Creative Element Study Vision Despair by Stephen Spender (25 results)

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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Published by British Book Center, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.Easy Chair Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 199 pages. Ex-college library marks, some wear to the red covers and spine; pages toned; a few pencil marks; a solid reading copy overall. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Criticism & Essays; Inventory No: 232040.
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stoc…k photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London England
- Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.Chequamegon Books
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hardcover. Condition: fine. good +. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 " 199 pages. 3/4 x 1" rounded chip lacking from top of dj spine (dj now in mylar protector). dj also price clipped.

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 199 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild she…lf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
More imagesPublished by British Book
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Published by British Book Center, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: very good. 199 pages. Small 8vo, red cloth, bumped at foot. New York; British Book Center, (1954). Very good.
Published by British Book, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First American edition. Good hardcover. Pages brown. Minor pencil marks on some pages. Corners slightly rubbed and bent. Edges of spine rubbed. Minor spine lean.
Published by Hamish Hamilton
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Language: English
Published by British Book Center, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.A Book By Its Cover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author. Two chips to the dust jacket at the top of the spine and upper edge of front cover. Former owner's bookplate on inside front cover.

Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton., London., 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: Versandantiquariat Sabine Varma, Hamburg, GermanyVersandantiquariat Sabine Varma
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199 Seiten. 8°. Schutzumschlag mit 1 cm Einriß und weiteren kleinen Läsuren, Schnitt gering stockfleckig. Papier etwas gebräunt. O-Leineneinband mit O-Schutzumschlag. Text englisch.

Published by London: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Stated 1953 edition. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners bumped, no edge wear, extremely clean. Binding tight, Text perfect. Lit Crit. RGR.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Patrik Andersson, Antikvariat., Lund, SwedenPatrik Andersson, Antikvariat.
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London; Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First edition. 22x14,5 cm. 199, (1 blank) pp. Publisher's red cloth, without the dustjacket. Spine ends and corners are slightly bumped, and there are some small air-bubbles in the cloth on the front board. Contains ten essays, among them are "The Necessity of Being Absolutely Modern", "Rilke and t…he Angels, Eliot and the Shrines", "Pioneering the Instinctive Life", and "The World of Evelyn Waugh".
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Rectory Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United KingdomOld Rectory Collectors' Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st impression, appears little read, not price clipped (15s. net), no owner's name or other inscription, age toning and light spotting to page ends ( text unaffected), some discolouration to D/j spine, D/j has shelf wear at extremities but is now pro…tected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy owned by me for over 40 years.
Published by British Book Center, New York, NY, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 199 pp, Introduction, I. The Visionary Individualists; II. The Necessity of Being Absolutely Modern; III. Rilke and the Angels, Eliot and the Shrines; IV. Personal Relations and Public Powes; V. Pioneering the Instinctive Life; VI, Hammered Gold an…d Gold Enamiling of Humanity; VII. Anti-Vision and Despair; VIII. The Theme of Political Orthodoxy in the Thirties; IX. The World of Evelyn Waugh; X. The New Orthodoxies. Previous owner's inked signature, with date & place on ffep, else pages clean, unmarked, with very slight age-toning, binding tight, cover cloth with only the slightest wear right at the spine edge tips, sun-tanned spine DJ in mylar-acetate protector. 5.8" x 8.7" red clothboards withgilt spine letters, gray DJ Size: Small Octavo. Book.

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Near fine with lightly browned pages and cloth slightly frayed on bottom spine end in a very good or better price clipped dustwrapper with a browned spine and tiny chips on spine ends.
Language: English
Published by British Book, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Repton and Clover, Norwich, United KingdomRepton and Clover
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US$ 33.71
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition with strong binding. Slight foxing to dj (now protected in plastic cover) and slight foxing to edges of pages.

Published by British Book Center, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American edition. One corner bumped else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a tiny corresponding chip to that corner, a tiny tear, and a little tanning to the spine.
More imagesPublished by Hamish Hamilton, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael Moons Bookshop, PBFA, Whitehaven, CUMBR, United KingdomMichael Moons Bookshop, PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1953. Original red cloth gilt VG. Neat name on blank flyleaf. Pages clean & tight. No inscriptions. 199 pages.
Language: German
Published by London (UK), Hamish Hamilton, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Klaus Kuhn Antiquariat Leseflügel, Köln, NRW, GermanyKlaus Kuhn Antiquariat Leseflügel
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1. Auflage.. 199 Seiten, Zustand: gutes Exemplar, leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8°, gebundene Ausgabe, rotes Leinen mit Goldprägung und SU.
More imagesThe Creative Element: A Study of Vision, Despair and Orthodoxy among some Modern Writers
Spender, Stephen [Stathis Orphanos and Ralph Sylvester Association]
Published by British Book Center, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Arches Bookhouse
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. SIGNED by Spender to title and later INSCRIBED by him on FFEP 'For Ralph and Stathis.'Stathis Orphanos was a photographer noted for his portraits of writers, including Stephen Spender. He and his partner, Ralph Sylvester also operated t…he Los Angeles fine-press publishing company 'Sylvester & Orphanos.' Spender collaborated with them in the publication of Graham Greene's *Weed Among Flowers* and *Tsarouchis: The Face of Modern Greece*. First American Edition. 199pp. Red buckram cloth gilt spine lettering. Some rubbing to extremities, edges are toned, rear hinge has some slight wear. Dust jacket chipped with some loss to head and tail of spine, price clipped, some shelf wear to covers. Now in mylar. Signed By Author.

- Hardcover
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
More imagesPublished by British Book Center, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Multiple chips and tears. Front panel detaching at spine.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1954
Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, ItalyLibreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico
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Un volume (22 cm) di 199 pagine. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela arancione con titolo dorato al dorso. No dust Jacket; senza la sovracoperta. Peraltro ottime condizioni.
More imagesThe Creative Element: A Study of Vision, Despair and Orthodoxy among some Modern Writers
Spender, Stephen [Stathis Orphanos and Ralph Sylvester Association]
Published by British Book Center, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Arches Bookhouse
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on FFEP 'For Ralph and Stathis.' Stathis Orphanos was a photographer noted for his portraits of writers, including Stephen Spender. He and his partner, Ralph Sylvester also operated the Los Angeles fine-…press publishing company 'Sylvester & Orphanos.' Spender collaborated with them in the publication of Graham Greene's *Weed Among Flowers* and *Tsarouchis: The Face of Modern Greece*. First American Edition. 199pp. Red buckram gilt spine lettering. Some toning to edges, trivial rubbing to extremities, otherwise clean and crisp. Dust jacket is a bit sunned to spine, two small tears to head of rear cover, some light shelf wear. Now in mylar. Signed By Author.