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Herbert Read - An Introduction To His Work by Various Hands: Available Copies

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Herbert Read : An Introduction to His Work by Various Hands
    by Treece, Henry (ed)

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Kennikat Press, Port Washington NY (1969)


    Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts (Decatur, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $10.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $14.75

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages

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Herbert Read: An introduction to his work by various hands.
    by Treece, Henry

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London, Faber and Faber. (1944)


    Seller: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (Doylestown, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: $5.95
    TOTAL Cost: $17.95

Second printing. -- Essays edited by Henry Treece, with select bibliography. -- Hardcover, printed on heavy paper, pages uncut/unopened, with vintage book shop label. Condition: very good (corner bump) in very good dust jacket (small chip, spine slightly darkened).

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Herbert Read: an introduction to his work by various hands.
    by Treece, Henry:

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Kennikat, Washington (1969)


    Seller: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG) (Welling, Germany)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.47
    Shipping: $15.55
    TOTAL Cost: $21.02

120 Seiten; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 220

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HERBERT READ. AN INTRODUCTION TO HIS WORK BY VARIOUS HANDS,
    by READ), TREECE Henry (Ed)

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Faber (1944)


    Seller: EYES WIDE OPEN (london, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $5.80
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    TOTAL Cost: $23.06

Cloth frontis + 120pp.VG+

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Herbert Read: An Introduction To His Work By Various Hands
    by Henry Treece (ed.)

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd. January 1944, London, UK (1944)


    Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $24.95
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Dust jacket toned in front and along spine, small stain in back. Front flap dog-eared. Corners bumped; however, interior pages in good condition. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

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Herbert Read: An Introduction to His Work By Various Hands
    by Treece, Henry (Editor)

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Faber and Faber ()


    Seller: Goldstone Rare Books (Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $25.75
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.99

Photograph available on request.

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Herbert Read : an introduction to his work by various hands / edited by Henry Treece
    by Treece, Henry (1911-1966). Treece, Henry (1911-1966)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)


    Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $32.74
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Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 120 p., [ca. 1] leaf of plates : port ; 22.5 cm. Notes; Bibl.:p.116-120 "First published in Mcmxliv." Contents; Treece, Henry. Introduction.--Ramsden, E.H. Herbert Read's philosophy of art.--Häusermann, H.W. The development of Herbert Read.--Melville, Robert. The first 66 pages of the green child.--Häusermann, H.W. Herbert Read's poetry.--Hendry, J.F. The philosophy of Herbert Read.--Select bibliography (p.116-120). Subjects; Read, Herbert (1893-1968) — Criticism and interpretation. Read, Herbert Edward Sir (1893-1968) — Criticism and interpretation. biography, individual. poetry. prose. graphic art. Great Britain.General, 1900 to the present day. verse. poems by individual authors. literature. fiction. novels. works about novelists. graphic arts in general. art and artworks. paintings. drawings. biographical. Second World War. 1 Kg.

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Herbert Read : an introduction to his work by various hands / edited by Henry Treece
    by Treece, Henry (1911-1966). Treece, Henry (1911-1966)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)


    Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $20.94
    Shipping: $13.89
    TOTAL Cost: $34.83

Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 120 p., [ca. 1] leaf of plates : port ; 22.5 cm. Notes; Bibl.:p.116-120 "First published in Mcmxliv." Contents; Treece, Henry. Introduction.--Ramsden, E.H. Herbert Read's philosophy of art.--Häusermann, H.W. The development of Herbert Read.--Melville, Robert. The first 66 pages of the green child.--Häusermann, H.W. Herbert Read's poetry.--Hendry, J.F. The philosophy of Herbert Read.--Select bibliography (p.116-120). Subjects; Read, Herbert (1893-1968) — Criticism and interpretation. Read, Herbert Edward Sir (1893-1968) — Criticism and interpretation. biography, individual. poetry. prose. graphic art. Great Britain.General, 1900 to the present day. verse. poems by individual authors. literature. fiction. novels. works about novelists. graphic arts in general. art and artworks. paintings. drawings. biographical. Second World War. 1 Kg.

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Herbert Read : an introduction to his work by various hands
    by Treece, Henry

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Faber & Faber (1944)


    Seller: Chapter 1 (Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $17.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $35.77

original brown boards are shelf rubbed. previous owner's inscription. excellent binding. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Herbert Read an Introduction to His Work By Various Hands
    by Treece, Henry (ed)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Faber, London (1944)


    Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd (Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $19.32
    Shipping: $31.27
    TOTAL Cost: $50.59

120pp; frontispiece; rebound; presentation inscription to fep. with date 1944; brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Herbert Read: An Introduction to his Work by Various Hands.
    by TREECE, Henry (editor).

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London, Faber & Faber 1944. (1944)


    Seller: Larsen Books (Exeter, NSW, Australia)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $40.00
    Shipping: $15.00
    TOTAL Cost: $55.00

Second impression (in the same year as the first). Hardcover. Fine in very good price-clipped dustjacket with a few small professionally closed tears, and the spine background just slightly darkened. Contains a frontispiece portrait and a selected bibliography. Printed on beautiful thick laid paper (unusual during wartime paper shortages).

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Herbert Read - An Introduction To His Work By Various Hands
    by Treece, Henry ( Editor )

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Faber and Faber, London (1946)


    Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A. (Leicester, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $48.95
    Shipping: $23.70
    TOTAL Cost: $72.65

Brown cloth hard covers in bright condition with a chipped dust jacket which is darkened on the spine, contents clean, printed on superior paper, first edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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