NEUMEYER, ALFRED; READ, HERBERT (FOREWORD BY); ANGRESS, RUTH (TRANSLATED BY)

The Search for Meaning in Modern Art

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1964, 7th printing. Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 144 pp. illus.; 21 cm. Translation of "Die Kunst in unserer Zeit: Versuch einer Deutung." Tight, clean copy. A little handling wear to the spine. Very Good.

-- Left Coast Books

Book number: 000479

Catalogue: Aesthetics

NEUMEYER, ALFRED; READ, HERBERT (FOREWORD BY); ANGRESS, RUTH (TRANSLATED BY)

The Search for Meaning in Modern Art

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1964, 3rd printing. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, xv, 144 pp. illus.; 21 cm. Translation of "Die Kunst in unserer Zeit: Versuch einer Deutung." Withdrawn from library collection, with usual markings. Some highlighting, chiefly clean. Good/No DJ.

-- Left Coast Books

Book number: 012245

Catalogue: XX: Sale Books

ALVA; READ, HERBERT; COLLIS, MAURICE

Alva. Recent Paintings and Drawings.

London, The Bodley Head, 1951, cloth, dustj, large 4to, 40 pp., 20 plates (10 in color), fine and rare publication of the work of this abstract painter working ± 1950; G/VG condition (dustj. sev. damaged but almost complete, binding and interior VG).

-- Pallas Books

Book number: 5435

Catalogue: Art monographies

Keywords: Alva, painter

APPEL, KAREL & HERBERT READ (INTRO)

Appel Paintings: July 1975

, Wildenstein & Co Ltd, London., 1975. First Edition, . Softcover exhibition catalogue, size 8vo. Yellow card covers with black border and lettering. Unpaginated (44pp), col and b/w reproductions throughout. In FINE condition, bright, tight, unthumbed and unannotated. Exhibition list included..

-- Lost World Books

Book number: 1462

Keywords: galleries catalogues modern contemporary twentieth century art

APPEL, KAREL; BOWNESS, ALAN; GINSBERG, ALLEN; KUSPIT, DONALD; READ, HERBERT; RESTANY, PIERRE; ET AL. HAGENBERG, ROLAND; EDITOR.

Karel Appel: Dupe of Being.

(Edition Lafayette 1989). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray wrappers. The binding is very slightly rubbed. 607 & [1] pages, including a section of Appel's poems printed on tan stock. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. A book of essays on the work of Dutch-born painter, sculptor and poet Karel Appel. Included are poems and other writings by the artist.

-- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 23640

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art; Art Criticism; Artist; Painter; Poet; Dutch-Born Artist; Karel Appel: Dupe of Being; Poetry; Film. ; Paintings; Sculpture; Essays;Roland Hagenberg; Alan Bowness; Allen Ginsberg; Pierre Restany; Herbert Read; Donald Kuspit; Illustrations.

L'ART DU VITRAIL EN ANGLETERRE. PRÉFACE D'HERBERT READ, TEXTE ET COMMENTAIRES DE JOHN BAKER, PHOTOGRAPHIES D'ALFRED LAMMER, TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR ANTOINETTE SCHWARTZ. 34 PLANCHES EN COULEURS ET 103 EN NOIR.

280x260mm,

B. Arthaud, BAKER, John. , . 1961, Paris, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Jaquette très légèrement usée sur les bords, sinon en très bon état. illustré,

-- Bouquinerie du Varis

Book number: 48158

Keywords: Vitrails Verrerie Angleterre Histoire Moyen âge

HERBERT READ. TEXTES DE L'ARTISTE

HANS RICHTER.

NEUCHATEL, ED. DU GRIFFON, 1965. In-4 (quarto). REL Toile (Cloth, hardcover) EDIT avec jaquette - with dustjacket [Bel état/Good]. 132 pp.. env./appr. 200 ill. en noir - in black and white. ET EN COULEURS. [Bel état/Good]. (1169 grams).

-- Librairie Courant d'Art

Book number: 234117

Catalogue: MODERN PAINTING

BENDA, JULIEN; READ, HERBERT (INTRODUCTION).

The Betrayal Of The Intellectuals (la Trahison Des Clercs).

