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The Green Child: Available Copies

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8vo., later print.

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Small 8vo, pp. 193. Paper wraps. Cover and edges yellowed and slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy.

***Please Read*** NAME INSIDE COVER - NO marks on text - My shelf location EA-D-6*BRAD

Covers are tanned on spine and rear cover. Undated publication, NDP208, though slip of Canadian distributor, which is laid-in, dates to 1969. Only novel of Herbert Read originally published in 1935.

BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1900 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 193 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 193 Read, Herbert, 1893 - 1968,Rexroth, Kenneth

First edition thus. Attractive bookplate to the front endpaper, neat date to the upper front endpaper, minor bump to the upper spine area, and modest shelf wear, else a near fine copy in green cloth with gilt spine lettering; in a near fine, photo-illustrated dust jacket with a mildly tanned spine. Front flap price of $4.50. "First published in 1935, The Green Child is Herbert Read's only novel. But if he had written nothing else, this one inspired book would insure his fame. It is a utopian novel, a unique blend of reality and fantasy which moves from the English countryside to the south American pampas and the to a mysteries and eternal underground land of caves."--publisher's blurb.

Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

195 pages. dj chipped & worn, name ffep, slight foxing Beautifully written, thefrom her sadistic husband. She leads Olivero to the m illstream's source and plunges him into her strange, subterranean world.

First thus. 138pp, with four colour plate illustrations. Grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. CLoth a little rubbed and browned at edges, slightly rounded and frayd on corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name inked on the front paste down. Mild toning and some spotting to endpapers else internally neat, clean and tight. Herbert Read's only novel, first published by Heinemann a decade earlier but here bought to life by the elegant fantasy illustrations of Felix Kelly.

Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Landmark library ; no.19. Physical description; 195 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects; Fiction (English). 3 Kg.

reprint edition. 203 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Publisher: New Directions, NY, 1970. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE- softcover book in pictorial wraps, as issued. Not remainder marked. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy.

1947. First Edition Thus. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Creasing to rear board.

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Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Landmark library ; no.19. Physical description; 195 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects; Fiction (English). 1 Kg.

reprint edition. 203 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and fading.

Hardcover with dust jacket, no signatures, plates or slipcase. The jacket is non-matching compared with known 1948 variants (same as a 1960s softcover example).with an introduction by Kenneth Rexroth. Binding: Tight and square. Text block clean, no markings. Pages show light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf wear overall. Dust jacket: toned, with a spot on the front top and push to the spine; jacket is not the standard 1948 issue for this first U.S. edition. Corners and edges show some wear; spine shows typical browning. Overall, a solid collectible copy given the jacket condition and variant. 'First American edition text (New Directions, 1948; LoC 48-9595) in a later New Directions dust jacket bearing a ZIP-coded address (NY 10014) and front-flap photo credit to Jean Krulis; not the 1948 Alvin Lustig jacket. Provenance: From the estate of Horizon Books publisher Ben Raeburn that passed to his partner Patricia. Raeburn's long publishing career overlapped with that of New Directions founder James Laughlin; both men operated within the same post-war circle of independent presses that championed modernist and experimental literature. It is possible this copywith its later New Directions dust jacketwas retained or circulated within professional publishing channels. While no documentation confirms an in-house trial or file-copy status, its provenance provides an authentic association with the small-press literary world that fostered Herbert Read, Kenneth Rexroth, and other New Directions authors. The Green Child is Herbert Read's only novel, significant because Read is better known as an English poet, art critic and anarchist intellectual. According to bibliographic history: first published in London by Heinemann in 1935. A New Directions edition in the U.S. followed in 1948 with Rexroth's introduction.

Hardcover in good condition. First thus edition. From the collection of Ian Angus (British Librarian and a scholar on George Orwell), whose name and date are pencilled on the FEP, along with the name of the illustrator Felix Kelly (also in pencil). Newspaper review clipping laid in. Loose mylar covered unclipped jacket with tanning, light marks and edgewear. Pencilled numbers written on the front flap. Foxing on the page block, plus the opening and closing sections inside. Penned name on the FEP, from one of the previous owners. The binding remains sound, all text and illustrations are clear. CM

DJ in archival cover.

First Century Library edition, and the first appearance of Greene's introduction. 12mo (18cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 195pp. Fine, straight and tight in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced 6s. net on lower front flap).

Paperback: Good Condition. Shows Minor Signs Of Aging Such As Yellowing Tanning And Foxing To Leaf-Edges. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Covers, Just A Bit Worn Around The Edges. Minimal Wear. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition. Please Contact Us For Pictures If Desired.

Very Good, With Minor Traces Of Use, In Jacket That Is Somewhat Soiled, And Several Short Tears Along Top Edge, Which Have Been Reinforced With Tape. From The Library Of Ronald Ayling, A Crictic, Who Was The Bibliographer Of Sean O'casey. Laid In Is A Receipt For The Purchase Of This Copy By Ayling.

8vo, pp. 194. Light green cloth. Cover faded, o/w a VG tight copy.

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No D/J. Previous owners signature to ffep. Slight darkening to spine. Some foxing to end papers. Lacks half title page.