Owing to the screen size of your device, you may obtain a better viewing experience by rotating your device a quarter-turn (to get the so-called “panorama” screen view).
Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
You can get a site directory by clicking on the “hamburger” icon () in the upper right of this page.
Or you can search this site with Google (standard Google-search rules apply).
(Be aware that “sponsored” links to other sites will appear atop the actual results.)
Search term(s):
Welcome to the Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works web site!
You have apparently come to this page from a link on a search engine or another site. If this is your first visit here, I much recommend that you take a few minutes to look over the introductory material accessible via the red “Introductory” zone of the Site Menu available from the “hamburger” icon in the upper right of this (and every) page. An understanding of the purposes and principles of organization of this site will, I hope and believe, much augment your experience here, for this page and in general. You can simply click this link to get at the site front page, which, unsurprisingly, is the best place to start. Thank you for visiting.
Herbert Read: A Memorial Symposium: Available Copies
Notes: the sort order is by total price (that is, with shipping included), from lowest on up. The background colors for each seller listing are keyed to the listed condition of the book, to enable you to quickly scan for conditions of interest to you. The codes are as follows:
New As New Fine Near Fine
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor Reading Copy unspecified
Below are the first 30 of the lowest-total-price offerings from AbeBooks; all information shown is as specified by the sellers. To see all responses direct from AbeBooks—who may have more than 30—click here.
Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968) A Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin edited by
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Malahat Review (1969)
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller (Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $20.50
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read: A Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin:
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Methuen & Co (1970)
Seller: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG) (Welling, Germany)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $9.39
Shipping: $18.29
TOTAL Cost: $27.68
264 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 590
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read: a Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Methuen, London (1970)
Seller: Westside Stories (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $14.68
Shipping: $13.50
TOTAL Cost: $28.18
Herbert Read: a Memorial Symposium. This book is in very good condition, with only minor signs of shelf wear or aging. The dust jacket has some small tears and shelfwear, but is in good shape. Price-clipped.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
The Malahat Review, An International Quarterly of Life and Letters: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), A Memorial Symposium, Number Nine, January 1969 by Robin, edited by SKELTON
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria (1968)
Seller: Redux Books (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $28.39
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $28.39
Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read: a Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin, editor
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Methuen, London (1970)
Seller: KULTURAs books (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $24.95
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $29.45
Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first book edition. Contents first appeared in 1969 as the ninth number of The Malahat Review. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with some wear along edges. A collection of original essays, poems and drawings that illustrate many aspects of the critic's work. 8vo. 264 pp. In protective Mylar.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read; a Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780416151206
Publisher: Methuen, London (1969)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $30.26
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $30.26
Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Remains particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 264 pages; Impressively illustrated with a portrait frontis and a series of fine facsimile plates. 3 Kg.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
THE MALAHAT REVIEW: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), A Memorial Symposium, Number 9, January 1969. by [Read, Sir Herbert] Skelton, Robin, editor; Denise Levertov, Michael Hamburger, Henry Moore, Stephen Spender, Kathleen Raine, and others, contributors.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (1969)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams) (Ione, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $26.50
Shipping: $4.95
TOTAL Cost: $31.45
First appearance in print of these works. The entire issue is devoted to a discussion of Read's works, recollections of him, poetry written for him - included are letters between Edward Dahlberg, a tribute and 4 drawings from Henry Moore, a checklist of the Read archive at the University of Victoria, and more. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. Very good contents in somewhat worn and stained covers.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
The Malahat Review, An International Quarterly of Life and Letters: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), A Memorial Symposium, Number Nine, January 1969 by SKELTON, Robin, edited by
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1968)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $35.50
First edition. Number 9, January 1969. Illustrated. Moderate soiling and rubbing thus near fine in wrappers.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
The Malahat Review, An International Quarterly of Life and Letters: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), A Memorial Symposium, Number Nine, January 1969 by SKELTON, Robin, edited by
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1968)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $35.50
First edition. Number 9, January 1969. Illustrated. Moderate soiling and rubbing thus near fine in wrappers.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read; a Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780416151206
Publisher: Methuen, London (1969)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $21.27
Shipping: $16.00
TOTAL Cost: $37.27
Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Remains particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 264 pages; Impressively illustrated with a portrait frontis and a series of fine facsimile plates. 1 Kg.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA) (Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $11.71
Shipping: $25.71
TOTAL Cost: $37.42
Hardback. 264pp. A collection of articles drawings and poems as a tribute to the poet and literary and art critic Herbert Read. Contributors of articles include Denis Levertov, Henry Moore and Kathleen Raine. Poems include work by Denis Levertov, Norman Nicolson, Stephen Spender and Thomas Kinsella. Drawings include work by Henry Moore, Barabara Hepworth and Victor Passmore. Also includes a bibliographical checklist of the Read archive in the McPherson Library, University of Virginia. Green cloth with gilt on black title label to spine. Dust wrapper is slightly rubbed and bumped with small closed tear. Slightly sunned to top edge of dw. fairly discrete ex library copy. Neat library numbers to spine of dw and no marks at all to cloth. Internal labels, stamps and ticket pocket are all neat. Good, sound ex-library copy
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop (Cheltenham, VIC, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $19.85
Shipping: $19.00
TOTAL Cost: $38.85
8vo. 264pp. B/w illustrations. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a very good copy. . Essays, drawings and poems : a tribute to the poet and art and literary critic Sir Herbert Read.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
The Malahat Review: An International Quarterly of Life and Letters: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968): A Memorial Symposium by Read, Herbert; Skelton, Robin (editor)
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria, Victoria ()
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB) (Regina, SK, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $18.34
Shipping: $23.00
TOTAL Cost: $41.34
1969. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 264pp. Illus. Number Nine.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
The Malahat Review, Number Nine: Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968): A Memorial Symposium: by Skelton, Robin, (Ed.)
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Victoria, Canada (1969)
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books (Didcot, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $26.50
Shipping: $16.92
TOTAL Cost: $43.42
Paperback in good condition. Newspaper article dated 8.1.1994 laid in. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing and wear to corners, edges, and spine, and some discolouration and mild blemishes to pageblock. Pale cover is tanned, notably to the spine and rear. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is clean and clear. CN
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
Herbert Read : A Memorial Symposium by Skelton, Robin ; editor:
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Methuen, London (1970)
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark (Svendborg, Denmark)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $59.00
Shipping: $67.67
TOTAL Cost: $126.67
orig.cloth Rubberstamp to flyleaf & title verso. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, 264 pp., In a torn and rubbed dustwrapper. Includes tributes, drawings, etchings & sketches by Denise Levertov, Henry Moore, Walter Gropius, Michael Hamburger, Ben Nicholson, Stephen Spender, &George Woodcock. Rubberstamp to flyleaf & title verso. VG., dustwrapper.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
This site is one of The Owlcroft Company family of web sites. Please click on the link (or the owl) to see a menu of our other diverse user-friendly, helpful sites.
Like all our sites, this one is hosted at the highly regarded Pair Networks, whom we strongly recommend—click the link to learn more. (To get 20% off on hosting fees if you move to Pair, use code pairref-FyXypEEk)
(Note: All Owlcroft systems run on Ubuntu Linux and we heartily recommend it to everyone—click on the link for more information).
) in the upper right of this page.