The Beacon Press, Boston: 1955. Softcover. Reading copy. An incisive and devastating criticism of intellectuals who have failed to accept their responsibility as leaders in society and have allowed themselves to become enmeshed in disputes and soiled by popular prejudices. Translated into English from the French by Richard Aldington. M. Julien Benda puts a problem which confronts every man of letters. - T. S. Eliot
¶ 188 pages.

-- Ad Infinitum Books

Book number: 68649X1

Catalogue: GOVERNMENT

Keywords: ( Betrayals Treason Richard Aldington Politics).

BENY, ROLOFF (PHOTOGRAPHS BY); READ, HERBERT (FOREWORD BY), AND STARK, FREYA, AND COCTEAU, JEAN, AND BERENSON, BERNARD, AND MACAULAY, ROSE, AND SPENDER, STEPHEN (CONTRIBUTIONS BY)

The Thrones of Earth and Heaven

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth, gilt, 182 pp. 183 illus. maps; 32 cm. Good+. Binding slightly shaken, with rubbing & wear to caps. Clean inside copy, browning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.The Mediterranean world in ancient times. CONTENTS: Eastern Mediterranean; Valley of the Nile; Barbary Coast; Western Mediterranean; Aegean, Ionian, Adriatic. Good/No DJ.

-- Left Coast Books

Book number: 045845

Catalogue: African::Egyptian Art

BIRKETT, RT. HON. LORD; READ, SIR HERBERT; GORER, GEOFFREY; SOPER, DR. DONALD; GOSLING, DR. ROBERT; RUTLEDGE DOM DENYS,

Does Pornography Matter?.

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Hard Cover Good/Good. Jacket in brodart. Boards have light shelfwear. Light library markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 209006

Keywords: Pornography Sex Crimes

BOWNESS, ALAN; READ, HERBERT; SYLVESTER, DAVID,

Henry Moore: Sculpture & Drawings; volume I, 1921 - 1948, 4th edition; volume II, 1949 - 1954, 2nd edition; volume III, 1955 - 1963; Volume IV: 1964-73

London, Lund Humphries / Zwemmer. F Various Printings, 3& 4 1st Eds. 4 vols (of 6). Fine copies in near fine d.w.'s, vols 2 and 4 spine lettering faded.

-- Collectors Treasury

Book number: 56398

Catalogue: ARTIST MONOGRAPHS

BOWNESS, ALAN (EDITOR) AND HERBERT READ.,

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings: Volume 3: Sculpture 1955 - 64.

London, Lund Humphries, 1965. First. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-lib. usual markings; Minor wear to cloth at extremities). Black cloth over boards; 32 pp. plus plates; 179 bw plates.
¶ Introduction by Herbert Read; Includes a 1955 - 64 biographical summary of the artist; Nice full-page plates.

-- Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

Book number: 124755

Catalogue: European Artists

ALAN BOWNESS, HERBERT READ

Henry Moore. Sculpture and Drawings Volume 3 Sculpture 1955-64

London, Lund Humphries. 1986, Second, Revised Edition. Black Cloth, 300mm. x 245mm. 60pp. text, 170pp. b/w plates. biographical summary, biblio. Some marking, bumping to covers, contents fine. Originally published in 1965. [171]. (ISBN: 0853314950) , Very Good/No Jacket.

-- William Glynn

Book number: 008194

Catalogue: Sculpture

Keywords: Art Sculpture 0853314950

BRION, MARCEL; ARGAN, GIULIO CARLO; PONENTE, NELLO; APOLLONIO, UMBRO; BIHALJI-MERIN, OTO; GROHMANN, WILL; READ, HERBERT; JAFFE, H.L.C.; HODIN, J.P.; HUNTER, SAM

Art Since 1945: An Abridged Edition Containing All the Text with 111 of the Black-and-White and 33 of the Full-Color Illustrations That Appeared in the Original

Washington Square Press, 1961. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. First printing. Stain on bottom corner of back cover and last section of pages, spine creased, pages toned, ink gift note inside. 1961 Mass Market Paperback. Abridged. 336 pp. 111 black & white illustrations, 33 full-color illustrations.

-- Yesterday's Muse Books

Book number: 1507326

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art::Art History Clearance Art::Art History Clearance

BROWN, HARRY AND DUNSTON THOMPSON (EDS.); EZRA POUND; WELDON KEES; HERBERT READ; HOWARD NEMEROV; EDITH SITWELL.

