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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 this unusual fantasy novel, Read's only work of fiction; 8vo; 256pp; black endpapers (30352). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Slightly rubbed. Very good minus, lacking the printed dust jacket. Uncommon. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. 'a remarkable double Utopia'. "a remarkable double Utopia ... a dramatic critique of and metaphor for the utopian impulse as a whole" (SFE). The Green Child was inspired by the mediaeval legend of the green children of Woolpit, two green-skinned children who came to a Yorkshire village and claimed to be from an underground world. Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was best known as an art critic and advocate of modern architecture. He was knighted in 1953. The Green Child was his only novel. His son, Piers Paul Read, is a popular novelist. Bleiler, Checklist (1978), p. 164

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 dust jacket COLOR: GREEN SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 256 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket and is wrapped in a protective cover. The outside is in good condition. There is a stamp to the front pastedown 'OPERATION FANTAST - IF UNDERLIVERED PLEASE RETURN TO RIVERSIDE, SOUTH BRINK, WISBECH, CAMBS. ENGLAND'. The endpapers are heavily age foxed with an occasional page having light specks. Book is without marks or writings, pages are fairly clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/None dust jacket condition.… Read More

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Grass green cloth titled in gilt. Fine copy in fine, fresh dust-jacket. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Superb Copy in Dust Jacket. "A remarkable double Utopia ... a dramatic critique of and metaphor for the utopian impulse as a whole" (SFE). The Green Child was inspired by the mediaeval legend of the green children of Woolpit, two green-skinned children who came to a Yorkshire village and claimed to be from an underground world. Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was best known as an art critic and advocate of modern architecture. He was knighted in 1953. The Green Child was his only novel. A superior copy in dust-jacket. Bleiler, Checklist (1978), p. 164