From the Third Programme : A Ten-Years' Anthology : Imagination, Argument, Experience, Exposition
1956, First Edition. London : Nonesuch Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked waxed taupe cloth over bevelled boards; spine faintly spotted with damp-stains. A well-preserved example overall, remaining tight, bright and clean. Most pages unread and unopened. The accompanying original slip-case in marbled cardboard is very good, showing light wear to the edges. Notes; No. 1,066 from a limited edition of 1300 "tall copies printed on Barcham Green's rag mould-made paper by the Stellar Press for sale in the UK by The Nonesuch Press. Unlike the standard edition it contains decorations by B.S. Biro. The binding is by Leighton-Straker." Item #470531
Physical description; x, 339 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; Imagination. The descent into the cave / James Kirkup – The heart of a king / William Plomer – Maisie / V.S. Pritchett – Antigone / Henry Reed – Syler's green / Stevie Smith – Argument. The artist in society / Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen and V.S. Pritchett – A discussion on the existence of God / Bertrand Russell and Father Copleston – Experience. Lytton Strachey and his critics / Noel Annan – First meetings with W.B. Yeats / Max Beerbohm – Belinsky / Isaiah Berlin – Miching Mallecho / Laura Bohannan – Revolution at Bayreuth / E.M. Forster – The French language / André Gide – Tolstoy's wife / Maxim Gorky – The Dukeries / Nicholas Pevsner – Some far eastern dreams / Arthur Waley – The cosmopolitan spirit / Edward Sackville-West – Exposition. Virgil and the Christian world / T.S. Eliot – Why are they French? / Darsie Gillie – Continuous creation / Fred Hoyle – The state of civilisation in France / Alan Pryce-Jones – Anton Chekhov : an essay / Thomas Mann – The muse in the nursery / P.H. Newby – Humbug in science / Magnus Pyke – The Cretan tablets / Michael Ventris – Memory systems in the brain / J.Z. Young. Subjects; British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme – History – 20th century – Sources. Radio programs – Great Britain – History – 20th century – Sources. English literature – 20th century. English essays – 20th century. English poetry – 20th century. Learning and scholarship – Great Britain – 20th century – Sources. Arts – Great Britain – 20th century. Science – Great Britain – 20th century. Great Britain – Intellectual life – 20th century – Sources.
Price: €165.00