Vice Versa.

New York:, January 1942., Vol. 1, No.3,4,5. Paperback. Three numbers in one volume, the back cover "Baedeker" with an impressive list of contributors. Short-lived due mostly to the war, it sprayed its "invective" to quote "The Little Magazine" in reviews and letters. Prints Kees "The Caterpillar and the Men From Cambridge" and Pound's "Canto Preceding (72 circa)". Staples rusty, spine toned, but otherwise fine. .

-- Alexander Rare Books

Book number: 10503

Catalogue: Literary Journals

BURROW, TRIGANT; READ, SIR HERBERT

A SEARCH FOR MAN'S SANITY THE SELECTED LETTERS OF TRIGANT BURROW WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.

Oxford University Press, 1958. Hardcover. 615 pages; With biographical notes prepared by the editorial committee of the lifwynn foundation. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket.

-- Howard Kohn, Bimmer 1996

Book number: 25567

BURROW, TRIGANT FOREWORD BY SIR HERBERT READ

A Search for Man's Sanity the Selected Letters of Trigant Burrow with Biographical Notes

Oxford University Press, 1958, New York. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in little stained, chipped and nicked dust jacket.. Very Good .

-- Robinson Street Books

Book number: BING759A1

HERBERT READ, INTRO. BY

The Styles of European Art

Hardback published by Thames and Hudson, . Previous owner's name on inside front board. Good condition with dustwrapper. This is a heavy book and will incur extra postal and packing charges.

-- Jane Seabrook

Book number: 314276

CAMUS, ALBERT; BOWER, ANTHONY (TRANSLATOR); READ, SIR HERBERT (FOREWORD).

The Rebel.

Harmondsworth Penguin / Hamish Hamilton, 1964. Reprint ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, top corner creased front cover. 269 pp. This classic book is critical examination of modern society in Europe today, informed by precise historical knowledge of the past two centuries of its social development.

-- Bookhome Australian Internet Bookshop

Book number: 24784

Keywords: society

CAMUS, ALBERT; READ, SIR HERBERT (FOREWORD).

The Rebel: An Essay On Man In Revolt.

Vintage Books, New York: 1956. Softcover. reading copy. A revised and complete translation by Anthony Bower. A piece of reasoning in the great tradition of French logic. There is no trace of sentimentality, of rhetoric, or of cant. The argument is vitalized by controlled passion and a literary style studded with flashing phrases and arresting aphorisms. - Charles J. Rolo.
¶ 306 pages.

-- Ad Infinitum Books

Book number: 9305X1

Catalogue: ESSAYS

Keywords: ( Nobel Prize Winners Reasoning Logic French Revolution ).

MARINI, MARINO; READ, HERBERT (INTR.); WALDBERG, PATRICK (TEXT); LAZZARO, G. DI SAN (CATALOGUES AND NOTES)

Marino Marini. Complete Works.

New York, Tudor Publishing Co. 1970, 506 pp. hardcover with dustjacket, folio. Small tear (ca. 5 cm) in dustjacket, otherwise in very good condition.

-- Antiquariaat Academia

Book number: 010204

Catalogue: Kunst/Art/Art History/ Antiques

CIRLOT, J. E.; READ, HERBERT (FOREWORD).

A Dictionary Of Symbols.

Philosophical Library, New York: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Elucidates many symbols we encounter in the arts and the history of ideas. Includes an Index. Translated into English from the Spanish by Jack Sage.
¶ 419 pages.

-- Ad Infinitum Books

Book number: 5380X2

Catalogue: SYMBOLISM

Keywords: ( Arts History Ideas Graphics . . Jack Sage ). 0802220835

CIRLOT, JUAN EDUARDO; SAGE, JACK (TRANSLATED BY), AND READ, HERBERT (FOREWORD BY)

A Dictionary of Symbols

New York, Philosophical Library. 1971, Second Edition. (ISBN: 0802220835) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, 1983. Cloth, gilt, lv, 419 pp. illus. biblio. index; 23 cm. Translated from the Spanish. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket age toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. Very Good/Very Good.

