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Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: Fine. Photographs by Cyril Read (illustrator). 1st Edition. Nelson & Saunders, Olney, UK. 1st edition 1985. Soft cover. 101 pp. 205x295 mm (8¼"x11¾") approx. landscape format. Very many high quality B&W photos taken in period at Goodwood, mainly in the pits. Condition: fine. Please see the photos of the actual item to assess its condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Read, Edward (illustrator). Undated but circa 1910. viii, 352pp, with eight plate illustrations all by Edward Read. In publisher's trade binding, illustrated green cloth binding with images front and spine. 12mo. Gently rubbed on corners, spine joints and tips, a couple of small marks. Prize presentation plate on the front paste down, indicating the volume was once awarded to H Reed in 1914. A little spotting on prelims, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Chapters on Admiral Nelson, James Outram, David Livingstone, Governor Eyre, Sir Richard Burton etc.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. A unique photographic record made in the paddock of the Goodwood motor racing circuit between 1949 and 1956. 101pp in black and white.

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Paperback; Measures 8¼" x 11¾" (0.8 kg); pp 101; Includes: Black & White photos within the text, with some full page; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #205976 ||.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 4°quer, 101 Seiten mit sehr zahlr. Abbildungen, illustr. Okart. - sehr guter Zustand - 1985. Auf englisch ! a78935 ISBN: 9780947750039 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

First Edition. 51 issues, with nos. 93&94 and 120&121 released as double-issues, all softcovers. 51 Octavos (21cm); pictorial paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson (pseud. Nathaniel Tarn), with his ownership to title pages of nos.61-67, and his occasional pencilled notes to interior, and occasional inked and pencilled notes to rear wrapers. All issues lightly tanned, with modest shelf-wear and -soil, and tiny tears to edges; overall Very Good. U.K. liteary magazine published from 1939 to 1950. Fifty-one issues include contributions by Raymond Mortimer, Edmund Wilson, Edward Sackville West, Robert Penn Warren, Ian Fleming, and Christopher Isherwood. [88805].