X A Quarterly Review Volume One, Number One

Wright, David and Patrick Swift, Editors (Samuel Beckett, Stevie Smith, Rene Daumal, Hugh MacDiarmid et al)

Published by Barrie & Rockliff, London, 1959
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Tall, bound wrappers. 80 pp. Handsome very good copy of the first issue of this important literary magazine published out of London in 1959. Includes L'Image by Samule Beckett plus work by George Barker, Patrick Kavanaugh and much more. Seller Inventory # 26626

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Title: X A Quarterly Review Volume One, Number One
Publisher: Barrie & Rockliff, London
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.

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paperback. Condition: good +. 6 5/8 x 10 1/2 " 83 pages (being pages 165 - 248 of the journal publication). This is Volume One Number Three only. contributors: Robert Graves, Patrick Kavanagh, Bomberg, H. A. Gomperts, Andre Masson, Marie Riefstahl-Nordlinger and others. foxing to covers and pages. Seller Inventory # 120560

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Sunning to edges and spine of scarcely worn pale card wrappers. Seller Inventory # 017580

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Published by Barrie and Rockliff, London, 1960
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to. 160 pp. Corners bumped, else Very Good in printed wrappers. Contributios by George Barker Hugh Macdiarmid, Stevie Smith, Hugh Kokoschaka and others. Seller Inventory # 001586

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Wright, David
Published by London Barrie & Rockliff 1960, 1960
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Condition: Very Good. First Edition of Volume One, Number Four of what were a total of only seven issues of this Quarterly Review between November 1959 and July 1962. This volume, numbered '4' on the spine, is dated October 1960. Publisher's card covers with printed lettering and list of contributors on front cover. Clear, removable, archival protective jacket fitted to the volume. Royal Octavo. pp. [4], 253-328. Contains works by Ezra Pound, C. H. Sisson, Anthony Cronin, Lucian Freud, Martin Gerard, Robert Nye and others. Complete with the separate Index to Volume One. A periodical in Very Good condition with the library blind stamp of Mercy Samuel. Seller Inventory # 102438

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Ezra Pound, Lucian Freud, Robert Nye, Noel Stock, Robert Pinget et al [Contributors] - David Wright and Patrick Swift [Editors]
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - October 1960. Includes a single sheet, printed on both sides, of the Index to Volume One. ***Very good in black and red printed light blue card wrappers. Sewn binding. Covers somewhat discoloured with age and handling. Stain to the middle of the spine and rear cover near the spine. Spine intact and untorn. Top corners of some pages slightly creased. Contents slightly browned, but unmarked. Subscription card sewn into this issue. 267mm x 167mm. 85 pages, paginated as part of a yearly run of four magazines p.249 - p.328. ***The fourth of seven issues of this literary journal, published by Barrie and Rockliff. This issue includes the following contributions: Ezra Pound 'Conversations in Courtship' and 'Verse is a Sword: Unpublished Letters', C. H. Sisson 'Six Poems' and 'Christopher Homm's Sunday Dinner', Charles Marowitz 'New Wave in a Dead Sea', Robert Nye 'Going to the Dogs', Craigie Atchison 'Fragments of a Conversation' and reproductions of three paintings, Anthony Cronin 'A Question of Modernity', Lucian Freud reproductions of two paintings, Noel Stock 'The Serious Artist', Janes Mahon 'The Painter in the Press', O. V. de L. Milosz 'The Hymn of Understanding', Martin Gerard 'Molloy Becomes Unnamable, Robert Pinget 'Le jardin le recele, and George D. Painter 'A Reply to mme Riefstahl-Nordlinger. ***A very good copy of this 1960s literary magazine. ***Vol. 1, No. 4 of this fairly short lived literary magazine. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 7095

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Hugh McDiarmid, Samuel Beckett, Alberto Giacometti, et al.
Published by Barrie and Rockliff, London, 1959
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Pp. 80. The first issue of a review, with work by ALberto Giacometti (with a drawing) Samuel Beckett, Patrick Kavanaugh, Frank Auerbach, Stevie Smith, and others. Edited by David Wright and Patrick Swift. Internally fine in printed wrappers. The wrappers show small losses to spine ends, small chips, and faint soil. "David Wright's and Patrick Swift's legendary X set the common agenda for a generation of European painters, writers and dramatists." [The Guardian]. Seller Inventory # 011765

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Published by Barrie & Rockliff, London, 1959
ISBN 10: 9110057234 ISBN 13: 9789110057234
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Magazine. Condition: Fair. Journal. Shelf-worn and soiled with four inch spine crack at head. Text is clean and unmarked. Complete but delicate. Fair. Seller Inventory # 182099

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Wright, David & Patrick Swift (Ed)
Published by Barrie and Rockliff, London, 1959
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 80pp. Lit mag. Very Good-w/ a 4 inch closed tear on spine, a 3/4inch missing on bottom spine, a few small chips on edges. This issue incl. works by Samuel Beckett, Alberto Giacometti, David Gascoyne, and more. Seller Inventory # 3191

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Wright, David & Swift, Patrick. (Eds.)
Published by BARRIE AND ROCKLIFF., LONDON, 1959
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. About fine in tall printed wrappers. (Hint of slight shelfwear) Debut issue of this important literary quarterly. Features work by Samuel Beckett, Hugh MacDiarmid, Stevie Smith, Rene Daumal & others. A superb copy. Seller Inventory # 306498

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