-- Left Coast Books

Book number: 046456

Catalogue: European::3. Medieval::All

Keywords: 0802220835

CLAUS, HUGO & READ, HERBERT [INL.] & LUCEBERT & SANDBERG

Karel Appel painter

Strengholt, 1962. Ed./Druk: 1. Anders, nl. Pp: 178. One of 250 numbered copies signed in ink in the colophon by Karel Appel and Hugo Claus. With loosely inserted introductory leaflet by Hugo Claus: "to the reader" (4 pages, printed on yellow paper). Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

-- Boekhandel De Slegte b.v.

Book number: U1233283

Catalogue: Kunst

COLLECTIF, ANDRÉ SILVAIRE, ROBERT KANTERS, PAUL VAN TIEGHEM, LOUIS CAZAMIAN, PIERRE MESSIAEN, LÉON LEMONNIER, RAYMOND LAS VERGNAS, THOMAS DE QUINCEY, HERBERT READ, JEAN AUDARD, SAMUEL TAYMOR COLERIDGE, LORD BYRON? JEAN CATEL, NESTOR MISEREZ, PERCY BYSSHE

Les Lettres. Poésie - Philosophie - Littérature - Critique. N° 5 & 6 (Cinq et Six), 1946. N° Spécial : Le Romantisme Anglais.

Paris, Librairie Les Lettres, 1946. Contient entre autres les articles suivants : La place du romantisme anglais dans le romantisme européen, par Paul van Tieghem (11 p.). Le symbolisme dans le romantisme anglais, par Louis Cazamian (13 p.). Robert Burns, par Pierre Messiaen (14 p.). Thomas Chatterton, par Léon Lemonnier (8 p.). Willam Blake, par R. Las Vergnas (16 p.). Le remords de Wordsworth, par Herbert Read (10 p.). Le modernisme de Coleridge, par Jean Audard (8 p.). Le poème de l'Ancien Marin (fragment), de Samuel Taylor Coleridge, traduit par Jean Audard (4 p.). Un aspect de Byron : Le Daïmonisme, par Roger Desaise (6 p.). Shelley, poète de l'eau, par Jean Castel (14 p.). Shelley et la permanence de la vie, par Nestor Miserez (8 p.). Théâtre et Romantisme, par Paul Arnold (10 p.). Melmoth (deux chapitres présentés par Fernand Marc), par Ch.-R. Maturin (18 p.). Walter Scott immobile, par Jean Vagne (9 p.). Le romantisme d'Emily Bront‘, par René Lalou (5 p.). Thomas Lowell Beddoes, l'exilé (3 p.). Léonore d'Este et le père Panigarola, un dialogue imaginaire de Walter Savage Landor, présenté par Robert Kanters (5 p.). Romantisme anglais et surréalisme, par Francis Dumont (7 p.)... 1 volume in-8, 240 pages, broché, couverture sd'origine. Bon état.
¶ Paris, Librairie Les Lettres, 1946. Contient entre autres les articles suivants : La place du romantisme anglais dans le romantisme européen, par Paul van Tieghem (11 p.). Le symbolisme dans le romantisme anglais, par Louis Cazamian (13 p.). Robert Burns, par Pierre Messiaen (14 p.). Thomas Chatterton, par Léon Lemonnier (8 p.). Willam Blake, par R. Las Vergnas (16 p.). Le remords de Wordsworth, par Herbert Read (10 p.). Le modernisme de Coleridge, par Jean Audard (8 p.). Le poème de l'Ancien Marin (fragment), de Samuel Taylor Coleridge, traduit par Jean Audard (4 p.). Un aspect de Byron : Le Daïmonisme, par Roger Desaise (6 p.). Shelley, poète de l'eau, par Jean Castel (14 p.). Shelley et la permanence de la vie, par Nestor Miserez (8 p.). Théâtre et Romantisme, par Paul Arnold (10 p.). Melmoth (deux chapitres présentés par Fernand Marc), par Ch.-R. Maturin (18 p.). Walter Scott immobile, par Jean Vagne (9 p.). Le romantisme d'Emily Bront‘, par René Lalou (5 p.). Thomas Lowell Beddoes, l'exilé (3 p.). Léonore d'Este et le père Panigarola, un dialogue imaginaire de Walter Savage Landor, présenté par Robert Kanters (5 p.). Romantisme anglais et surréalisme, par Francis Dumont (7 p.)... 1 volume in-8, 240 pages, broché, couverture sd'origine. Bon état.

-- Librairie Pettit

Book number: 72366