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THE INNOCENT EYE. With an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Herbert Read.
by Read, Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1947)., (1947).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped with some light rubbing down the front edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed, soiled & chipped. The jacket spine is faded with short tears to the head. xi & 268 pages. Very good.
First American edition.
Laid in is an autograph letter signed--an aerogram written by Read from York, England to the wife of Princeton economics professor Harley Lutz thanking her for "giving me shelter during my brief stay at Princeton". "...Your gifts were very much appreciated. My children will henceforth believe that all American hens lay double-yoked eggs!" The letter is dated "24.XI.51" and is signed "Yours sincerely / Herbert Read".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19609
- Title
- THE INNOCENT EYE. With an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Herbert Read.
- Author
- Read, Herbert
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1947).
- Date Published
- (1947).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MEMOIR; CRITIC; BRITISH AUTHOR; ESSAYIST; POET; LITERARY CRITIC; ART CRITIC; HERBERT READ; THE INNOCENT EYE; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; PRINCETON; ECONOMICS; HARLEY LUTZ.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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