Handley Read (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 110 text pages before rear plate section of 48 monochrome plates. The text part has a color frontis portrait of Lewis, plus 3 others color plates in the text. Critical evaluation of the artist by Eric Newton. Dust jacket is complete and clean, but has a few clean tears, wear at corners, and a chip on back at top toward spine. Exterior is full light orange cloth with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

softcover. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Numerous illustrations. Foreword by Nikolaus Pevsner. Introduction by Lavinia Handley-Read. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 30th September - 30th October, 1968. ; Tight and clean. Solid binding. A touch of light shelf/edge wear, otherwise in Very Good condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library.…

Considerable ink lining, else VG Hardback; owner's name; no DJ. [48 Halftone & 4 Color Plates] 109 pp. + Plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. HB Illustrated NF/VG. Jacket price-clipped and one short closed tear, DJ.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 48 costume-plates by Edward Handley-Read. Slightly smaller, thicker book, ribbed dark green cloth with embossed borders, gilt title and author's name with gilt illustration of Mr. Pickwick all very bright on front, bright gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to tips, microtears with very slight wear at places along spine top and bottom edges. Near Very Good. Handley-Read, Edward (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First U.K. Edition. First U.K. Edition. VG+. Hardcover, orange cloth, no DJ, 109 pp, 48 b&w illustrations and 4 color, light edgewear with slightly soiled, faded and rubbed covers, else a clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First Edition. CLEAN Fine 1951 First Edition 1951 hardcover with very good+ dust jacket.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. London, UK: Faber & Faber Limited. Good/Good. 1951. . Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 109 p.p., Shelf wear; head and tail of spine chipped; tear at bottom edge of front dust jacket panel; tear at bottom edge of back dust jacket panel;back dust jacket panel toned; cracked inner hinge; edges of dust jacket rubbed; front dust jacket panel fold-over clipped at both corners; corners of cover and head and tail of spine bumped; pages clean and unmarked. . Frontispiece; Black and White and Color Plates (illustrator). …

Hardcovers. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 109 pages, plus 48 pages of half tone illustrations, and 4 colour plates. A clean, tidy copy in a chipped dustjacket, which has a small area of loss.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. small Qto., 16 pages, illustrated. A Very Good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO PROVIDE A FULLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT SHOWS HOW, IN THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO OUR OWN TIMES, INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES INTERIORS OF AUSTERE SOLEMNITY, EXTREME LUXURY OR EXQUISITE DELICACY. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1981. OFF WHITE CLOTH HARDBOUND FOLIO WITH GILT SILVER STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK. 320Pp. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SMALL BLACK MARK ON EDGE OF FRONT COVER AT LEAF EDGE, INSIDE BOARD EXPOSED AT SPINE HEEL, PRICING NOTES ON FRONT BOARD PAGE, INTERIOR PAGES BRIGHT, STRONG SPINE. DUSTJACKET: GOOD-FAIR; 1" TEAR AT CROWN OF SPINE, 2" CHIP AT HEEL OF SPINE, CORNER TIP AREAS WITH SMALL TEARS.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarto-size, 112 pages plus 4 coloured plates and a further 48 half-tone plates, after the text, notes, index; publisher's orange cloth, gilt-blocked titles on the spine; white pictorial dust-jacket. Very Good, previous owner's gift inscription on the fly-leaf - no further writing, mark-up, labels or other defacememts; unclipped jacket worn and chipped at eextremities. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders include Royal Mail Second Class postage. (3 to 5 days) First Class Signed For (2 to 3 days) avavailable at extra cost.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading 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,750grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original orange cloth hard covers. Spine and upper boards faded; edges and endpapers toned. Otherwise, clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Illustrated -- plates. 109[+plates]pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Very Good +. First Edition. 109 pp, + 48 b&w plates, color frontis, editor's acknowledgments, list of color plates, list of monochrome plates, editor's foreword, 1. Wyndham Lewis by Eric Newton; 2. Chronological Outline; 3. Detail in the Style of Wyndham Lewis; Notes on the Plates; Index; The Monochrome Plaes. First Edition, 1951. "This was the first monograph on Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957): a surprising fact when his fertility and significance, as writer as well as painter, are considered. He invented one of the two art movements originating in England, Vorticism. The essay in this book accompany selected reproductions representing Lewis's work between 1912 and 1950, and are grouped in three categories, irrespective of dates: 1. Imaginative Compositions (including Vorticist examples; 2. Paintings and drawings of the 1914-1918 War; and 3. Portraits and drawings from Life." from the Foreword. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep. 3/4"x1" chip to top edge front panel dj with a few very small chips mostly to spine edge, and two small closed tears with creases to panel edge, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 4to. Book.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No Date (ca 1920). Hardback: lovely colour pictorial pale blue cloth pictured in black, blue & yellow on front and spine, lettered in yellow, the spine is a little sunned, spine tips slightly rubbed, lower corners lightly bumped, 4 lovely colour plates by EDWARD HANDLEY-READ, light foredge foxing, back flyleaf creased, else vg. 8vo, 317pp + 2pp catalogue. Edward Handley-Read (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 109 + pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper articles included from previous owner. Small rips/tears on dj, lower spine, bottom front edge, mid-spine of front cover and top front corner.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . 4to, hardcover. Spine lightly soiled, otherwise book near fine. Dj has horizontal fold-line across center, semi-circular coffee-mug mark on cover, two 1/2" chips at upper edge, else good. 109 pp. + 4 color & 48 b/w full-pg. plates.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN.…

