Art Now, An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture by Read, Herbert

London, Faber and Faber, reprinted 1950.. 144pp +192 plates. 8vo. Original cloth . A very good copy.

London: Faber & Faber, 1968. Originally published in 1933, and considered an important and standard work on modern aesthetics. This is a Very Good copy of the new and enlarged edition (First Edition Thus).Illustrated with 196 plates, including four in colour. Gray cloth binding with black and red lettering on the spine. Text is clean; 144 pages, indexed, with the illustrations following. Some offset from the dustwrapper to the endpapers, and the gutters a bit weak. The dustwrapper is Good only, with several large chips. In an archival plastic protector. A serviceable copy of this famous book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1934.. Second impression. 8vo. 160 pp. Publisher's black cloth, stylised white and russet lettering to the spine, contemporary book label to the front free endpaper. 128 black and white plates. Mild rubbing to the covers, a little spotting to the endpapers, very good overall. First published the previous year.