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The Last Modern: a Life of Herbert Read: Available Copies
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The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312048105
Publisher: St Martins Pr (1990)
Seller: Pink Casa Antiques (Frankfort, KY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $12.99
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $17.98
hardcover with dust jacket, tight, shelf and edge wear, underlining, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders
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THE LAST MODERN; A life of Herbert Read by KING, James
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (1990)
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc. (Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $14.00
Shipping: $7.50
TOTAL Cost: $21.50
8vo, pp. xix, 364. Notes, select bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. A nice copy in very slightly chipped dj. Poet, critic, and publisher, Read was the leading promoter of modernism in the English speaking world.
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The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780297810421
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (1990)
Seller: Ultramarine Books (Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $18.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $23.00
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. 364 pages with b&w illustrations. Biography of Read (1893-1968) a man of many skills and the leading promoter of Modernism in the English-speaking world. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Language: ENG
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The Last Modern A Life of Herbert Read by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312048105
Publisher: St Martins Pr (1990)
Seller: Walden Books (London, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $13.95
Shipping: $20.31
TOTAL Cost: $34.26
This is an ex libris copy with all the usual markings. Dust jacket is missing; boards are clean, index label on spine, corners bumped; binding is tight; pages are unmarked, library stamp on front endpaper. ; 6.3 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches; 364 pages
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The last modern: a life of Herbert Read / James King by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780297810421
Publisher: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1990)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $37.40
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $37.40
Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 364 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Subjects: Read, Herbert 1893-1968. Poets, English 20th century; Biography. Critics Great Britain; Biography. Modernism (Literature) Great Britain. 3 Kg.
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Seller: Anybook.com (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $25.86
Shipping: $18.41
TOTAL Cost: $44.27
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:0297810421
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The Last Modern. A Life of Herbert Read. by KING, JAMES
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Newe York, St. Martin's Press. 1990 (1990)
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $16.30
Shipping: $28.67
TOTAL Cost: $44.97
Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, silver title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: xx, 364pp., illustrations, acknowledgements, list illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Very fine copy.,
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Seller: Larsen Books (Exeter, NSW, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $20.00
TOTAL Cost: $45.00
First edition. Hardcover. Top edge just slightly foxed, o/w fine in like dustjacket. A biography of Read (1893-1968), taste-maker, impresario, poet, critic, publisher and in his time the leading promoter of modernism in the English-speaking world. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs.
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The last modern: a life of Herbert Read / James King by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780297810421
Publisher: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1990)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $29.53
Shipping: $16.00
TOTAL Cost: $45.53
Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 364 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Subjects: Read, Herbert 1893-1968. Poets, English 20th century; Biography. Critics Great Britain; Biography. Modernism (Literature) Great Britain. 1 Kg.
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Seller: Hunter Books (Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $34.86
Shipping: $12.19
TOTAL Cost: $47.05
UK hardback first impression. The copy of Roger Cardinal - the academic who introduced the term Outsider Art in his 1972 book. Has his annotations to margins and name and date to ffep. Good overall with some light waviness to page block and a few spots to page wedges. The jacket is unclipped with a bit of fade to red part of spine.
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Kandinsky: Traumerische Improvisation. The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read. by Kandinsky, Wassily; Zehder, Hugo; King, James
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Dresden, DE: Rudolf Kaemmerer Verlag; London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990. (1920)
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $50.00
Shipping: $10.00
TOTAL Cost: $60.00
4to. 56 pp. Hardcover. Some wear on spine. Very Good. 10 black & white plates. Text in German. Signature by owner dated 1952. 8vo. 364 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good. Mostly text with some black & white inserts.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019).
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THE LAST MODERN A Life of Herbert Read by King, James
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (1990)
Seller: J. Wyatt Books (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $40.25
Shipping: $23.00
TOTAL Cost: $63.25
364 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with two sections of black and white plates. Red endpapers. Bound in black hardcovers with silver titles on the spine. Red, black, and white dustjacket in very good condition. Sticker on front flap. Lightly worn and bumped around the edges. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. NF/VG+
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