The Green Child

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. [iv], 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, black endpapers. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly shelf worn, faint crease to rear panel. A very bright, attractive copy of the unusual cult-classic fantasy/supernatural novel, the only novel written by a British literary critic and… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann. London, Heinemann, 1935. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. A little tanning to the spine at the jacket and cloth, and some edge wear. A slight lean, and some staining to the jacket. Small seller's sticker, owner's inscription. Jacket reinforced to the reverse with brown tape. [10356, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition.… Read more about this item

William Heinemann Ltd, 1935 First Printing in gilt-stamped green cloth, scuffed scratched boards show edge wear & darkening to spine, tears to cloth at spine ends, from collection of art historian/collector & longtime friend of Read's, Douglas Cooper, with his name & date of 1935 to first white page, no other markings, pages clean binding tight, overall VG copy of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1935. PROOF COPY. A softcover. Publisher's ochre-coloured wrappers. No D/W. The proof is in VG condition with foxing to the early/late pages of the book, creasing to the spine (as always) a strip of tape residue to the front cover. A rare and rather strange early novel by Herbert Read which… Read more about this item

London: Grey Walls Press, 1945. Book. Illus. by Kelly, Felix. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Very Good, With Minor Traces Of Use, In Jacket That Is Somewhat Soiled, And Several Short Tears Along Top Edge, Which Have Been Reinforced With Tape. From The Library Of Ronald Ayling, A Crictic, Who Was The Bibliographer Of Sean O'casey.… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, (1935). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Read to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams on the half-title page: "Inscribed for Jonathan Williams - Herbert Read 26.iv. 1964. Covers dampstained, rear hinge splitting, but a poor copy in price-clipped jacket redeemed by the association. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Covers dampstained, rear hinge splitting,… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. First edition thus. 8vo. 194 pp. Red cloth. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Subtle wear to jacket extremities.. Hardcover. Fine.

London: Grey Walls Press, 1945. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Felix Kelly. The first edition of Herbert Read's only novel to feature illustrations. An excellent example of this wonderful piece of fantasy, brought to life by Kelly's colour plates. Read's only novel, this work was first published in 1935 and was inspired by the… Read more about this item

New Directions Publishing Corp., 1935. Wraps rubbed on edges and hinges, lightly chipped at tip. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Prior owner name on front reverse. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex Libris.

Grey Walls Press, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by author Herbert Read to noted poet Denise Levertov (with the original spelling of her name): 'For Denise Levertoff Herbert Read.' Original grey cloth (tears and wear to darkened spine, boards darkened and rubbed). 4 color plates. Read and Levertov had a… Read more about this item

London, UK: Grey Walls Press, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Kelly, Felix. First edition. 138pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Top text block edge sprayed green. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends, bottom corners slightly bumped. Colour fading front top text block edge, remaining edges starting to… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions/James Laughlin, 1948. 194pp. Lime Green boards.black lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the front flyleaf. Tape remnants on the front and rear pastedowns, and on the bottom edges of the panels. Unclipped pictorial jacket (Alvin Lustig design) has small chips along the extremiteis, offsetting to the front panel. There is tape running vertically… Read more about this item

Stacey Publishing, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grey Walls, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. 'New Edition'. 137 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions Covers are tanned on spine and rear cover. Undated publication, NDP208, though slip of Canadian distributor, which is laid-in, dates to 1969. Only novel of Herbert Read originally published in 1935.. Re-issue. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus..

NY: New Directions. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 194. Light green cloth. Cover faded, o/w a VG tight copy.

London: Grey Walls Press, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 9x5x0. No D/J. Previous owners signature to ffep. Slight darkening to spine. Some foxing to end papers. Lacks half title page.

NY: New Directions, n.d.. Second printing. Small 8vo, pp. 193. Paper wraps. Cover and edges yellowed and slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1935 Book. Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE GREEN CHILD: A ROMANCE By HERBERT READ 1935 First Edition AUTHOR: HERBERT READ PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LONDON 1935 EDITION: First Edition assumed with 'First Published 1935' on copyright page, but endpapers are not black. ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: LOVE, RARE BINDING/COVER: Hardback without… Read more about this item

NY: New Directions. VG PB. nd. 3rd ptg. "The sheer perfection of the writing is very rare in English since the loosening of standards in Nineteenth Century fiction." . ....reality is again entrance and translucent with the light of a natural glory behind it...what is more remarkable....one gradually comes to realize that it is about this state of being as… Read more about this item