Sir Herbert Read Preface (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing in this format. Very slight age related toning otherwise a fine copy. Appears unread.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Editorial and prefatory notes by Eva van Hoboken, Sazo Idemitsu, Basil Gray and Herbert Read. Handsomely bound book published by the New York Graphic Society. Grey buckram covered boards with title in a red spine panel outlined in gilt. 191 pages printed on a thick glazed paper stock. Sengai was one of the great Japanese Zen masters. Daisetz Suzuki considered his explanatory notes and texts on Sengai's scrolls as the summing-up of his work. Reproductions of 127 ink drawings and calligraphies with Suzuki's commentaries. No name or other markings. The dustjacket is price-intact with slight browning along the edges. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: VG (-). Companion to several exhibitions of Priest Sengai's artworks in 1966. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 50 plates; PB. Pages: clean, a bit toned, tight; corners thumbed. Cover: white/brown glossy wraps, b/w artwork plus gilt titles front, plain spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, corners thumbed, creases front, tear to head, several scuffs back. Covers are a bit tatty.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 16pp.+32plates; HB white w/blk.&brwn.; spine is gray w/gilt; slight rub w/some sun on edges. DJ white w/blk.&brwn.-photo cover; slight rub w/sml.tear&chip bttm.spine. Aboriginal rock & bark paintings. Third in a series of rare art masterpieces of the world. 32 color plates & 5 b/w photos.…

dj. Revised Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); orange cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; xii,[2],3-177,[3]pp; illus. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "For my Friend, Sol. Affectionately, Edward / Jan 5, '70 N.Y.C.". Designed by Stefan Salter. Light rubbing to board edges with pencilled notes to front pastedown, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.75), lightly tanned, with trace soil, 0.5" tear to lower front spine fold, tiny chip to front upper corner, and tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. First published as Sing O Barren and Do These Bones Live, this new edition includes illustrations by Kearns throughout and a preface by Sir Herbert Read. [85862]. Signed.…