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Read, Herbert9
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)4
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Andrew-Morris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)1
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Berenson, Bernard1
Berenson, Bernard (1865-1959)1
Blackburn, David1
Cocteau, Jean1
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)1

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Van Leyden

Van Leyden, Ernst (1892-1969); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Andrew-Morris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

[1963]

Catalogue of an exhibition held May 14-June 8, 1963. Cover title.

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Sender: Shewring, Walter

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 2

Date(s): 13 Jul 1963: 24 Jan 1964:

Location: BC MS 20c Herbert Read, box 6

Note: Attached to letter dated 13 Jul 1963 is a handwritten note about "Anarchy" and an article from "The Tablet" by Walter Shewring dated 8 Jun 1963, with a handwritten note. Also attached to letter of 24 Jan 1964 is a draft letter from Herbert Read to Sir Allen Lane, Penguin Books dated 25 Jan 1964.

Sender: Blackburn, David

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 2

Date(s): 1 May 1967; 18 May 1967

Location: BC MS 20c Herbert Read, box 7 (A-B)

Note: Re: his work. With two b/w photographs of his chalk drawings, and an exhibition card ('The Creation Drawings 1963-1966: and other Drawings', Parkinson Court, University of Leeds, 1 May - 15 May 1967)

Sender: Francken, Ruth

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 80

Date(s): 12 Feb 1955 to 6 Nov 1969; 33 n.d.

Location: BC MS 20c Herbert Read, box 6

Note: 29 are addressed to Dearest Herbert, most of the others are addressed to Dear Ancor; several to Herbert and Ludo, and several to Ludo. Letter dated 12 Feb 1955 has attachments, ie poems, notes and extensions to the letter. Attached to one undated letter is a draft letter from Herbert Read dated 6 Oct 1963. An envelope attached to letter of 30 Jul 1964 is postmarked Berlin. One letter has no first page. Includes 1 card from Japan and envelope.

Sender: ?

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): ?

Location: BC Read C4516. Inserted in, 'Notes on cafes and bedrooms', Rosemary Tonks, 1963

Note: Card with accompanying letter and loose poem

Sender: Dunn, Ted

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): 30 Nov 1963

Location: BC Read C2992. Inserted in , "Alternatives to war and violence: a search", Ferguson et al., 1963


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The practice of design

Morton, Alastair (1910-1963); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1946

Spiral bound.

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The thrones of earth and heaven

Beny, Roloff; Stark, Freya; Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963); Berenson, Bernard (1865-1959); Macaulay, Rose Dame; Spender, Stephen (1909-1995); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c1958

Texts by Freya Stark, Jean Cocteau, Bernard Berenson, Rose Macaulay, Stephen Spender.

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Adventures of the mind

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970); Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Mizuguchi, Shigeo

c1962

Title also in Japanese: Waga seishin no bōken. Articles originally published in the Saturday evening post. Preface in Japanese; notes in English and Japanese.

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