Read, Herbert

Moon's Farm and Poems Mostly Elegiac.

HERBERT READ. · 1955 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

Faber, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 77pp. Purple cloth lettered in white at the spine. Top edge lightly spotted, else in virtually fine state with triflingly nicked and faded non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with the Poetry Book Society wrap-ar...

Julien Benda and the New Humanism. (INSCRIBED)

HERBERT READ. · 1930 · Clearwater Books

£45.00 (€53.87 | $59.52 | ¥9,516)

University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK...

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.

Read, Herbert and Alfred H. Jr. Barr: · 1979 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€6.50 ($7.18 | £5.43 | ¥1,148)

[Turin] : [s.n.] 1979. Ca. 95 p. ; num. ill. Softcover/Paperback. Guter Zustand. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Seiten sauber. / Good. Cover shows mild wear. Clean pages.

To Hell With Culture (Routledge Classics).

Read, Herbert: · 2002 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€8.40 ($9.28 | £7.02 | ¥1,484)

Routledge. 2002. 2nd ed. 240 S., Paperback. Like new. Shrink wrapped. / Wie neu. In Folie verschweißt.

Naum Gabo - Antoine Pevsner

Read, Herbert and Ruth Olson et al. · 1948 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.15 | £22.68 | ¥4,796)

New York, Museum Of Modern Art, 1948. Softcover. grey wraps w/ red printing. 83 pp. 61+ bw plates. 9500 copies. Includes 3 essays: by Herbert Read, "Constructivism: The Art of Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner", by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin, "Naum Gabo" and "Antoine Pevsner", ...

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-1973, Volume IV

Bowness, Alan and Herbert Read · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.20 | £30.24 | ¥6,395)

London, Lund Humphries & Co. / Zwemmer, 1977. Hardcover. Black cloth w/ red spine printing. 64 pgs w/ additional 198+ pgs of bw plates. white, glossy illustrated dustjacket w/ red printing. Illustrated catalogue with biographical note, list of exhibitions, list of public colle...

The Art of Jean Arp

Read, Herbert · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.25 | £37.80 | ¥7,993)

New York, Abrams, 1968. Softcover. A tan softcover book with black text on the spine and a color illustration on the front cover. 216 pages; illustrated in both color and black-and-white. VG-: Cracks to the spine. Small stains on the spine and textblocks. One page has become u...

The Art of Jean Arp

Read, Herbert · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.25 | £37.80 | ¥7,993)

New York, Abrams, 1968. Softcover. A tan softcover book with black text on the spine and a color illustration on the front cover. 216 pages; illustrated in both color and black-and-white. G: Cracks to the spine. Small stains on the spine and textblocks. Several pages have come...

Paul Klee on Modern Art

Klee, Paul; Read, Herbert (intro) · 1948 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.68 | £26.46 | ¥5,595)

London, Faber and Faber, 1948. Hardcover. Small Square Quarto. Hardcover. Purple boards with red titles in grey/red titled jacket. 55 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 23 cm. G/G. Jacket has a good bit of toning, general wear around the edges including numerous chips and closed tea...

Art Now: An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture

Read, Herbert · 1948 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.31 | £45.36 | ¥9,592)

London, Faber and Faber, 1948. Hardcover. A gray casebound book with black and red text on the spine. 144 pages; 196 pages of black-and-white image; color frontispiece. Contents are as follows: I. Background. From Reynolds to Bergson: revolution in the theoretical conception o...

The Quest and the Quarry

Read, Herbert · 1961 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.68 | £26.46 | ¥5,595)

Roma, Rome-New York Art Foundation, 1961. Paperback. White wraps with black lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated. Text in English, Italian and French. Good(Wraps show shelfwear at edges and corners, foxing and bumping; pages show shelfwear and age-toning at edges and cor...

Gabo: Constructions, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings

Martin, Leslie and Herbert Read · 1957 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.83 | £49.14 | ¥10,391)

London, Lund Humphries, 1957. Hardcover. Tan cloth over board with red spine lettering; DJ illustrated in bw; Bw portrait frontispiece;193 pp; richly illustrated in bw and color; 3-D glasses are contained in an envelope which is mounted inside rear cover. Includes introductory...

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-1973, Volume IV

Bowness, Alan and Herbert Read · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.83 | £49.14 | ¥10,391)

London, Lund Humphries & Co, 1977. Hardcover. Black cloth w/ red spine printing. 64 pgs w/ additional 198+ pgs of bw plates. white, glossy illustrated dustjacket w/ red printing. Illustrated catalogue with biographical note, list of exhibitions, list of public collections, bib...

Hans Richter

Herbert, Read · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.10 | £15.12 | ¥3,197)

Neuchatel, Switzerland, Editions du Griffon, 1965. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ white printing. white dj w/ color illustration & black spine printing. 131 pgs w/ b&w & color illustrations. VG--pgs edge toned. dj has wear/scuffing/toning to edges.

1965 Exhibition of Art & Idea, Henry Moore

Read, Herbert · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.15 | £22.68 | ¥4,796)

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1965. Softcover. Green wraps with black lettering on front cover, unpaginated, bw illustrations. Exhibition held September 27 - October 1965. Essay by Herbert Read. Good (foxing to some pages, sunning to cover) .

Lynn Chadwick [Artists of Our Time, Volume IV = Kunstler Unserer Zeit, Band IV]

Read, Herbert · 1960 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€28.96 | £24.19 | ¥5,116)

Bodensee, Verlag Amriswil, 1960. Paperback. Small, BW illustrated wraps; glassine cover. 23 pp text + 24 BW plates. Volume IV in the series Artists of Our Time. Text in English and German. Fair. Glassine cover is tanned and soiled with some rips. Contents have minor soiling, b...

Barbara Hepworth

Read, Herbert · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.10 | £15.12 | ¥3,197)

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc, 1966. Softcover. Color wraps. [40] pp. 1 color, 35 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1966 exhibition of artwork by English artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). With an introduction by Herbert Read. The exhibition che...

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings

Read, Herbert · 1949 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.13 | £22.66 | ¥4,791)

New York, Curt Valentin, 1949. third revised and much enlarged edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; XLIV; 257 color and bw plates; Color plates tipped in. Well over two hundred works in stone, terracotta, concrete, wood, metal, and more; Includes an introduction by Her...

Fritz Wotruba

Izdanje Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti, Beograd; Miodrag B. Protic; Herbert Read; Wilfried Skreiner · 1971 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.13 | £22.66 | ¥4,791)

Beograd, Muzej savremene umetnosti, 1971. Softcover. White illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. BW plates. In Croatian, with "The Condition for Greatness in Art" also in English and a Skreiner's text also in German. Exhibition catalogue lists 173 works. Acceptable (date stamp and r...

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings: Volume 3: Sculpture 1955 - 64

Bowness, Alan (editor) and Herbert Read · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.68 | £26.46 | ¥5,595)

London, Lund Humphries, 1965. First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; 32 pp. plus plates; 179 bw plates. Introduction by Herbert Read; Includes a 1955 - 64 biographical summary of the artist; Nice full-page plates. VG- (Ex-lib. usual markings; Minor wear to cloth at extremi...