Abraham Chanin,Herbert Read,Ruth Olson

Naum Gabo: Antoine Pevsner

Museum of Modern Art. unknown_binding , Condition: Good.

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Book number: mon0000341911

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; good condition (no dustjacket, front of dustjacket clipped loosely inserted0. . .

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Book number: 20969

Catalogue: Art monographies

Keywords: Alva, painter

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 BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5435

Catalogue: Art monographies

Keywords: Alva, painter

(Alva). Read, Herbert.

ALVA. Recent Paintings and Drawings. Foreword by ... Introduction by Maurice Collis.

Bodley Head, 1951. 1st Ed. Slim 4to. [32]pp. 20 plates including colour frontis. and 16 tipped in of which 9 are in colour. Minor spotting to front f.e.p., sm. split at tail of upper hinge, original black cloth backed light grey boards with black lettering to upper board, lightly soiled and rubbed with some sl. surface loss in parts, sl. wear at corners, head and tail of spine sl. bumped.
¶ With 1966, 16pp. pamphlet ‘Les Métamorphoses d’Alva’ by Waldemar George loosely inserted and Inscribed by the Artist to verso of title page - ‘To ... and Charles with love Alva.’

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 292869

Catalogue: ART: EUROPEAN ART

Keywords: ART; EUROPEAN ART

WALTER LIPPMANN, "LA REVUE D ALGER", R. W. SETON-WATSON, "THE ECONOMIST", JACQUES MARITAIN, JOHN SUMMERSON, ST.-J. PERSE, WARD SMITH, OSBERT LANCASTER, "LES CAHIERS FRANÇAIS", WENDELL WILKIE, HERBERT READ, MAX BEERBOHM, "THE SPECTATOR", CARL SANDBURG, GEO

Choix. Les écrits du mois à travers le monde. Numéro 3, tome I.

Choix, sd, Agrafé, in-12. 128 pp. Pliures sur la 4ème de couverture. Condition: Bon état

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Book number: A26618

JOHN BETJEMAN, Herbert Read, William Plomer and Rayner Heppenstall

are amongst the contributors to a symposium bemoaning the financial status of reviewers appearing in an issue of the uncommon periodical 'The Author, Playwright and Composer'. Vol. LVII, No. 4. Summer 1947

The Author, Playwright and Composer. Vol. LVII, No. 4. Summer, 1947. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good .

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GAM501

Catalogue: John Betjeman

Bowness, Alan and Herbert Read

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-1973, Volume IV

London, Lund Humphries & Co, 1977. Hardcover. Black cloth w/ red spine printing. 64 pgs w/ additional 198+ pgs of bw plates. white, glossy illustrated dustjacket w/ red printing. Illustrated catalogue with biographical note, list of exhibitions, list of public collections, bibliography, and two-page introduction by Herbert Read. Like its two predecessors this is the defintitive work on Henry Moore's sculpture, cataloguing and illustarting every piece made by him in this period. VG/VG (boards have wear; corners rubbed; upper spine top bumped & creased. dustjacket scratched; spine top & edge creased; upper corners creased.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 187439

Catalogue: European Artists

Keywords: European Art; English Art; 20th Century; Sculpture; Drawings ; Moore, Henry ; English Art ; 20th Century

Bowness, Alan (editor) and Herbert Read

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

London, Lund Humphries, 1965. First. Hardcover. 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. VG- (Ex-lib. usual markings; Minor wear to cloth at extremities) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 124755

Catalogue: European Artists

Keywords: European Artists ; Moore, Henry ; ;

DEL RENZIO, TONI; READ, HERBERT

Max Ernst, Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Arts Council, 1961

London, Institute of Contemporary Arts & The Arts Council. 1961. Paperback. Book, Square octavo, 24 pages, illustrated in black and white. A Good tidy copy. Good.

Colin Martin BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 100832

Keywords: Max Ernst

Herbert Read (ed); Various

The English Vision: An Anthology

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition anthology focused on English ideals, with writings by prominent Englishmen such as William Wordsworth and D. H. Lawrence, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. An anthology about 'The English Vision', with writings 'expressed by representative Englishmen', such as D. H. Lawrence, William Wordsworth, William Hazlitt, and John Ruskin. Content headings include essays on 'Landscape', 'Upbringing', 'Historical Ideals', and 'National Temper' that were said to be representative of English culture. Herbert Read (1893-1968) was an English art historian, poet, and literary critic, who helped to co-found the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He was also one of the Earliest English writers to take notice of the existentialist movement. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Cloth is bright, except for a bit of fading around margins and spine. Very light wear to extremities and light bumps to head and tail of spine. A bit of spotting to text block. Paste downs are a bit age-toned with the odd spot. Prior owner's ink inscription on front endpaper. Dust wrapper has minimal edge wear to wraps, with a bit of chipping around spine that has resulted in a little loss. Wraps are age-toned with a bit of spotting on both sides of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and very clean throughout, with a bit of age-toning to margins. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 804D29

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: The English Vision Herbert Read Anthology D. H. Lawrence Herbert Read John Ruskin essays None

Eliot, T.S. ; Read, Herbert; Carter, E.J. ; Dyer, Carlos,

Britain at War.

New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1941. Hardcover., Vg-/G+ Light Wear & Soiling. Prev. Owner Name Ffep. Pages: 98. Tight. Dj in Mylar Wrap.

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Book number: MASTER217153I

Catalogue: Military

(Eliot, T. S.). Read, Herbert.

T.S. E. -- a Memoir. Monday Evening Papers: Number 5. (Cover Title).

[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1966). (1966). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are slightly sunned along the spine. 31 pages. Near fine.

Herbert Read first met Eliot in 1917, the year in which the 29-year-old poet's "Prufrock and Other Observations was published by the periodical "The Egoist".

One of a series of papers read during the Center's sessions on Monday evenings to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. Read was a Fellow of the Center in 1964 and again in 1965, and read this paper on April 26, 1965. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 16367

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITIC; HERBERT READ; T.S.E. -- A MEMOIR: POET; T. S. ELIOT; MONDAY EVENING PAPERS; CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES; WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

Michael Foot, Evelyn Anderson C Day Lewis, John Alott, Herbert Read Herbert Read etc

Tribune No 714 September 15 1950 Herbert Read "Ezra Pound" C Day Lewis "The committee"

London, Tribune, 1950. First Edition. Paperback. the left wing magazine, Good.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 500036822

Keywords: POLITICS

Gabo, Naum (artist.); Pevsner, Antoine (text.); Olson, Ruth (text.); Chanin, Abraham (text.); Read, Herbert Edward (text.); Museum of Modern Art (New York)

Gabo-Pevsner

New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1948. [Exhibition catalogue]. 4to. 83 pp. Soft gray illustrated wraps with red lettering. Fair with chipped spine reinforced with tape, soiling, split binding and loose pages. Black and white plates. Illustrated vellum endpapers. Includes an introduction by Herbert Read and text by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition of works by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY from February 10, 1948 through April 25, 1948. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 18-6374

Catalogue: Books

Gabo, Naum & Leslie Martin & Herbert Read

Gabo Construction, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings and Engraving

Harvard University Press 1957, First, Hardcover. . 0403040736 Includes 3-D glasses in rear pastedown pocket and original yellow publisher wraparound ban laid-in. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-clipped, small closed tears, chips to spine and bottom front cover, now protected within mylar cover.; 193 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Books On The BoulevardProfessional seller

Book number: 66782

Catalogue: artist