A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
Used
First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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First edition. Medium brown cloth with green lettering; 8vo., in tan printed dust jacket. (Not the 1938 reprint.) Early and first book of critcism by Spender: essays on James, Yeats, Eliot, Kafka, Lawrence and others discussed in a "modern" way that is in light of modern beliefs like communism and psycho-analysis. Bottom text block bumped, but a very good copy in a lightly soiled worn at edges price-clipped else very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 65587
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The Destructive Element : A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
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HARDCOVER. 1936, First US edition. A very good copy only marked by light tanning of the edges and endpapers and a previous owners details on the front free endpaper. The contents are fine and unmarked. The d/w is fair with age tanning and some edge wear with minor loss at the extremities. Scans available if required. Seller Inventory # 24592787
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The Destructive Element: A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1936
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
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Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition in America. Former owner's inscription dated " March 1936"; spine faded. Seller Inventory # 013807
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The Destructive Element. a Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Houghton Mifflin, Boston And NY, 1936
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's cloth. First US edition presumed. Cloth/edges toned, mild corner wear. The DJ in mylar is toned, chipped to spine ends with interior clear tape to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages. Seller Inventory # 42382
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The Destructive Element. A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1936
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition, from British sheets. Relatively large owner's stamped bookplate, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with spine slightly toned and a tiny nick. Spender's best-known critical work. A nicer than usual copy. Seller Inventory # 311400
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The Destructive Element: A Study of Modern Writers and Beliefs
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a couple of tiny, faint splash marks on the spine, and a short tear. Signed by the author. A nice copy. Seller Inventory # 307836
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