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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)
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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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8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages
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Herbert Read: an introduction to his work by various hands. by Treece, Henry:
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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: $5.78
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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 Treece, Henry
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Publisher: London, Faber and Faber. (1944)
Seller: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (Doylestown, PA, U.S.A.)
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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 / edited by Henry Treece by Treece, Henry (1911-1966). Treece, Henry (1911-1966)
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Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
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Book Price: $31.23
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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 by Henry Treece (ed.)
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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: Good
Book Price: $24.95
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TOTAL Cost: $31.45
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
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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: $36.84
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 / edited by Henry Treece by Treece, Henry
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Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
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Book Price: $37.40
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Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. 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
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Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
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Book Price: $22.13
Shipping: $15.82
TOTAL Cost: $37.95
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
Hardcover
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Publisher: London : Faber and Faber Ltd. (1944)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $29.20
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TOTAL Cost: $45.02
Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. 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 (ed)
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Publisher: Faber, London (1944)
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd (Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $20.35
Shipping: $32.93
TOTAL Cost: $53.28
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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Seller: Larsen Books (Exeter, NSW, Australia)
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Book Price: $40.00
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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: $51.56
Shipping: $24.96
TOTAL Cost: $76.52
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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