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large landscape 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 46pp on thick paper, index at rear, etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (page-block edges very slightly tanned) ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. 254 pages. Original green blind-stamped cloth with spine lettering stamped in gold. Illustrated with 48 costume plates by Edward Handley-Read. Fore-edge of book-block heavily foxed and very mild puckering to cloth. Else a clean, square, unmarked copy with clean text and illustrations, bright cloth and gilt lettering. A very good+ copy. Scarce. Podeschi D181 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

London (1951). Plates, 11x7", cloth, 109 w/index+plates, corners bumped, covers lightly soiled else ok in tattered dw. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 320 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm ; ISBN: 0890090637; 9780890090633 LCCN: 76-11648 ; LC: NK2270; Dewey: 749 ; OCLC: 2672426 ; green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; "Twenty-five scholars and curators examine Eastern and Western furniture styles during major historical periods from ancient Egyptian and Hellenic times through the twentieth century. Illustrated description is supplied of furniture from China , Egypt , England, France , Germany, India , The Low Countries, Italy, Japan , The Middle East , India, and South East Asia, Poland , Rome, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, and The United States of America" ; large heavy volume ; tears to dustjacket ; VG/G. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HB. Green cloth boards. Bright gilt titles to fnt & spine on spine, fnt ones blind impressed titles and Mr Pickwick decoration. xii and 254 pages +48 b&w illus. Some slight wear around edges and corners,the odd small stain. corners a bit bumped, see pics. Edward Handley-Read (illustrator).…

First edition. 4to. 109, [48] pp. Frontis, plates. Cloth in dustwrapper, unclipped, edgewear, good. (74278). With a Critical Evaluation by Eric Newton.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Or Early Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vii, 326. Original publishers illustrated blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and yellow on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Scarce. Only 4 copies found at WorldCat (OCLC) the worldÕs largest library catalogue. Very good indeed. Excellent condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to., orange cloth lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket, lightly soiled with several small chips. First edition. A respectable copy signed by Eric Newton, who provided a critical evaluation of Lewis's art.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 109 pages. First edition, first printing. Incudes 48 pages of black & white illustrations & 4 plates in color. An essay on detail in the artist's style, a chronological outline and notes on the plates. With a critical evaluation by Eric Newton. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with slight wear to the two spine ends & a closed 2" tear to the top of the back cover. A beautiful copy.…