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Total number of records: 63

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Archives19
Art items1

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Herbert Read Collection63
Brotherton Collection61
English Literature3

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art11
artists' books10
art, modern7
artists5
modernism (art)5
anarchism3
creation (literary, artistic, etc.)3
english poetry3
literature3
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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)8
Institute For Philosophical and Historical Studies3
Beaumont Press2
White, Ethelbert2
White, Ethelbert (1891-1972)2
Aldington, Richard (1892-1962)1
Alechinsky, Pierre (1927-)1
Alechinsky, Pierre, 1927-1
Alings, Wim1
Alley, Ronald1

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From 190059

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English artists desk book

Dunstan, Bernard

[19--?]

"This desk-book is designed to go from year to year for you to put down anniversaries and other important dates..." -- Title page.

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The artist at work

Ruhemann, Helmut; Kemp, Ellen M

[1951]

"Represents in book form the exhibition of the same title suggested and organized in 1944 for the British Institute of Adult Education and C.E.M.A. (now the Arts Council of Great Britain) by Ellen M. ...

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Epoch and artist : selected writings

Jones, David (1895-1974); Grisewood, Harman (1906-1997)

1959

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Reflections on art : a source book of writings by artists, critics, and philosophers

Langer, Susanne Katherina Knauth (1895-1985)

1958

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Art and artists

Amaya, Mario; Spencer, Charles; George, Rev John; Denvir, Bernard (1917-1995); Lucie-Smith, Edward (1933-)

1966-1986

v.1, no.1 (April 1966) No more published. Imprint varies. Editors : Mario Amaya (April 1966 - Nov. 1968); Charles Spencer (Dec. 1968 - Nov. 1974) ; John George (Dec. 1981 - <Dec. 1982?>) ...

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The unfolding of artistic activity : its basis, processes, and implications

Schaefer-Simmern, Henry (1896-)

1948

"Presents the results of an experiment undertaken and financed by the [Russell Sage] Foundation."

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Schocken Books

1964 - 1971

Correspondence with Schocken Books, New York re. a number of projects including a proposed anthology The Psychology of Art, editions of Icon and Idea and The Alienated Artist, and an introduction by R...

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Artists on art : from the XIV to the XX century

Treves, Marco; Goldwater, Robert John (1907-1973)

1958

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Eclogues : a book of poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); White, Ethelbert (1891-1972); Beaumont Press

1919

"30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 to 30. 50 copies on cartridge paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 20...

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Eclogues : a book of poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); White, Ethelbert (1891-1972); Beaumont Press

1919

"30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 to 30. 50 copies on cartridge paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 20...

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Images of war : a book of poems

Aldington, Richard (1892-1962)

[1919]

200 copies printed. "This is the seventh book issued by the Beaumont Press and the third printed by hand. 30 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist and numbered 1 ...

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