Todd ruthven editor (10 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Small crease line on corner of back cover, otherwise as new. viii, 613 pages. Numerous black & white photographs.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 70 pages. Samuel Selvon "Cane is Bitter" / Ruthven Todd - Two Poems / Maurice Cranston "Mood of the Month - I" / Andrew Wright "Joyce Cary's Unpublished Work" / Robert Nye - Two Poems / John Wain "A Walk in the Sacred Wood".

New Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 612 pages ; illustrations, plates ; 19 cm. Notes; "Bibliographical index": pages 593-612. Subjects; Painting, Modern 17th-18 centuries Great Britain. Painting, Modern 17th century. Painters Great Britain. Art Great Britain History. Painters, British. Painters Great Britain. Painters England. Painting, British 18th century. Painting, British 19th century. Painting Great Britain. Painting, Modern 17th 18 centuries. Artists. Painting, British. British nineteenth century painting. Painting, British - 18th century. Art, British - 18th century. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Staplebound Wraps. Condición: Good. Wide 8vo, 48 pp. Cover illustration by Dwight Ripley. Wrappers stained, ink notes to rear of wrapper, phone number inside wrapper front, otherwise unmarked.

New Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 612 pages ; illustrations, plates ; 19 cm. Notes; "Bibliographical index": pages 593-612. Subjects; Painting, Modern 17th-18 centuries Great Britain. Painting, Modern 17th century. Painters Great Britain. Art Great Britain History. Painters, British. Painters Great Britain. Painters England. Painting, British 18th century. Painting, British 19th century. Painting Great Britain. Painting, Modern 17th 18 centuries. Artists. Painting, British. British nineteenth century painting. Painting, British - 18th century. Art, British - 18th century. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, and the boards are clean and unmarked. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Top corner tips creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions - just a small period bookseller's label on the front pastedown (please see scans). No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's price of 10/6. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but has some loss at the top and tail of the spine, affecting the lettering, and another chip at the top edge of the back panel. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is clean and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***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.…

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Spine slightly faded. Slight spotting to the page edges. Light surface marking to front and rear covers. Includes 'Workshop' by Mass-Observation, 'Boswell's Progress - I' by Quennell, 'The Reputation of Henry Fuseli' by Todd, 'This Mortal Coil' by Maclaren-Ross, 'Fragment of Autobiography - VIII' by John and poems by Aragon and Krige. Reproductions of one work by Lancaster and two by Fuseli. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Lancaster, Osbert; Fuseli, Henry (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, but there is some fading to the edges of the boards (please see scans). Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions. No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's price of 10/6 net (crossed out with a 5/- pencil price). The dustwrapper is largely complete, but has some loss at the top and tail of the spine, and a small chip from the edge of the rear foldover flap. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is clean and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***We also have two copies of Vol. 4 1946 edition of NEW ROAD - see photos which include all three volumes. ***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.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, and the boards are quite clean - only slightly marked. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Top corner tips creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions - beautifully clean pages with no foxing, and no creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which is virtually complete, and retains the original publisher's price of 10/6. The dustwrapper has some loss at the top of the spine, but not affecting the lettering, and another chip at the top corner tip of the front panel. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is extremely clean - just some light marks to the front panel and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Extremely uncommon in this condition, in a largely complete example of the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***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.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 84 pages. George Orwell "The Ruling Class" / Alfred Perle's "Letter To Henry Miller" / Ruthven Todd "Paul Klee, 1879-1940" / Peter Quenelle "Byron In Venice" / Diana Gardner "The Land Girl" / Brian Howard "Civilians At Bay - III" / Gavin Ewart "Sonnet".