herbert read foreword (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Black cloth covers with gold lettering on spine-the book is in good plus condition with some smudging and wear to the covers and soiling to the page edges. The is some browning and spotting to some of the pages, but the contents are otherwise tight and clean. The dust jacket is in similar condition with a bit of wear and soiling but otherwise in good shape. All -in-all, a nice copy. ; Attractive dust jacket with black lettering and illustration of Godwin in red on front cover and on the spine, a red porcupine. Foreword is written by Herbert Read. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 266 p. pages; A sympathetic look at a mostly misunderstood philosopher and writer. He was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, the father or Mary Shelley and father-in-law of Percy Shelley and was known more for his connections to the literary world rather than is own writings. Godwin was the founder of philosophical anarchism which proposed that government was a corrupting aspect of society, but as human knowledge expanded, would eventually become unnecessary and would disappear.

Zustand: Good. 1963. First Published. 406 pages. Red, white and green dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front flap.

Hardcover. Quarto, ix, x, xi, xiii, 230 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have mild wear including sparse, small soiling and minor wear to the edges. Text block has yellowish coloring to the edges. Previous owner's information to the front end papers. Slight offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QD (ND-QD). 1381681. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. Revised and complete translation. Octavo, xii, 306 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is white purple, and read with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, toning to spine, mild smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: ?$4.00? Boards in tan cloth; slight stain on rear panel. Text block has red tinted top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411180. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A first printing of the true first edition, in the original fragile dustwrapper. The book is a pocket-size small volume. Conway Memorial Lecture - delivered at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, W.C.1 on April 19, 1939. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine and the front board. Blind-stamped borders to the front board. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are also very clean, with none of the usual handling marks expected with a book this age. The book feels unread. No bumps or creases. Page block edges clean without foxing. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions, but with an attractive bookplate on the front pastedown "Ex Libris Robert George Morton - Beacon Tor, West Kirby, Cheshire". The endpapers are slightly foxed and have some off-setting, but the interior pages are clean. No creases or tears. The binding is secure and not shaken. No splitting. Spine tight. ***In a very good cream dustwrapper, priced two shillings net on the front panel. Whilst the dustwrapper is largely complete, there are some small areas of loss at the top and tail of the spine, and the top edge of the front panel - but with no loss to the titles. Some light foxing and handling marks, but no serious creases or tears. ***Contents: A list of titles uniform with this lecture, four-page foreword by Herbert Read, the printed lecture, and atv the end of the book, a statement by South Place Ethical Society (of Conway Hall, Red Lion Place, W.C.1 - The Objects of the Society are the study and dissemination of ethical principles and the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment. ***170mm x110mm. 50 pages. ***'Miss Bowen has chosen an interesting subject, and one which has been conspicuously neglected for many years. The ethical aspect of art was one of gthe preoccupations of nineteenth-century writers, and from Ruskin to Tolstoy they all made a desperate effort to give art an ethical foundation. But, however variously they expressed themselves, they had only one notion of how this could be done. Art itself must be ethical--that is to say, the artist must have an ethical conception of life and must give clear expression to it in his works. ***If you want to express the difference between an organic progressive society and a static totalitarian regime, you can do so in one word: this word art. Only on condition that the artist is allowed to function freely can society embody those ideals of liberty and intellectual development which to most of us seem the only worthy sanctions of life.' (Quote taken from Herbert Read's foreword) ***First printing of the true first edition, in the original fragile dustwrapper. Uncommon. ***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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second Edition. A first printing of the re-issued edition, published in 1973. The first edition appeared in 1963. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with just some slight rubbing and creasing at the head and tail of the spine. Corners sharp. The binding is straight with no reading lean. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also near fine with some interesting gift inscriptions to the front free endpaper (please see scans). No off-setting or foxing to the interior pages. Paper stock clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has been neatly price-clipped at the bottom corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with just very slight rubbing and surface loss at the top and tail of the spine, and small nicks to the edges. Small closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. No serious creases or tears. There is some fading to the sun-sensitive yellow colour on the spine, and some slight marks to the white ares of the dustwrapper. ***356 pages. 221mm x 145mm. ***Contents: Part One. The Innocent Eye; Part Two. A War Diary 1915-18; Part Three. The Falcon and The Dove; Part Four. A Dearth of Wild Flowers. ***'Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (4 Dec 1893 - 12 Jun 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. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.' (Wiki) ***'Sir Herbert Read wrote no formal autobiography despite his long and prodigiously varied life as much-decorated soldier, art historian, critic, poet, novelist and key figure for nearly half a century in the cultural life of America and England. "The Contrary Experience", perhaps because it is so unconventional in form, is all the more fascinating as the totally candid self-portrait of a great man. "The Innocent Eye" describes his boyhod on a Yorkshire farm, "A War Diary", written during the First World war, describes his life in action and between periods of action, and the reading and thinking of a young infantry officer striving to keep in touch with the world of art and the intellect. "The Falcon and The Dove" is a marvellous recapitulation of an extraordinarily full life, and the final section, "A Dearth of Wild Flowers" is both an exquisite recollection in tranquility and a personal credo.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A new edition of the autobiography of Herbert Read - re-issued ten years after the first edition with a new personal foreword by Graham Greene. Uncommon in all editions. ***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.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Almost AS NEW. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp on glossy art paper, numerous b/w illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (overlapping cover edges very slightly creased). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and black on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [4],5-406,[2]pp. Modest shelf-wear with trace pencilled notes to front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 12s net), with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Anthology of Read's works with his poetry, and his criticism on literature, art, and society. [86535].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. DJ has chipping small tears. ; 400 pages.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: AS NEW. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp on glossy art paper, numerous b/w illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Octavo, 273 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has toning to spine, peripheral toning, light edge wear. Price unclipped: "$4.00". Boards in grey cloth. Stains on rear panel, slightly cocked spine. Text block has grey tinted top edge. Light amount of penciled underlining. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1394243. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd impressionth edition. Dust jacket is complete, but shows signs of wear, with rubbing, creasing and a few closed tears at edges. Comes with protective plastic sleeve. All pages free from notes or highlighting. Sound overall. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Signs and symbols -- Dictionaries; Symbolism -- Dictionaries; Genre; Add. Inventory No: 241112NAZANY0355213.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 232pp. Blue cloth w faded gilt title to spine which is worn at head. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DEREK STANFORD TO IRIS BIRTWISTLE on ffep and with typed poem to separate piece of paper. Contents clean and tight with just a hint of tanning, a very nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in rose dust jacket; viii,138pp. Jacket spine toned, extremities a bit worn, flap folds rather tender. Fine in About Very Good jacket. Collection of literary criticism, first published in New York in 1941 as Do These Bones Live. BILLINGS, A5b.

First Edition. Portrait frontispiece by Buckland Wright after B.R. Haydon End-papers and margins somewhat browned, but a nice copy in rather spotted dust-wrapper; ownership inscription and bookseller's stamp on front pastedown; bookplate.